The document discusses various mindsets and blocks that can inhibit creativity both personally and organizationally. At a personal level, blocks include strategic thinking that is too inflexible, rigid personal values, a narrow perceptual focus, and fear of failure impacting one's self-image. Organizationally, blocks come from an overemphasis on managerial control, short term thinking, getting paralyzed by endless analysis, rigid hierarchies, expectations of immediate payoffs, a focus on markets over technology, and pressure to achieve more with less resources.

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

2. 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

3. 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.

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

5. 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