Creativity

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>>1839367
I know of De Bono's six hats, but it is usually cumbersome to think so methodically.
I had better success when using the "almost falling asleep" method used by Dali and Edison. I don't remember who I read it from tho.

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>>1839367
bump

You don't need creativity to think of a business idea, in fact that's a surefire way to think of a terrible idea for a business because it'll be something like "translucent hats shaped like a bear" or "an Italian style sportscar with an inbuilt espresso machine that uses the heat of the engine..." that serves no use to anyone.

All you need to do is identify a desire or a service that people or businesses need which is either unsatisfied or you can do it either
>faster
>cheaper
>better
>in a way that "adds value"
>more convenient

Best place to start is your own life: what is something you would pay a lot of money for that doesn't exist, or would pay a premium for if it could be done easier/faster/more conveniently/add value compared to your current options.

t. fine art grad. I KNOW creativity.

>>1839379
key and the plate method?

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>>1840233
> I KNOW creativity.
I don't doubt it.
I still believe innovative businesses require a creative moment. And by innovative I don't only mean MUH STEVE JOB, but what you are recommending would also be a creative methodology.

t. business grad.

do acid

>>1841759
Umm excuse me ma'am, but your tit is hanging out

>>1841966
shhh... don't go blowin up the apple cart

>>1841759
Seemed more analytical to me, but 'a rose by any other name...' also you'd like a book called 'How to Kill a Unicorn' it's a bunch of case studies from a consultancy about how they bridge the gap between resources and innovative solutions to client's expansion plans.

Anyway, I'll try to help you by vomitting out a fewof home-truths about creativity:

1. break your thought patterns: change your daily routine, get up earlier, later, drive to work in a different way. you see where I'm getting with this.
Also expose yourself to different influences: read a magazine about travel, or about motherhood or something really alien to you personally, listen to a music genre you've never heard before, read two novels in a row that couldn't be anymore different.

2. Work within arbitrary constraints: what if I paint a human figure composed only of triangles, or I do a fashion editorial limiting everything to velvet as the only fabric or maybe I want everything to be in a shade of green...
It's interesting that when you put a conceptual straitjacket around yourself solutions and ideas come easier

3. Invert or transpose an idea: Alien is Jaws in space. The Lion King, so we're told, is Hamlet with talking animals. Shatner was captain of the spaceship, not Kirk.
Everyone is now doing "Uber for ___" stuff.

Hope I've been of some help.

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>>1840274
Yes, I was successful not fully equipped with objects but as almost falling asleep while keeping whatever in mind.
I think I learned it in a "Learning how to Learn" Coursera vid.

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>>1839367
>all these pornstars

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>>1842012
I'm checking the book out.

I like arbitrary constraints. I think I find it the most concrete of the three, but have trouble applying it to thinking a business from scratch.

Thank you.

Do you feel that your training in the fine arts has given you applicable experience to something like this?

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>>1842572
It's marketing, keeps you coming ;)