Notes on the Creative Hit List
What are you going to think creatively about? The Creative Hit List provides you with the opportunity to come up with ideas that you want to delve into further.
Come up with a list of 15 to 20 items. These items should include a maximum of five problems. The rest of the items should be projects, improvement tasks where the outcomes are measurable, and whim and opportunity.
Whim and opportunity ideas are useful for those times when you want to combine one idea with something random. Creativity happens at the intersection, the convergence, of two ideas that wouldn’t ordinarily be put together.
All items should:
The Creative Hit List is a reminder. It does not offer solutions; it generates different targets.
Example:
Think about: creating greater happiness in life
Problems
Improvement Tasks
Projects
Whim and Opportunity – don’t forget to use your five senses
Come up with a list of 15 to 20 items. These items should include a maximum of five problems. The rest of the items should be projects, improvement tasks where the outcomes are measurable, and whim and opportunity.
Whim and opportunity ideas are useful for those times when you want to combine one idea with something random. Creativity happens at the intersection, the convergence, of two ideas that wouldn’t ordinarily be put together.
All items should:
- Be socially acceptable
- Require creative effort
- Not be too whimsical or fantastical
The Creative Hit List is a reminder. It does not offer solutions; it generates different targets.
Example:
Think about: creating greater happiness in life
Problems
- Financial problems
- Aging, perception of
- Health breakdowns
- Loneliness/ disconnection
- Behavior issues – jail
Improvement Tasks
- Increase creativity
- Increase green areas
- Increase meditation opportunities
- Increase use of alternative vehicles
- Increase entertainment options
Projects
- Open amusement parks
- Organize get togethers between the young and the elderly
- Art show
- Conference on GDH (Gross Domestic Happiness)
- Emotional health workshop
Whim and Opportunity – don’t forget to use your five senses
- Creamsicle
- David Bowie
- Cloud animals
- Telephone
- Type setting