Creative Caffeine
A dose of creativity stimulation
to ignite fresh thinking
From ‘Meh’ to ‘Wow!’ in 3 easy steps
How to stimulate your creativity out of a slump
From MEH to WOW in 3 easy steps? If you’re into Wordle right now, your brain is no-doubt whirring into action. No, the answer is not
MEH
MEW
MOW
WOW
But I like the way you think!
The formula I’m going to give you combines three incredibly powerful creativity catalysts. So, make sure you get out your goggles and protective lab coat for this.
Time required: This exercise will take 10-15 minutes.
Here are your ingredients:
- A mindset: Self-belief
- A skill: Mind mapping
- A competency: Pick one of 4 proven trainable creative competencies (more below)
Step 1: Believe that you can do this
The starting point of any creative endeavour is a creative mindset. Your mindset is the environment in which your creative experiment takes place. Think of your mindset like a chemistry lab. You can’t test the vapour pressure of gas if it is baking hot inside the lab or if a gale is howling through the open...
Nina Pearse
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Nina Pearse is a dynamic and creative facilitator with a vision to transform business and society by helping people tap into their creativity. Nina has an honours degree in business science from the University of Cape Town. She is an adjunct faculty member at the Gordon Institute of Business Science.
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