BRING OUT YOUR MOSTCREATIVE SELF

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GETTING THE BIG I-DEER

EXERCISE 1

Pick a random role from the ones below and put yourself in that person’s shoes – what are you wearing, what do you enjoy doing, what did you have for breakfast etc. Get those creative guns fired up, then switch back to your real topic and fire away!

THE OLD SWITCHEROO

SUPERHERO KING OR QUEEN OFFICE TEMPTEDDY BEARPASTRY CHEF

REAL ESTATE AGENT UNI STUDENT OLYMPIC ATHLETE

EXERCISE 2

Consider one of the below “What if” exercises and come up with the most unique idea you can think of. See if these mental gymnastics stimulate your creative idea process:

“WHAT IF” YOU TRIED THIS EXERCISE?

What if people didn’t have to sleep?

What if the air was flammable?

What if we all lived to be 120?

What if your industry didn’t exist, what would you be doing?

What if time machines were real?

What if you could read the private diary of anyone you wanted, who would it be?

What if you woke up one day andyou were invisible?

What if all the movies ever made were based on true stories?

What if all types of phones didn’t exist?

What if?

EXERCISE 3

Take a leaf from Forrest Gump’s book and run to the door, then to end of the street, then to the end of the city, then to the end of the state – the only difference is that you’ll be doing this from your desk. Sit back, close your eyes and tell yourself out loud how your feet feel running along the pavement, what you’ll see as you run across town and what people you may encounter – all the while feeling your body breathing in time to your pace and the rush of wind as you run with no end in sight.

Open eyes and commence creative expression!

IMAGINE THERE’S NO STOPPING YOU

EXERCISE 4

Little bit of physical activity here, off the chair and lay down on your back – knees propped up. Now stare at the ceiling, look around at the corners and textures and the path that leads out of the room you’re in. Concentrate on this more and more while slowly imagining that you’re walking where your eyes are going – so that the ceiling becomes your floor and your normal floor is now the ceiling.

Turn everything in the room on its head and once you’re totally entrenched in your new Upside Down Land, come back up – ready to look at all problems from a different angle.

TURN THE PROBLEM UPSIDE DOWN

EXERCISE 5

Make a list of your 10 “unwritten laws” for the week – 10 things you ensure you do as part of your everyday life – such as shopping for groceries, what time you wake up, what TV shows you regularly watch etc. Now look at each item and consider why you do that thing, what its purpose is and what would it take for you to stop doing that activity.

As you ponder it out, your creative barriers should also fall.

QUESTION TIME

EXERCISE 6

Raid a nearby child’s toybox and borrow their Lego set. Try creating one of the items below and you’ll find your creativity building block by block.

Garden of EdenThe “I’m flying” scene in Titanic – Jack and Rose at the bow of the boatSushi plateFort Awesomely ImpenetrableBatman’s Batcave

LET GO WITH LEGO

BLOW YOUR MIND