26 Thinking Tools

What can I do to increase my creativity?

1) Random Input

2) Problem Reversal

3) Ask Questions

4) Applied Imagination - Question Summary

5) Lateral Thinking

6) Six Thinking Hats by edward de bono

7) The Discontinuity Principle

8) Checklists

9) Brainstorming

10) Forced Relationships/Analogy

11) Attribute Listing

12) Morphological Analysis

13) Imitation

14) Mindmapping by tony Buzan

15) Storyboarding

16) Synectics

17) Metaphorical thinking

18) Lotus Blossum Technique

19) In the realm of the senses

20) Use of drawing (from Robert McKim's Experiences in Visual Thinking

21) IdeaToons (by Michael Michalko) Ne

22) NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) Techniques

23) Assumption Smashing

24) DO IT. method of Roger Olsen

25) LARC Method

26) Unconscious Problem Solving