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3 Clever Creative Strategies!
I've got a confession to make... there are many waysleaders can be more creative, innovative and ingenious thanare presented in this article. It does not matter if you desire to be a marketing,entrepreneurial or organizational leader, you do have to useyour creativity to be successful. Most leaders have trouble discovering new opportunities,generating good ideas and promoting innovative solutions. Inthe game of creativity, you need both quality and quantityto win the prize. I'll show you how to use 3 simple ways to boost the number,power and value of your ideas. All you need to do is learnthem, practice them and make them the most used tools inyour personal leadership-toolkit. Create It This Way! Map It Out, Map It All! Want a way out of that mental block or trap? Don't look forsome guidebook, create yourself a map and follow it out ofyour troubles instead. How do you draw a map to find new ideas, opportunities orcreate inventions? It's easy, all you need is a place tostart! And like Dorothy learned in the Land of Oz, youalways begin at the beginning. Do you have a problem you're trying to solve? Do you have anunmet need? Do you want to search for something? Do yoususpect something is missing or something is out of place orsomething is more than what is needed? Use those questions to define your map's point of origin.Place that starting point in the center of the paper andthen draw lines to any related problems or missing items. Once you identify your problems, needs, missing pieces orsuspicions and connect them in some logical order [byputting your worse problems at the bottom of the page andeasier ones on the top] - then you can do the following: => List possible ways to find solutions => Draw lines to groups or people who can help you solvethe problem => Use different shapes to show problems, solutions and keypeople or tools => Color your problems and their related solutions with thesame colors [use red for the main problem and its solution,but use green for another problem and its solution] => Include push pins, sticky notes, stars or artwork whenpossible to add vitality, depth and substance to your map Create It That Way! Ask and Answer It Quickly! 1) What is the situation, what is happening or going onhere? 2) What are the problems, difficulties or challenges? 3) How do those problems impact, affect or influence thesituation? 4) What good will the solutions to those problems need todo, provide or fix? Ask those 4 questions and always ask 'why' at least 5 timesfor each answer and you will find tons of beneficialsolutions. Create It Anyway! Bend It, Shape It, Anyway You Want It! So you tried mapping, drawing, picturing and asking oranswering it and you still aren't getting any great ideas,are you? Well here are some last chances for you - just re-arrangeit, combine it with its own or different parts,mix-it-all-around, shuffle it, remove parts of it, throw itat the walls, step into the middle of it, step away from it,turn it upside down or inside out or round and round, talkabout it with others or even yourself, meditate on and prayabout it. Whatever you do, do not let it just sit there without makingsome effort to move it or yourself. ------------------------------------------------------------ Even though these seem a bit lightweight, they are the mostpowerful ways known to mankind for solving problems, findingideas and opportunities and for creating useful inventions. When you use these techniques, you will be employing thesecrets of history's greatest inventive minds like Edison,Newton, Copernicus, Jesus Christ, Marie Curie, Franklin andEinstein. You can do this, it takes only a few moments a day to masterthem and then you will find yourself lighting-up the worldwith your bright and valuable ideas. Necessity is and always will be the Mother of invention.Make your Momma proud by using these methods whenever youhave the need to bring meaningful contributions to ourlives! Copyright © 2004, Mustard Seed Investments Inc., All rights reserved. ------------------------------------------------------------ ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Bill Thomas publishes "Your Leadership UltraNet!" - aHands-On, Affordable, Performance Improvement Program,featuring web-based ULTRA-Powerful Training courses,coaching & mentoring support plus follow-ups GUARANTEED to energize, empower, enhance your leadership results.All-the-Tools-You-Need-to-Lead-&-Succeed! http://www.leadership-toolkit.com/skills.html ------------------------------------------------------------
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MORE RESOURCES: Site: Yahoo! News Search Results for creativity Creativity key in dealing with complex business environment: study SINGAPORE : Creativity and people skills feature prominently on the agendas of chief executives in ASEAN. Productivity, Creativity Crucial Factors For South Korea's Meteoric Rise PETALING JAYA, July 29 (Bernama) -- Productivity and creativity have been the essential factors for South Korea to leapfrog its development from the 1970s to now when compared to Malaysia, a seminar was told today. Reviving America's creativity American children are losing their creativity, but scientists and experts are trying to help them get it back. America?s creativity enables greatness America heralds the banner of innovation because of the country's aptitude for creativity. Individual creativity is an essential part of the American spirit and is embodied in our country's founding documents. A government produces the most from its citizens when it allows each of them to define and pursue their own success. Using a system of limited regulation, a government should be one that ... Creativity and community topic of free museum event Free creative networking event ? live music included ? at the Northwest African American Museum. Building A Creativity Collective: Using The Crowd To Solve Societal Problems Recently funded by the National Science Foundation, Jeffrey V. Nickerson, and Yasuaki Sakamoto of Stevens Institute of Technology are conducting research on how well design can be accomplished by a set of individuals quickly assembled online - a cyber crowd. Over the next three years, their research project entitled, "Crowdsourcing Creativity: Experiments in Design," will build an idea ecology ... Building a creativity collective ( Stevens Institute of Technology ) Stevens Professors Nickerson and Sakamoto research crowdsourcing for the National Science Foundation. Keeping creativity hot over the summer The Sea Island School for Arts & Academics, a two-week program for artistically and academically gifted students enrolled in Beaufort County School District, keeps students engaged over the summer. The annual program is being held at Hilton Head Island High. Beaufort High School dance teacher Teresa Baker led a dance class for third- through fifth-graders. She instructed her students in an ... Five words or less It's that time again. Let's test our collective creativity with another interesting edition of "Five words or less" in the AFC North blog. Last time we had a photo of two former teammates . Now we want to get your thoughts on two soon-to-be teammates: Terrell Owens and Chad Ochocinco . Both flamboyant receivers have created a significant buzz this week for the Cincinnati Bengals . So share your ... Inaugural Explore Creativity networking event gives freelancers chance to shine Dubai: July 27, 2010: Independent creative media professionals had the opportunity to showcase their skills and work, to companies operating in TECOM Investments TECOM Investments ' Media Cluster, when Dubai Media City Dubai Media City hosted the inaugural 'Explore Creativity', the latest in a series of themed networking events bringing together members of the Media Cluster community. Site: creativity - Google News DDB's Matt Eastwood Named Chief Creative Officer of DDB New York - PR Newswire (press release)
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