Completing the Creativity Triangle

To get an innovative solution to a problem we need to have knowledge, skill and ideas which are parts of the creativity triangle.

We gain experience and knowledge from books and our environment. We use the acquired knowledge and exercise our abilities to develop our skills. Only knowledge and skills are not enough to get a creative solution, we need ideas and ideas are powered by “Creative Thinking” without which the entire triangle remains dormant. It is like the electric power without which even the most sophisticated electronic device is nothing more than a piece of trash.

The highly competitive and challenging environment we are in, demands a lot of innovation and constant improvements, so it is absolutely imperative to activate the Creativity Triangle inside us. But, how to activate thinking?

We can follow some basic rules to activate the creativity triangle:

1. Dont ask for solution, search for solution

2. Challenge conventional thinking - always ask "but why?"

3. Do not stop after you have got the first idea. Remember, that you need to keep the Creativity Triangle active, so keep generating lot of ideas. Think of this model as a machine inside you that will perish without thoughts, so generate new ideas everyday to keep this model alive untill thinking becomes a habit.