John Lennon said he wrote the song, “Because” by playing Beethoven’s “Moonlight Sonata” backwards.
Questions to ignite team creativity discover ways to attach/combine other objects to an item to give it a new use.
How does the shape of the item resemble other common shapes? The exercise encourages team members to free their minds so they might run into an amazement.
The University of Nevada Innevation Center, intentionally spells innevation to take the “no” out of innovation.
The interdisciplinary approach at the University of Oregon melds different backgrounds. At the College of Design, students learn about materials, the manufacturing process, design influences, and entrepreneurship. They discover how creativity is enhanced by acquiring interdisciplinary knowledge, making connections that are not obvious, and by applying these strategies to navigate around constraints.
Professors in product design say, “If the round hole is bigger, the square peg might fit. We want to develop people who are inspired by constraints.”
Consider a creative strategy for today.
What could you do in reverse to develop a novelty or new product?
Invert an approach to study new ways of doing things.
Is there an idea to turn upside-down or inside-out to awaken a new perspective?
Ask how nature might solve it?
Approach the day in myriad ways.
Playfulness and humor become the starting points to launch creativity.
