4 - Stimulating Your Imagination - Some Practical Tools & Techniques PART I.pptx

Stimulation Your Imagination PART I
Analogies – to start a train of
thought
INSIDE YOUR BRAIN: WHEN DO
YOU GET A CREATIVE IDEA
PDC1108/PDC1109

“I’m not really a creative person”
Could it really be that some of us
are born to be more creatively
gifted than others?

Your Brain – The most powerful!

Working Brain…
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Even Steve Jobs agrees with this theory of
what creativity is all about:
"Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask
creative people how they did something, they feel a
little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just
saw something."

10 Surprising Ways to Transform Your
Creative Thinking
YOUR BRAIN DOES BETTER CREATIVE WORK
WHEN YOU’RE TIRED
- creative thinking
actually works better at non-optimal times . So, if
you’re a morning lark, your brain will be better
at finding creative insights at night, when you’re
tired.

EXERCISE CAN IMPROVE YOUR CREATIVITY
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Typical triggers for events, that make us feel great and relaxed
and therefore give us an increased dopamine flow are taking a
warm shower, exercising , driving home, etc. The chances of
having great ideas then are a lot higher
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The more dopamine that is released, the more creative we are

AMBIENT NOISE LEVELS ARE BEST FOR
CREATIVITY
Silence, in fact, actually helps us to
sharpen our focus , so it’s useful for intense
problem-solving or detail-oriented tasks.
Creative thinking, on the other hand, requires
the kind of ambient buzz of sound that you
might find in a café to promote broader
thinki.ng and new ideas

Even Steve Jobs agrees with
this theory of what
creativity is all about:
"Creativity is just connecting
things. When you ask
creative people how they
did something, they feel a
little guilty because they
didn’t really do it, they just
saw something."
NOTHING IS ORIGINAL: CREATIVITY IS ALL ABOUT
MAKING CONNECTIONS