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Don't Give Ideas the Brake, Give Ideas a Break

by Rick Baker
On Mar 26, 2013

Here is a list of things that throttle ideas, nipping ideas in the bud or nipping them soon after...

1. Lack of Self-confidence

2. Lack of Self-knowledge around Talents & Strengths

3. Lack of Education, specifically in the areas of Creativity: 'Lateral Thinking', Ideation, Intellection, Invention, & Innovation

4. Narrow & Different Perspectives

5. Lack of Process for Idea-generation [Curiosity, Creativity, Invention, & Innovation]

6. Lack of Practise [at what we call ‘IDEA-storming’]

7. Bad Habits: blaming others rather than accepting responsibility

8. The mistaken belief that ‘Process kills Creativity’

9. Confusion around Routine versus not-Routine work

If you see your people or your business stagnating in old ideas...don't worry about it or complain about it - check for these 9 things and take action to remove them.

 

Some related articles...

About Courage & Confidence https://rickbaker.ca/search.aspx?q=self-confidence

About Talents, & Strengths https://rickbaker.ca/post/2013/02/19/Talents-Strengths-another-perspective.aspx

About Ideation & Intellection https://rickbaker.ca/post/2012/12/18/So-you-think-you-have-INSIGHT.aspx

About Narrow & Different Perspectives https://rickbaker.ca/post/2013/02/05/NewBinocularsHelpYouSeeEyetoEye.aspx

About Process for Idea-Generation https://rickbaker.ca/post/2011/11/23/In-the-Clutch-of-Ideas.aspx

About Practise https://rickbaker.ca/post/2012/11/16/A-Formula-for-Personal-Strengths.aspx

About Bad Habits  https://rickbaker.ca/post/2010/01/19/CHANGING-FOR-THE-BETTER-Good-Habits-Bad-Habits-New-Things.aspx

About the Belief ‘Process kills Creativity’ https://rickbaker.ca/post/2012/02/15/PROCESS-does-that-word-rub-you-the-wrong-way.aspx

About ‘not-Routine Work’ https://rickbaker.ca/post/2013/02/02/Separating-Routine-not-Routine-Work-Tasks.aspx

 

 

The bottom line...

Don't Give Ideas the Brake, Give Ideas a Break

Comments (1) -

rick baker
10/23/2016 11:40:03 AM #

"Big men don't laugh at big ideas."

David J Schwartz,
'The Magic of Thinking BIG', (1959… 2015)

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