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Creative Thinking: Your Edge http://workincolour.com.au/ Saturday, 30 May 2009 Recent Harvard Business blogs: 12 May 2009: 'It's the single biggest error firms make in times of crisis: repeating the past. When the world around you is

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Creative Thinking: Your Edge

http://workincolour.com.au/

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Recent Harvard Business blogs: 12 May 2009: 'It's the single biggest error firms make in times

f crisis: repeating the past. When

the world around you is undergoing discontinuous change, repeating yesterday's mistakes is the quickest path to decay and dissolution.' 11 May 2009: 'Today's turbulent times make mastering innovation a competitive necessity.' 8 April 2009: 'Innovation has never been more important.'

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'Creativity is one of the last remaining legal ways of gaining an unfair advantage over the competition.' Ed McCabe

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Everyone can do it, not just architects + people in ad agencies.

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Left brain, logical, linear thinking is essential in business. (It's 'in the box' thinking...)

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But for 21st century success you also need right brain, creative, big picture thinking. (That's the 'out

f the box'

bit...)

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It’s about using your whole brain, not just one side or the

ther...

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Creative thinking is natural + quite easy to tap into ...with a few tips + tricks

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Follow these 4 steps + change how you work... today.

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Be Curious

Step 1:

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'Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.' Samuel Johnson

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Play

be curious:

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Suspend Judgement

be curious:

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Ask (lots of) Questions

be curious:

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Step 2:

Make Connections

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'Creativity is the power to connect the seemingly unconnected.' William Plomer

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Talk to People in Different Fields

make connections:

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Try Something (Anything) New

make connections:

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Step Sideways & See Another Angle

make connections:

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Step 3:

Challenge Yourself

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'A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.' Albert Einstein

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challenge yourself:

Take Risks

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Accept Failures

challenge yourself:

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Assumptions

challenge yourself:

Question

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Cultivate Your Ideas

Step 4:

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'Courage does not always roar. Sometimes, it is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, I will try again tomorrow.' Unknown

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Daydream

cultivate:

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Give Ideas Time to Grow

cultivate:

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Consider all the Possibilities

cultivate:

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'The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don't go back to sleep. You must ask for what you really want. Don't go back to

sleep. People are going back and forth

across the door sill where two worlds touch. The door is round and open. Don't go back to sleep.' Mevlana Rumi

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