Blocks to Creativity Mindset Personal blocks to creativity Organisational blocks to creativity From the book “Creative Problem Solving For Managers”

Mindset

Personal blocks to creativity

Organisational blocks to creativity

MINDSET EXAMPLES We have always done it this way, why change? There can only be one way to do it properly. It’s experience that counts, it’s the only way to learn. I learned to to it this way and it never lets me down. Televisions are for receiving information – not for two way communication

We have always done it this way, why change?

There can only be one way to do it properly.

It’s experience that counts, it’s the only way to learn.

I learned to to it this way and it never lets me down.

Televisions are for receiving information – not for two way communication

MINDSET BLOCKS CREATIVITY Mindset is a condition in which an individual becomes over-sensitized to some part of the information available at the expense of other parts. It is characterized by one-right-answer thinking, looking for reasons why something will not work, and misplaced emphasis on logical thinking.

Mindset is a condition in which an individual becomes over-sensitized to some part of the information available at the expense of other parts.

It is characterized by one-right-answer thinking, looking for reasons why something will not work, and misplaced emphasis on logical thinking.

PERSONAL BLOCKS TO CREATIVITY Strategic – inflexible thinking Value – rigid personal values Perceptual – narrow focus Self-image – fear of failure

Strategic – inflexible thinking

Value – rigid personal values

Perceptual – narrow focus

Self-image – fear of failure

ORGANISATIONAL BLOCKS TO CREATIVITY Emphasis on managerial control Short range thinking Analysis paralysis Rigid hierarchical structures Expected payoffs Market versus technology orientation Pressure to achieve more with less

Emphasis on managerial control

Short range thinking

Analysis paralysis

Rigid hierarchical structures

Expected payoffs

Market versus technology orientation

Pressure to achieve more with less