Difference

Tool 1
Similarity

Connecting things that do not have an obvious

Tool 2
connection

Deep higher level connecting

Relating Tool 3
Commonalities in how they function through
What conditions should be in place for the
time (as processes) Inevitability thinking
outcome to be inevitable?

Choose a concept or a shape (of a letter etc) and

Everything is a whole, and a part of a bigger
come up with 10 new ways to use it, as creative Whole-ons
whole
and new as possible

Establish a rhythm of growth and doing things

You can determine the next best action to do to A rhythm
Creative analogizing Tool 4 that you enjoy every other day
achieve your objective, then find 10 other places
where you can use the same strategy to succeed
Great results are not caused by one thing or an
addition of a group of things to each other
Or maybe use it on a random word from the
dictionary ?
Emergence
Rather, it's setting up a system of interacting
things where the emerging property that would
Going meta on something, then really really
not have been possible without the interactions
specific
is the great result

Thinking of something as part of a process, and

Zooming out Go out and expose yourself to novel experiences
that process as part of a bigger process etc Zooming in, zooming out Tool 5
continually
Empowering the tools
Focus on a part of a process, then zoning in on
It greatly fosters creativity
an aspect of that part, then on a part of that Zooming in
aspect etc
Most of the things that humans try won't work
Project into each element of the system, consider
Most experiments
it as the most important part, and see how
When you continue trying, the few things that will
changing it affects the other parts of the system
Tools How to be Creative & Innovative work will give you incredible advantage
Taking multiple perspectives Tool 6

Also imagine you are the relationship /

Break things down to their components,
perspective
understand them and them put them back and
see how they work in an integrated whole that is
Strategy emergent from them
What conditions led to X?
Setting up conditions Tool 7
Check many definitions of the same thing
What key conditions are necessary to achieve X?

Zooming in and out

Based on similarity Categorization

A creative strategy Thinking upstream and downstream

Based on difference Un-categorization Tool 8

Creative analogizing
Change the categories around

Start doing things in your life just to increase

What would happen to prevent your vision for Happiness
your joy and happiness
sure?
Inverting Tool 9
All growth happens outside of your comfort zone
What would you do if you were in the inverse Growth
(on the edge of it)
place?

Relax and give myself permission to give myself

Cause & effect relationships are not simple
totally to creativity and innovation
Decision
Every effect is caused by a multitude of causes
Let go of doubt during the process
Cause & Effect Tool 10
Each cause is caused by many upstream and
downstream systems of causes

Thinking upstream and downstream

Find out the essential features / high leverage

points
Stylizing Tool 11

Simplify to most important parts