Proven Top Steps
	Value of Video Games
	Listen!
	Creative Behaviors
	Other Viewpoints
	Reverse Your Life
	Try New Combinations
	Learn to Tell Witty Jokes
	Practice Making Connections
	Link the Different Activities in Your Life
	Challenge Assumptions
	Random Stimulation
	Restate a Problem
	Restatement
	Distortion and Reversal
	Reverse the Problem
	Be Silly
	Four Superb Problem Solving Questions
	Kid's Play
	Mud Slinging
	Abattoir of Sacred Cows
	Problem Perfect
	Behind It
	Cool Site
	Verbal Checklist
	Creativity Don'ts
	Creative Actions
	Positive and Negative Language
	Useful Websites - for creativity and/or problem solving

Creativity is essential for getting outside your box. Usually there's problem solving or idea generation, sometimes both: some techniques are useful for both applications, some just for one or the other:

Problem solving - you have a specific situation that needs to be resolved (problem) and you need to find ideas to help you achieve this solution (for instance, resolving a design flaw in a product, reducing costs in line with market forces, finding a delivery method that fulfils your cost/quality/time criteria).

Idea generation - you have a broad question you'd like answered but the need to address it is not so specific (for instance, developing new products, finding new markets, looking for original ways to promote a product or service)

Two excellent books:
MegaCreativity by A G Aleinikov
Sticky Wisdom by Dave Allan

  To learn about the 12 types of intelligences, send an email to lb@FutureVisions.org
     with  "free MWS 12 intelligence types" in the subject line and nothing in the body.

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