Inspirations: Creative team work

Here are some common blocks to creative thinking as identified by Roger von Oech:

• There is a right answer

• It should be logical

• Follow the rules

• Be practical

• Avoid ambiguity

• To err is wrong

• Play is frivolous

• Stick to what you know

• Don't be foolish

• Not everyone is creative

A team of five people with the following creative personas or thinking styles might just help you break the mould:

Magician - uses impractical ideas as stepping stones to new ones.

Revolutionary - questions assumptions, challenges rules, discards obsolete ideas.

Poet - uses soft-thinking tools such as metaphor and ambiguity to generate ideas.

Hunter - hunts for ideas in outside areas.

Fool - breaks up potential group-think situations

Have you got a team like this working with you to effect positive change in your spa?

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From Roger von Oech's book A Whack on the Side of the Head: How to Unlock your Mind for Innovation.

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