| Perceptual Blocks | Difficulty in
Isolating the Problem Delimiting the Problem Area Too Closely Inability to See Problem Through Various Viewpoints Stereotyping Saturation |
| Emotional Blocks | Fear of Taking a Risk
Judging Rather Than Generating Ideas Inability to Incubate Reality and Fantasy |
| Cultural Blocks | Taboos Lack of Humor, Playfulness, Fantasy, Reflection Unreasonable & Illogical Prevalence of Reason & Logic Lack of Artistic Thinking Skills Tradition and Change |
| Environmental Blocks | Nonsupportive Environments,
Criticism, Judging Autocratic Bosses Organizations Group Dynamics Failures |
Creativity Enhancing Techniques
| Questioning
Attitude |
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| Lateral
Thinking |
View the problem as others might
see it Turn the problem upside down Change scope of the problem (the systems approach) Question your implicit assumptions Shift emphasis from one part of problem to another Can the problem be structured differently? |
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| Brainstorming | rule out criticism welcome freewheeling generate many ideas seek combination and improvement of ideas define the problem properly |
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Metaphorical Thinking |
Close Analogy Far-Out Alanogy Personal Analogy Fantasy Analogy Forced Analogy Augury (Astrology, Tarot, Tea leaves, Bibliomancy) |
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| Nominal
Group Technique |
Silent
writing round robin clarification discussion approval voting |
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| Creative Conflict | Devil's Advocate & Dialectic |