BARRIERS TO CREATIVITY

Tendency to focus on the negative aspects of the problem
Expend energy on worry

Find the opportunities in situation

believe you can

think what to achieve and how

don't focus on problem

take different views of situation

Fear of looking foolish
Fear of being laughed at

see failure as a learning opportunity

helps identify your weaknesses

help discover what doesn't work

Not having time to think creatively

Cannot be objective

ability to innovate spells success, create growth, ROI

Provide strategic alignment

Have cross-functional expertise

Challenge assumptions
Brainstorm always

Allow failure

Reward ideas

Stress reduces quality of mental process

Conformist to accepted beliefs/rules

some rules are necessary but others encourage mental
laziness. "Every act of creation is first of all an act of
destruction." Pablo picasso

Challenge assumptions

identify and examine assumptions you are making

ensure assumptions are not excluding new ideas

Invest only on logical/analytical thinking

Not able to imagine things, be intuitive, or have a sense of
humour

"innovation is not the product of logical thought, although the
result is tied to logical structure." Alberi Eistein

Synergize diversities

Creative dissatisfaction

Creative chaos and fun