What is creative thinking? Creative thinking is "the process we use when we come up with a new idea. It can be accidental or deliberate."
Have you ever woken up out of a deep sleep with a great solution to a problem you'd been struggling with? Or been taking a shower and all of a sudden "the answer" pops into your head? That happens to all of us. We come up with our most creative ideas by complete chance when we're not consciously thinking about them.
Creativity is a talent that we all possess. It consists of a set of skills that can be learned, developed and used. You can think creatively in any situation. Research shows that creative people believe they are creative, whilst less creative people believe they are not. In other words, your creative ability depends very much on your self-belief, and you can influence your brain to be more creative.
Creativity involves looking beyond the boundaries of our normal thinking. It is "the ability to keep an open mind and see new perspectives and to generate / develop different ideas" This ability is learnable. Creativity includes conscious efforts to see things differently, to break out of habits and out-dated beliefs to find new ways of thinking, doing and being. Creativity is a natural, normal aspect of healthy human beings. It is any act, idea, or product that changes an existing domain, or that transforms an existing domain into a new one...What counts is whether the novelty he or she produces is accepted for inclusion in the domain."
Everyone is creative!
Almost all of the research shows that anyone with normal intelligence is capable of doing some degree of creative work. Creativity depends on a number of things: experience, including knowledge and technical skills; talent; an ability to think in new ...