How to Enhance Creativity And Generate Many Ideas

Sometime we stuck and can not find solutions of the problem. And sometime we don't know how to generate novel ideas. If it happens, we need to do little strategy to encouraging our creativity and have light bulbs flashing again in our heads. Here some tips from Psychologist:

Take a break

The solution sometime flash into your mind, after you take a break. Because some ideas are hidden in your unconsciousness. And unconsciousness will become consciousness if you relax. Sometime, if I don't find any solution, I take a short break by going to the bath room and washing my hand. Sound of water will makes me relax for a while and suddenly I find the solution. Or you can take a walk and have some fresh air. It's also useful too. So, don't have lunch in your desk. Go outside, and you will be back with some new ideas.

Ask other people

Your purpose is not getting the right answer for them. Your objective is let them open your mind to see another point of view, so you can light some ideas in your head. Sometime opinion of others will remind you about the other solutions. Sometime you can combine some solutions from them. Or you could collect more than one solution and choose the best one.

Use analogy

Find something else that solves the problem you are examining. Usually it's helpful to look at solutions provided by human or animal biology. Such as Alexander Graham Bell copy membrane of ear when invented telephone. I use to apply other proven solution to be copied when I think my problem, with small adaptation.
Do personal analogy. Place yourself directly to the situation. Such as Mel Gibson in ‘What Women Wants' film, he shaves his legs and wear stocking just like woman when look for some ideas related to making advertising for woman.
Do symbolic analogy uses objective, impersonal, or poetic images to describe the problem. Symbolic analogy will flash up some ideas in your head. I like to use big picture with 16 small colorful different photographs on it. I think my problem and try to find solutions related to the photographs. Some pictures will stimulate my brain to generate some ideas. Example when I want to make new advertising for our new credit card product, I look at big picture and find that a hat picture gives me idea that the advertising will be focus to give flexibility for our customer's vocation. Picture of the babies, light me idea to give advertising massage as protection to the whole family. Its always work out !