The Hat-Trick: Using the Six Hats to Hack Thinking Ruts

28 August 2025 / All Posts, Creative Problem Solving, Effective Communication, Featured

This is a surprisingly fun way to prompt mental flexibility for dialogues or your own thinking ruts. Get out of cognitive autopilot.

The creative problem solving process – from dream to reality

31 March 2025 / All Posts, Creative Problem Solving, Featured

Creative problem solving is absolutely crucial to as individuals or organisations. Here's how to access more inventiveness.

How talking to yourself can boost confidence and clarity

2 March 2025 / All Posts, Creative Problem Solving, Effective Communication, Presentations

Talking to yourself effectively can boost clarity and confidence. Here's how to do it (and what to avoid).

From Problems to Possibilities – how to snap into creative thinking mode

17 February 2025 / All Posts, Creative Problem Solving, Featured

If you're finding you're in a rut with problem solving, here's how to snap into a more resourceful mindset to tackle problems creatively.

Stop wasting time being stuck. Do this instead.

9 November 2024 / All Posts, Creative Problem Solving, Featured

Here's a mental flip that will get you unstuck and into the right mind frame for creative problem solving. It's a simple but little known technique.

Make It Shit – the unconventional path to creative idea generation

27 September 2024 / All Posts, Creative Problem Solving, Featured

A vital part of problem solving techniques is idea generation. Here’s how to tap into creativity the unconventional way.

20 reasons why you’re not creative

27 June 2024 / All Posts, Creative Problem Solving

You really want to be creative, to generate ideas but you're not. Maybe you don't know how. Here are 20 reasons that you're not doing generating ideas and doing something with them.

5 ways to instantly increase your focus

11 June 2024 / All Posts, Creative Problem Solving, Featured

Motivation is like catching butterflies. Even if you work out what drives you now, that can change tomorrow, and it...

Negative Brainstorming

19 March 2023 / All Posts, Creative Problem Solving

Here's a method to generate ideas as a group or solo. It stems from a rather unexpected way of thinking, breeding ideas like rabbits from a magician's hat.

The 5 characteristics that bring ideas to life

11 February 2023 / All Posts, Creative Problem Solving

The right combination of behaviours pushes creative thinking into implementation. Find out what what qualities you need or the people to include for ideas to be realised.

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