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12 Types of Creative Thinking

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Creative thinking is the process of thinking in a flexible, flowing and original way. It is considered an important element of strategy, problem solving and decision making that allows for a great breadth of possible solutions. The following are common types of creating thinking.

Abundance Mentality

Supporting, extending and connecting the ideas of other people as opposed to a rivalrous approach to solving a problem.

Divergent Thinking

Challenging accepted assumptions and ideas.

Conjecture

Making guesses where there is missing information or uncertainty.

Brainstorming

Allowing ideas to quickly flow without validation.

Preserving Ambiguity

Delaying the imposition of assumptions and constraints until the last possible moment.

Creativity of Constraints

Imposing constraints that are designed to spark creativity. For example, ruling out obvious solutions to a problem.

Design Thinking

Viewing all strategy, problem solving and decision making as a process of design. That is to say, a process of creating something.

Counterfactual Thinking

Thinking about how the world would be different if historical facts were changed. For example, considering what the world would be like if the airplane hadn't been invented or gravity didn't exist.

Abstraction

Thinking in concepts that differ from concrete reality.

Analogy

Reducing complex things to simpler analogies.

Thought Experiment

Supporting, refuting or validating ideas with thought experiments.

Storytelling

Wrapping ideas in stories. Many inventions that exist today first appeared in fiction.
Overview: Creative Thinking
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The process of thinking in a flexible, flowing and original way.
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