This document discusses visual and creative thinking techniques that can help reawaken natural creative skills in adults. It addresses common myths that prevent creativity, such as the ideas that creativity always comes from an epiphany, there is a clear path to creativity, or that creativity is a waste of time. The document provides tips for starting visual thinking, such as creating an environment for creativity, drawing habitually, building a personal visual library, taking creative breaks, and reading fiction literature. A basic visual thinking toolkit of shapes is also presented.

1. Visual and Creative Thinking
What we learned from Peter Pan and Willy Wonka
09-06-25
Kelsey Ruger, Pop Labs

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4. creativity: cre·a·tiv·i·ty n. the ability to use
imagination to transcend traditional ideas, rules,
patterns, relationships, or the like, and to create
meaningful new ideas, forms, methods.

5. visual thinking: vis·u·al thin·king adj. the practice of
using pictures to solve problems, think through issues,
and communicate clearly.

6. VISUAL THINKING FOR WHAT

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15. Life in the fast lane:
In an increasingly fast paced world
we don’t make time for creative activities.

16. Keeping up with the competition:
It’s getting harder to innovate, produce new
ideas and communicate at this pace.

17. What About Creativity?
This can be overwhelming for many professionals
because many of the “standard” we put in place
actually limit creative ability and competitiveness.

18. Visual and creative thinking techniques can help
reawaken natural visual and creative skills in adults

19. nurturing creative and visual thinking in your organization
• Learning and removing the myths that prevent creativity
• Start using visual and creative thinking

20. The Myths of Creativity

21. MYTH 1:
creativity always comes from an epiphany

22. MYTH 2:
there is always a clear path to creativity

23. MYTH 3:
creativity is the result of the lone innovator

24. MYTH 4:
creativity always results in greatness
well great ideas anyway...

26. MYTH 5:
I’m not creative

29. MYTH 6:
being creative is a waste of time

31. MYTH 7:
creativity is not for adults or
people with serious careers.

32. How do you overcome the power of
the creative myths?
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33. Are you smarter than a 5th grader?

34. Overcoming the Myths of Creativity

35. Visual Thinking:
Using images to solve problems and communicate

36. • 80% of the brain is dedicated to visual processing
• Visual processing is not new, it’s part of our history
• Written language originated from drawing and sketching

37. Tips for starting visual thinking

38. Visual Thinking Tip 1:
Create an environment for creativity

39. Visual Thinking Tip 2:
Start the habit of drawing

40. Visual Thinking Tip 3:
Create a personal visual library
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From “Mapping Inner Space”
by Nancy Margulies, Nusa Maal, and Margaret J. Wheatley

41. PRACTICE

42. From “Mapping Inner Space” Visual Thinking Tip 4:
Create a personal metaphor library
by Nancy Margulies, Nusa Maal, and Margaret J. Wheatley

43. PRACTICE

44. Visual Thinking Tip 5:
Take creative and visual thinking breaks

45. Visual Thinking Tip 6:
Practice Creativity

48. Visual Thinking Tip 7:
Read more ction literature

49. Getting Started:
A Basic Visual Thinking Toolkit
• Vertical Lines • Diamond (Decision)
• Horizontal Lines • Spiral (Change in Direction)
• Circles • Circle (harmony)
• Spirals • Direction (arrow)
• Wavy Lines • Straight
• Jagged Lines • Triangle (Relationship)
• Star (success)