Creativity

Ideas, associations, inventions and constraints.

15 exercises · 30 progressive levels, from basic to advanced

1. Alternative uses

   How many different uses can an object have?

2. Many solutions

   Find many calculations for the same result.

3. Complete the drawing

   What could this doodle become?

4. Remote associations

   The word that links three others.

5. Improve the product

   SCAMPER applied to everyday objects.

6. Alternative story

   Rewrite a tale with another ending.

7. What if…?

   Imagine the consequences of unlikely scenarios.

8. Combining ideas

   Put two objects together and invent something new.

9. Creating with constraints

   Sentences without a letter and words with rules.

10. Lateral thinking

    Riddles that require questioning assumptions.

11. Anagrams

    Rebuild words from scrambled letters.

12. Creative analogies

    Find similarities between distant things.

13. 20 questions

    Find the secret animal with yes/no questions.

14. Redesign

    Adapt an object for a different audience.

15. Invention lab

    Invent a solution to a real problem.