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Creative Problem-Solving Tips

The document provides tips for getting into a creative mindset to solve problems. It recommends clarifying the creative problem as a question, accepting initial difficulties, setting an appropriate timeframe and sources to consider. Additional tips include discussing ideas with others, finding inspiration from other fields, using new creative tools, and accepting that creativity takes time through breaks and exploration outside of work. Golden rules include sitting with problems, not obsessing over productivity, and clearing the mind.

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Creative Problem-Solving Tips

The document provides tips for getting into a creative mindset to solve problems. It recommends clarifying the creative problem as a question, accepting initial difficulties, setting an appropriate timeframe and sources to consider. Additional tips include discussing ideas with others, finding inspiration from other fields, using new creative tools, and accepting that creativity takes time through breaks and exploration outside of work. Golden rules include sitting with problems, not obsessing over productivity, and clearing the mind.

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Action

Tips

Get yourself into


a creative frame of mind

Clarify your creative problem


Express the creative problem you intend to resolve in the form of a question.

Accept the initial difficulty


Review how you feel about your creative problem. Express your uncertainty, as giving voice to it can help you
cope with the feeling of disorientation that an unusual request can create.

Set an appropriate framework


What deadlines can you set that are neither too restrictive nor too vague?

How much documentation do you need to produce? Which sources of information will you take into
consideration?

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Action
Tips
Get yourself into
a creative frame of mind

Let the ideas emerge


Who can you talk in order to stimulate new ideas? How can you find time to go and talk to these people?

From what other professional or creative spheres could you find inspiration?

What new tools of expression could you use to express how you feel and stimulate new ideas?
(Drawings, models, collages, trend charts, etc.)

Golden rules
• Accept that you’ll need to sit for a while with the creative question you are going to answer; do not try
to resolve it immediately.

• Do
 not be obsessed with your productivity. Accept that a little time will be lost every day in order to
save time overall (discuss, consult, test, etc.).

• Clear
 your mind; take breaks, be inspired by what you discover outside of work (art exhibitions, etc.).

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