Creative Achiever

 

By: Vadim Kotelnikov

Founder, Ten3 Business e-Coach Inspiration and Innovation Unlimited!

 

 

"The first people had questions, and they were free. The second people had answers, and they became enslaved."  ~ George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman

"We are constantly encouraged to spend time exploring new ideas and asking "what if?" questions and we're allowed to pursue the ones we think have the most promise."  

~ Mark Dean, IBM   >>>

 

Sample "Why?" and "What If?" Questions

True Success: 4 Questions To Ask Yourself

3 Strategies of Market Leaders

 

Maintaining a Fresh Perspective with Your Employees

10 Tips

  1. Encourage employees to ask "Why?" and "Why Not?" questions... More

 

Ask Searching Questions

Don't take anything for granted. The key that opens the door to opportunities is the approach of asking yourself searching questions 'Why?' and 'What If?'

Searching questions can help you discover new opportunities, uncover the roots of a problem, and find creative solutions to it.

4 Types of Problems

Problem Solving Strategies: 4 Levels

Creative Problem Solving

Asking searching questions starts with challenging assumptions. If you do not check assumptions you cannot be good at asking searching questions. Don't ask one or two questions and then rush straight towards a solution. With an incomplete understanding of the problem it is very easy to jump to wrong conclusions... More

Search for Opportunities

Open your mind to what is possible. Ask also other people to find out what they want, what they do not want, and what they would like to change... More

Entrepreneurial Leader: 4 Attributes

Boosting Your Creativity

Creativity requires an inquisitive mind. Unless you ask lots of "Why?" and "What If"? questions, you won't generate creative insights.

3 Pillars of Inspiration

Yin-Yang of Entrepreneurial Creativity

"To avoid this most common of creative errors, be sure to peek under all carpets, including your own. Don't take anything for granted. Especially success. Try looking at the world through more inquisitive eyes; try getting ideas in motion; try asking the all-important: "Why?" See what happens!"2

 

Entrepreneurial Creativity (Ten3 Mini-course)

 

 

 

Entrepreneurial Creativity

Be Different and Make a Difference

Challenging Assumptions

Thinking Outside the Box

Asking Searching Questions

10 Commandments of Innovation

Searching for Opportunities

Culture of Questioning

Discovering Opportunities

  Ten3 Mini-Courses

Entrepreneurial Creativity 

(75 slides)

References:

  1. Effective Innovation: How to Stay Ahead of the Competition, John Adair

  2. Improve Your Lateral Thinking: Puzzles To Challenge Your Mind, Paul Sloane

  3. Creativity, Alexander Hiam

 

Free Micro-course

11 slides

10 Commandments of Innovation