Process: Unleash Your Creative Potential

Purpose:
This tool provides a different approach to brainstorming. It allows you to unleash your creativity by allowing free association of thoughts and the use of non-standard forms of communication; such as colored markers, pictures, and images.

Background:
For many, creativity feels like an elusive task. You may look at yourself, your relationship, and your existing challenges and see the same solutions. You walk into a brainstorming session or a planning session and your mind goes blank. When everyone else is engaged in the process and sharing ideas, you hold back because no new thoughts come to mind. Yet, you each have a creative portion to your brain; you simply have not learned how to tap into it. Traditional forms of idea gathering tend to be linear and highly structured (e.g., outlines, lists, and matrices). While these are great organizational tools, they do not necessarily inspire new ways of thinking because they use only a fraction of the brain’s innovative potential!

Download October 2008's Process Below