Mental blocks to creativity

Often the main block to creativity is actually a mental block. Thoughts or comments such as these can stop creativity in its tracks.

• Im not creative
• That is not my area
• We must be practical
• There must be a single right answer
• That is not logical
• We must follow the rules
• We must avoid ambiguity
• To err is wrong and unforgiveable
• Play is frivolous
• Don't be foolish

Creativity takes flexiblity and stepping outside your comfort zone. Be careful that you encourage open thinking and avoid the thoughts and phrases mentioned about which can bring to a halt the new ideas that may help your strategic planning, value engineering, problem solving and process improvement.