Tools for Creating (Part One)

clipped from: creatingminds.org

Art streaming: Keep creating until you get through the blocks.

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Assumption Busting: Surfacing and challenging unconscious assumptions.

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Attribute Listing: Listing attributes of objects and then challenging them.

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Brainstorming: The classic creative method for groups.

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Braindrawing: Good for reticent groups.

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Brainmapping: Combining brainwriting and mind-mapping.

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Brainwriting: Group doodling for non-verbal stimulation.

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Breakdown: Careful decomposition to explore the whole system.

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Challenge: Challenge any part of the problem.

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Crawford Slip Method: Getting ideas from a large audience.

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A Day In The Life Of...: Building creative tension from contextualized situations.

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Delphi Method: Explore ideas or gain consensus with remote group.

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Doodling: Let your subconscious do the drawing.

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Essence: Looking elsewhere whilst retaining essential qualities.

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Forced Conflict: Using conflict to stimulate the subconscious.

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Guided Imagery: Letting your subconscious give you a message.

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How-How Diagram: Break down problem by asking 'how'.

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How to: Frame statements as 'How to' to trigger focused thinking.

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Incubation: Letting the subconscious do the work.

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The Kipling method (5W1H): Ask simple questions for great answers.

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Lateral thinking: Thinking sideways to create new ideas.

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Lotus Blossom: Unfold the flower of extended ideas.

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Chunking: Go up and then down elsewhere.