Creative Thinking Techniques with Hannah Fitzgibbon
In this interview, we talked about:
- Why coming up with the most ideas is the WAY to the best ideas
- Strategies to come up with more ideas with divergent and convergent thinking
- Using associations between words to come up with new ideas and introduce a level of tension to your brainstorming
- Using Roukes list to develop ideas
- How to USE procrastination intentionally to fire up your creativity and make and reframe what might feel like procrastination into the incubation phase of the creative process
- The importance of having a way to record ideas
The image Hannah painted after combining ideas in different ways to extend her thinking about what she wanted to paint. She discussed this in the podcast.
Links & Books Mentioned in the Show- Florence Wiliams – The Three Day Effect
- Dr. Shelly Carson, Your Creative Brain
- Sparketypes Test
Hannah Fitzgibbon left her corporate finance job to reconnect with her creativity. Her goal is to help people like you develop and trust your creativity to find more joy and flow in work you love. Hannah is a curator of ideas – bringing diverse research together to tell stories about creativity. She also draws, paints and writes.
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