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HOW CAN YOU IMPROVE YOUR
creative thinking skills?

Think of the word creativity, and of people whom you consider to be “creative.”
What comes to mind? Are you thinking of music, visual arts, design, and dance? Are
Adele, Zac Posen, Natalie Portman, or Jay-Z in your thoughts? Because creativity is
often equated with visual and performing arts, many people don’t grasp what this sec-
tion of your text will illustrate—the range of human experience that depends on cre-
ativity. Take a look at Key 4.5 for examples of what it means to be creative.

4 KEY 4.5 Creativity is everywhere.
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Solar streetlights
powered by solar
Packaging for Sun Chips panels attached
that is biodegradable in a to the poles
backyard compost pile
B Cycles, a bicycle sharing system
operating in cities all over the world,
The ownership saving energy and providing
of the Green Bay mobility and exercise
Packers, consisting of
112,158 devoted fans
who provide f nancial
stability and ensure
Think-Pair-Share, the team will stay
a teaching in Wisconsin
innovation Off ce design
that gets featuring central meeting
students places such as Google’s
involved in the Creativity is café, providing a place for
classroom
everywhere people from different
Bead teams to connect and
for Life, a group of African share ideas
women who make jewelry out of
recycling and use income
to help combat poverty National
No-Screen Week,
which gets kids
playing games and
running around
outside
Hybrid cars that save
money and reduce
the carbon footprint

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