{"id":439,"date":"2016-03-10T00:06:38","date_gmt":"2016-03-10T00:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insights360.com\/home\/?p=439"},"modified":"2016-08-02T05:43:58","modified_gmt":"2016-08-02T05:43:58","slug":"practice-creativity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insights360.com\/?p=439","title":{"rendered":"Practice Creativity"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s a true paradox: <\/span>thinking creatively requires a structure!<\/b> What\u2019s more, like anything you hope to perfect in life, you must practice, practice, practice creativity to train your brain to think creatively. It makes sense, doesn\u2019t it? Here\u2019s how I flexed my creative muscles this month.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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In March I attended the <\/span>Florida Creativity Weekend<\/span><\/a> in beautiful Sarasota. As a souvenir, here are two techniques for your own creative toolbox:<\/span><\/p>\n

Mindmapping<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Trust me, you can use this exercise for everything \u2014 even which car to buy or where to go for vacation. Mindmapping mimics the brain’s thought patterns, giving every idea a place to live. It\u2019s about coming at a \u2018problem\u2019 from every angle and taking a deep dive. Let me know if you want some templates.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Divergent<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>Convergent Thinking<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Divergent thinking <\/span><\/i>encourages you to generate a LOT of ideas. <\/span>Convergent thinking <\/span><\/i>encourages you to hone in on those ideas, filtering and selecting the best ones based on objective criteria. You\u2019re likely already familiar with a popular strategy for divergent thinking. It\u2019s called <\/span>brainstorming<\/span><\/a>, pioneered by Sidney Osborn and Alex Parnes.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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If you\u2019re interested in attending this creativity conference in the future, let me know. Insights360\u2019s Florida office is only an hour and a half away. \u00a0How about doing this creative boot camp together?<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s a true paradox: thinking creatively requires a structure! What\u2019s more, like anything you hope to perfect in life, you must practice, practice, practice creativity to train your brain to think creatively. It makes sense, doesn\u2019t it? Here\u2019s how I flexed my creative muscles this month. In March I attended the Florida Creativity Weekend in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/insights360.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/insights360.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/insights360.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insights360.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insights360.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=439"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/insights360.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":571,"href":"https:\/\/insights360.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439\/revisions\/571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/insights360.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insights360.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insights360.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}