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Jun 29, 20213 min read
Get into character
How creating a character or a 'pen portrait' can help you see things through another person's eyes.
Jun 24, 20213 min read
'WOOP' it up
Is positive thinking the best strategy to make new ideas come to life?
Jun 23, 20213 min read
Short stories
Why short stories are a fast track to creating your own ideas and narratives.
Jun 17, 20212 min read
Take one thing off
How a Coco Chanel quote can help fashion your creative thinking.
Jun 15, 20213 min read
Six thinking hats
Paying homage to the late, great Edward de Bono - by talking about his hats.
Jun 10, 20213 min read
Juxtapose
Why the right juxtaposition can make your contrasting ideas slot into place.
Jun 3, 20213 min read
The Helsinki Bus Station theory
How understanding the workings of a Finnish bus station can help you achieve greater success when it comes to being creative.
Jun 2, 20212 min read
Fill the tank
How stopping what you're doing to fill your mind with inspiration is the best route to your creative goal.
May 27, 20213 min read
Learn from the greats
Looking at past winners could help bring new ideas into the present.
May 26, 20211 min read
Wear your ideas out
Rock the 'ideas genius' look! Support FasterIdeas.com and grab yourself a Faster Ideas t-shirt or tote bag.
May 25, 20213 min read
Put yourself on screen
Filming yourself can capture some creative thinking and help you picture a new idea.
May 20, 20213 min read
Walk
Walking isn't just great exercise, it can exercise the mind and help it wander onto a new creative path.
May 18, 20213 min read
Visit a gallery
How taking a trip to an art gallery could deliver your next big idea.
May 13, 20213 min read
Mindfulness
Can mindfulness be a good way to fill your mind with new ideas?
May 11, 20213 min read
Thesaurus
How to find a treasure trove of ideas in the "storehouse" of a thesaurus.
May 6, 20213 min read
Question your truth
How realising what you 'know' might not be what you thought it was, is the key to finding something new.
May 4, 20213 min read
Foreign Language
How to turn your idea from avorrit to surpreendente, using a different tongue (and a bit of help from Google Translate).
Apr 29, 20213 min read
Chairwork
How using a therapy technique can turn a chair into a seat of creative ideas.
Apr 27, 20212 min read
Look outside your sector
How competitor research outside - not inside - your industry can give your creative thinking an edge.
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