Often we enter our day on automatic pilot, letting our habits rule our day...waiting for what is predictable and avoiding surprises.
This can numb our mind and prevent us from thinking creatively. Our expectations of how "things should be" replaces the reality of how "things could be"...that is more efficient, more effective, or more profitable.

Here are 4 strategies that will help stimulate you into creative thinking:

1. VISUALIZE see the preferred future, the ideal
2. EXPLORE use metaphors, analogies or symbols to question assumptions and shake paradigms
3. COMBINE bring various elements together in different ways
4. MODIFY improvise, adapt, adjust what you already have/ do

Get thinking outside of the box!