Creative Jolt Techniques
There are plenty of techniques to jolt your inner creativity and they basically fall into three broad categories.
Embrace constraints rather than avoid them. Look for the constraint that hurts the most and embrace it fully.
Think about the "known" in an unknown way. Seeing things through fresh eyes can be powerful!
Bring unrelated “knowns” together. Creative outcomes are often spawned by bringing unrelated ideas together and seeing what happen.
Use any of these jolt techniques to get yourself unstuck!
Shift the Battlefield
If you encounter an issue that you absolutely cannot resolve, try shifting the battlefield to a more advantageous position.
Flaw-Storm
A different kind of brainstorming can help you identify how to beat the most difficult part of your problem…