BARRIERS TO CREATIVITY
Negative attitudes
Tendency to focus on the negative aspects of the problem
Expend energy on worry
Find the opportunities in situation
believe you can
think what to achieve and how
don't focus on problem
take different views of situation
Fear of failure
Fear of looking foolish
Fear of being laughed at
see failure as a learning opportunity
helps identify your weaknesses
help discover what doesn't work
Stress
Not having time to think creatively
Cannot be objective
ability to innovate spells success, create growth, ROI
Provide strategic alignment
Have cross-functional expertise
Challenge assumptions
Brainstorm always
Allow failure
Reward ideas
Stress reduces quality of mental process
Following rules
Conformist to accepted beliefs/rules
some rules are necessary but others encourage mental
laziness. "Every act of creation is first of all an act of
destruction." Pablo picasso
Making assumptions
Challenge assumptions
identify and examine assumptions you are making
ensure assumptions are not excluding new ideas
Over-reliance on Logic
Invest only on logical/analytical thinking
Not able to imagine things, be intuitive, or have a sense of
humour
"innovation is not the product of logical thought, although the
result is tied to logical structure." Alberi Eistein
Synergize diversities
Creative dissatisfaction
Creative chaos and fun