Episode 120 Creative Thinking - Five Ways to Generate New Ideas

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On today’s episode of the Make + Design Podcast, Carina gives us five ways to generate new ideas. Carina tells us the story of going to a movie with her kids that, at first, she didn’t want to go to but that she ended up loving and being inspired by. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Here are the five tips:</span></p> <p> </p> <ol> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Change your environment. Find out what happens for Carina when she changes her environment–whether it’s moving to work from bed, from a hammock outside, or just from a different room in the house.</span></li> </ol> <p> </p> <ol> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">See something outside your normal range. This means getting outside your comfort zone and seeing, doing, or listening to something outside of your regular routine and comfort zone.</span></li> </ol> <p> </p> <ol> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Do something outside of your comfort zone. This means planning a new experience outside of your comfort zone and then doing it. Find out how this is different from number 2 and how these new experiences have inspired Carina!</span></li> </ol> <p> </p> <ol> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Make sure you are self aware, especially about your inner self talk. Listen to Carina’s tips on overcoming negative self talk and how it will help you unlock your creativity.</span></li> </ol> <p> </p> <ol> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Don’t discount the ideas that will be hard or uncomfortable to implement. Carina tells us about her shift from surface pattern design to 3D design work as an example of a difficult, uncomfortable process that she implemented that has worked out well for her. </span></li> </ol> <p><br /> <br /></p> <p><strong>About Carina Gardner:</strong></p> <p><span style="