Overcoming Obstacles to Creative Thinking

How does one become a more creative thinker To VanCundy [11], it is a matter of learning to use efficiently both hemispheres of the brain. 

VanCundy lists 30 obstacles to creative thinking which fall into five categories perceptual, emotional, cultural, environmental, and intellectual/expressive. Examples of these obstacles are shown in Table 4.7. 

Intellectual/expressive Use of rigid problem-solving strategies 

Environmental Lack of time and suitable study place 

Source Arthur B. VanGundy, Training Your Creative Mind, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1982. 

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There are some specific actions and attitndes that can be employed to overcome obstacles to creative thinking, inclnding (11) ... 

There are several operational techniques that may he used to help a group or individual to produce original ideas. These techniques are designed to enable the group or individual to overcome obstacles to creative thinking such as those described in Chapter 4. 

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