Divergent Thinking challenge

“There is no innovation and creativity without failure” – Brene Brown -1+1 OPEN VISUALIZATION TRICK As most people age, we become more closed-minded & rigid. But is there a way to become more open, receptive, and creative? Today we will explore the Open Visualization technique to get our crea

This exercise helps you see things that are not readily apparent. It teaches you to draw inferences, an essential skill in any field. Like the constraint exercise, it forces your brain to focus on a narrow problem. This focus forces you to think in unorthodox ways. Let’s look at a simple exam

Fractal is a pattern that repeats forever, and every part of the Fractal, regardless of how zoomed in, or zoomed out they are, looks very similar to the whole image. Fractals surround us in so many different aspects of life, be it - Biology, the Universe, Oceans, Art, Plants, Music, and the l

Logo Design can be insanely creative by combining Inspirations around you. One tool to distill inspiration into a form and expression is using an Associative thinking approach. Associative thinking can be used to force two unrelated ideas, objects, concepts, representations to come together as

The Story of Mis-fits is a very good exercise for Divergent Thinking. It works in both Forward and Backward sequences. Step 1: List 10 unrelated objects u can find at home. Step 2: Associate with another Object or Concept ( Man-Made / Abstract / Natural ) and give the new form a new expressio

Make your sandwich is an icebreaker/ideation exercise that fires up the creative thinking. It is fun and personal as you get to present yourself in a unique way. Make your sandwich is quite literally about building up a visual sandwich of your personality, where you can outline the characte

This exercise is inspired by Michael Michalko’s and focuses on divergent thinking. Impossible objects are a great way to test the imagination and see where does it take you. And even though imagination is not the same as creativity, coming up with unseen and new concepts definitely connects b

We make assumptions the whole day about our environment, interctions, people. About everything. An assumption is accepted as true or as certain to happen, without proof. Most of the time it’s based on previous experiences where a certain outcome has happened it a particular way. We assume tha

" There is more to life than the everyday experience of our senses " To understand our world we use our senses, yet it's not the complete picture of our world. In this activity, we explore Observation and Inference. When does Observation happen? Observation is an accumulation of information when

Activity Details: 2 to 3 person Activity Time to Complete: 3 days to 1 week. Communicating through Language be it Visual, Text or Sound has been vital for us as Homospeins to accumulate and pass on our skills and knowledge to our future generations, this has also lead us to be at the top of t

4 Shape speed logothon is a brilliant divergent exercise which flexes your imagination under Pressure. The whole intent is to take 3-4 objects near you and create as many logos as possible in raw form. The focus is on their minimalist n basic shape forms that are derived from the object and to

Think of any object. List as many Functions you can think of the Object can perform. The Function can be a Process, Abstract or Mechanical Utility. Now create a Flowchart or a MindMap listing all of the attributes for enabling each Function. Now try to add / replace / substitute / Combine attrib

We can all agree that one + one is two, but mixing a drop of water with another drop of water will still produce only one drop of water. Similarly goes for the ideation process – connecting two ideas or concepts together at the end we will have one idea or a concept. Being creative involves