2018 - Creative Thinking as a Focus - 001

2018 - Creative Thinking as a Focus


 Welcome to 2018.

 This is the first of my Creative Thinking as a Focus articles.
I will be creating and posting these daily, Monday to Friday based upon my 40+ years of working to help develop Creative Thinking Skills, Abilities, S.T.A.M.P.S. (Systems - Tools/Techniques - Attitudes/Approaches - Methods - Processes - Strategies) with individuals, teams, departments, entire organizations.

 If you have comments or questions please leave them with this blog or send them to me at

 alan@cre8ng.com

 2018 - 001

 52 Ways to Become More Creative

During the next 100 days I will be posting varied ways that we all can improve our creativity.  Among them will be 52 traits of Creative Thinking that each of us can continual increase and improve in both our work and personal lives.

One of the first traits that was explored of creative people in the 1950s was FLUENCY, the ability or tendency to generate many ideas while other people only generate 1, 2, maybe 6 ideas.

 Today practice increasing your number of ideas.

 First, what are a dozen uses for paperclips other than to hold sheets of paper together?

 Second, what are a dozen uses for glass marbles other than to play the game "Marbles"?

 Third, now what are 24 uses for a common building brick other than to build walls, floors, wallways?

 Fourth, now what are 36 uses for empty plastic water bottles?
To learn about almost 900 different ways to improve your creativity go to my ALAN'S C,R,E,8,N,G! CHALLENGES on my website at...

 http://www.cre8ng.com/CC/index.shtml

 Have a CREATIVE DAY!! It's your choice

 Alan

 http://www.cre8ng.com
alan@cre8ng.com


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