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TO BE MORE IMAGINATIVE This is all about generating better quality ideas: 1 BE: insatiably curious, irrepressibly optimistic, deeply empathic and play well with others. GET CURIOUS: Read something you normally wouldn’t. 2 Watch something you never have. Be a discoverer. Sit in a café and just observe people. Ask What, How and Why? GET VISUAL: Immerse yourself in photos, illustrations, 3 paintings, sculpture, something from the world beyond words. Paint your challenge. Create a themed Pinterest Mood Board. GET GOING: Go on a journey – get on a bus, train, subway, in 4 your car, on a bike and the creative wheels may start spinning. GET SOCIAL: Tweet. Talk. Wander through cyberspace with 5 your eyes and ears open to anyone and everything. Go ideas networking. Invite someone dangerous to tea! 6 GET INSPIRED: Crack open a classic. Try poetry. Search for great quotes online. Read Stories. Read Blogs. GET GOOFY: From Goofy. Winnie, Elmo, Bart, Bugs to 7 Einstein or Leonardo …. Doesn’t matter. Suspend your disbelief and try living inside a crazier or different character for a while. GET INQUISITIVE: Ask questions. Ask for suggestions. Ask 8 someone else - you may get a point of view that points you in a new direction. Ask What, How and Why? GET YOUNG: Revisit immaturity. Assume a beginner’s 9 mindset. Surround yourself with kids, Lego, crayons, toys and the good Dr.Seuss. Ask why and then ask it again? Develop a childlike sense of wonder. GET SWEATY: Give your brain a break. Put your body in 10 motion. Wear it out. And then get in the shower to let your brain come storming back to life . 46