Boosting Creativity: How to Generate New Ideas
Ava and Najee compile their favorite tips to help boost creativity in order to generate new ideas and inspiration.
Episode Summary
This week Ava and Najee compile their favorite tips to help boost creativity. While humans are inherently creative, the burnout that results from hustle culture depletes creativity fast, leaving the hosts looking for ways to boost creativity in times of need.
The tips in this roundup range from intentionally doing nothing to doing the most with a complicated 6 thinking hats framework - it’s giving unhinged. Ava has a hard time listening to music with lyrics during creative work time because the lyrics get distracting and Najee has a solution for this. And no, it’s not listening to classical music because both hosts agree that classical is not the vibe.
Artist dates are high on Ava’s list when it comes to creativity, and especially when those solo dates entail gluten-free cake baking. Najee loves leaning into collaboration and group settings that combine creative minds.
They debate consuming content as another great source of creativity - so long as the creativity vs. consumption ratio is in check - extra points if you can do this without getting stuck in the rabbit hole. If you know you know.
