|  Ways to Increase Creativity
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- Give permission
- Allow yourself to think creatively and bend rules. Ask
what would happen. Imagine a room of possibility in your mind
where anything could happen. Use this as a testing chamber
for ideas that aren't "safe" in the real world.
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- Look at what you have
- What is out there? How can it be adapted to fit your
needs
 (e.g., using portable
water pumps designed and manufactured for military use in
the Vietnam era for a water supply in an Indian community).
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- Look at new technologies
- Keep abreast of new technologies and adapt them (e.g.,
using an online internet or video conference rather than travelling
to distant communities).
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- Think backward
- Envision the problem is solved. Walk around the solution
and describe it to others.
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- Break the problem into small pieces
- Brainstorm options for each component
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- Make analogies
- What does the problem remind you of?
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- Go away
- Change your mental environment--talk it out on a walk
or put it in the back of your mind while you sleep.
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- Keep an open mind
- Don't be afraid to play and try things differently
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Step 4, Develop Options