Monthly Archives: August 2012

The conclusion of the series, “Initiating Creative-Thinking Breakthroughs” Creative advancements often come through modifications of something already in existence. When Henry Ford took Eli Whitney’s original idea of assembly-line gun manufacturing and modified it as a way of turning out … Continue reading →

Part 4 in the series, “Initiating Creative-Thinking Breakthroughs” Generally speaking, in the world of creative thinking—and here we are referring to inventors, fiction writers, artists, composers, mathematicians—there are those people who make radical breakthroughs and devise totally original concepts and … Continue reading →

Part 3 in the series, “Initiating Creative-Thinking Breakthroughs” One way to experience a creative-thinking breakthrough can be seen in the fascinating study of remote viewing. In the late 1970s the United States military discovered that certain individuals had developed a … Continue reading →

Part 2 in the series, “Initiating Creative-Thinking Breakthroughs” In professional writing there are two traditional avenues of thinking. Divergent thinking (often referred to as brainstorming) is the “anything goes” aspect of creative writing. An individual author, or in some cases … Continue reading →

Part 1 in the series, “Initiating Creative-Thinking Breakthroughs” The ability to place a common object in a new environment can lead to creative breakthroughs in business, writing, commerce, science, and education. Let me prove the point by giving you a … Continue reading →