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Resources and links on overcoming the challenge of creativity and working through problems

Hi.

We all need to be 'creative' but have you ever struggled with how to solve problems and identify creative solutions?
Ever stuck for ideas and need some fresh inspiration?

There are some simple guidelines that take the mystique out of creativity, and there are some simple tools that help in our problem-solving.

In this lens I've gathered some ideas, links and resources to stimulate and inform. I did it first for my own benefit. I found myself gathering links and tips from different places.

Creativity and Problem Solving can be straightforward, if you approach these opportunities in right way. Here I hope you will find stuff that will help you get started or move further on.

Patrick

My Blog: Lessons of a Learning Leader

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Videos on aspects of creativity

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Useful Creativity Sites and Tools

Links to places that can helpf

Creative Think
Roger von Oech's thoughts about creativity, innovation, and fun things to stimulate your imagination!
Idea Mapping Blog
Jamie Nast is the author of this blog and "Idea Mapping" published by John Wiley & Sons. The book is available in the Business/Economics section of bookstores. Jamie has trained over 15,000 people world-wide to be more creative, more productive and better learners.
Digital Roam. Inc.: Visual thinking for the business world
Visual thinking is how we use our eyes (and our mind's eye) to look at a problem, see patterns and opportunities, imagine ways to manipulate those patterns to our advantage, and show those insights to others.
How to read a business book
From Seth Godin's Blog on marketing, respect, and the ways ideas spread.
YouTube - Annotations
A useful tool for adding annotations and interactivity to YouTube videos. What are the possibilities. Check out the examples on this page.
MindManager Enthusiasts Network
A Ning community of enthusiasts of MindManager, and mindmapping effective business, productivity and creativity tools.
Idea Sandbox :: Remarkability, Creative Problem Solving, Brand Building
Idea Sandbox specializes in helping companies be remarkable, creatively solve their problems and build a better brand. It includes a simple but useful on-line Prioritizer Tool.
Riddles for linchpins on Vimeo
Offbeat, interesting and disturbing questions to help you think differently about the status quo. For more about the book, visit squidoo.com/linchpin Music by Keller Williams. Go see him in concert and buy his albums!

Blog Posts from Google

The making of a prodigy
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Creativity and Innovation Stuff on Amazon

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Del.icio.us bookmarks on Creativity

Some links I have stumbled over that are to do with aspects of creativity

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Mind Mapping Tools and Resources

Online Mind Mapping - MindMeister
Online Mind Mapping: MindMeister - the first 100% web-based free collaborative mind mapping tool
Text 2 Mind Map - An online text to mind map converter
Convert your text or list of keywords to a mind map instantly online! The text 2 mind map converter makes a mind map out of your bullet list. Also known as Text-2-mind-map converter or, shortly, Text2Mindmap.
Mindjet Connect
Online collaborative MindManager.
NovaMind Platinum Mind Mapping Software
NovaMind Platinum Mind Mapping Software with project management and screenwriting capabilities built in.
The Mind Mapping Software Weblog: The online mind map smackdown
The Mind Mapping Software Weblog is designed to provide businesspeople with a focused collection of resources related to visual mapping - its applications, its benefits, and how you can use it to increase your productivity and creativity.
Mindjet Connect boosts accessibility
In this article, Peter Abrahams asks whether Mind Maps are making a shift to becoming important collaboration tools.
FreeMind - free mind mapping software
One the more popular free Mind Mapping tools.
Wisdomap
Wisdomap an advanced online mind mapping software which allows you to create clean, colourful maps and attach videos, images and more for free.
The emphasis in this tool is a clean, no nonsense, uncluttered look. I like it.

Useful articles on Creativity - usually Blog Posts

Heads-Up! on Organizational Innovation: Von Oech's "Whack" 25 Years Later
In this interview with Roger Von Oech, some useful points about Creativty, Constraints and approaches emerge.
Seth's Blog: Boundary makers
Some artists continually seek to tear down boundaries, to find new powder, new territory, new worlds to explore. They're the ones that hop the fence to get to places no one has ever been. Other artists understand that they need...

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