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42 Useful Theories of Creativity

 , February 14, 2020
Creativity theory is a set of models and concepts for explaining creativity, the act of creating something non-obvious that is unusually valuable. Creativity typically stems from individuals or small groups working in a state of competitive collaboration. It is often attributed to a unique mind, method, insight or worldview that allows the creative to step beyond what exists to invent new value. The following are useful theories that can be used to explain or attempt to generate creativity.
Art For Art's Sake
Artistic License
Challenging Assumptions
Concept Testing
Coolness
Counterfactual Thinking
Crash Of Ineptitude
Creative Direction
Creative Spark
Creative Tension
Creativity Of Constraints
Design Thinking
Divergent Thinking
Elegance
Emergence
Experiments
First Principles
Greenfield
How The World Became Fiction
Imagination
Improv
Improvisation
Intellectual Diversity
Intuition
Inventive Step
Motley Crew Principle
Naive Innovation
Non-Obviousness
Originality
Play
Preserving Ambiguity
Prior Art
Reflective Thinking
Serendipity
Speculative Design
Style
Synthesis
Systems Thinking
Thought Experiment
Trough Of Sorrow
Visual Thinking
Worldbuilding

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