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

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/talents-strengths-another-perspective/

About Ideation & Intellection https://rickbaker.ca/post/so-you-think-you-have-insight/

About Narrow & Different Perspectives https://rickbaker.ca/post/newbinocularshelpyouseeeyetoeye/

About Process for Idea-Generation https://rickbaker.ca/post/in-the-clutch-of-ideas/

About Practise https://rickbaker.ca/post/a-formula-for-personal-strengths/

About Bad Habits  https://rickbaker.ca/post/changing-for-the-better-good-habits-bad-habits-new-things/

About the Belief ‘Process kills Creativity’ https://rickbaker.ca/post/process-does-that-word-rub-you-the-wrong-way/

About ‘not-Routine Work’ https://rickbaker.ca/post/separating-routine-not-routine-work-tasks/

The bottom line...

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