How to have innovative thinking?

Innovation seems like far away from everyone, but in fact, in our work and life, often met with the need to do something new. For example, when we come up with a problem that we never thought about; when we are going to develop a new product, we need to invoke innovative skills.

Innovation, in a nutshell, is to give your own unique and acceptable answer.

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Our world is driven by innovation, Newton's Three Laws of motion and the law of gravitation, as well as Watt's steam engine, promoted the development of the entire industrial revolution. The discovery of electromagnetism; the invention of electric motors and generators, greatly promoted the second Industrial revolution represented by electrification; Shannon and Turing's exposition of information theory, as well as the electronic computer led by Neumann, it brings information revolution, and innovation shapes human civilization.

Innovation is also very important to every individual. Every article, every new product, ways to write a novel, are simply require innovation. Our inner vitality requires the use of external creations to cultivate. In the process of continuous creation, our inner psychological space will continue to expand.

So, regarding the psychological foundations of innovation, what are the methodologies?

See unknown-ability to find whitespace

Picasso, a Spanish painter and founder of Modern Art, was once hailed as the genius of fine painting. He is proficient in all kinds of painting techniques and founded Cubism on this basis, which is a revolutionary breakthrough in the history of western modern art.

Our mind is very narcissistic, we will travel in the known ocean, think that these are all. However, innovation, require us to see, we know is only part of the world, there is a broader field waiting for our exploration.

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It was the anticipation of the unknown that Columbus and Magellan drove their fleets to the Atlantic, and they believed that the place they lived in was only a small part of the world. And now, 500 years later, Musk and Bezos have launched a new exploration on Mars, knowing that the world we know is only a small part of the beginning of creation because there are so many missing, so we have to create areas to fill the void.

See the unknown and start by asking questions that are rarely asked. When there is a thing to think about whether there is a better solution, there is a better way, there is no closer to the truth of the conclusion, which can enlighten us, what we see is only a small part of things, the real unknown waiting for us to expand.

Listen to the feeling - look for answers from the subconscious

After a thorough problem analysis, listen to the feeling is very important.

There's a great pianist in the music industry-Glenn Gould. His playing structure is rigorous, varied and vivid. He studied the great composers and performers of the past by the artistic achievements, abandoned the conservative music concept, by using his experience and ideas to reconstruct the music, creating a unique music concept.

Psychologically, the mind and body, the conscious and the subconscious, the thinking, and the thought, have a basic logic, that is, the body, the subconscious, the thought are the first, and the mind, the consciousness and the thought come next, if reversed, there is no creativity.

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Therefore, we need to observe the existence of the object itself, rather than trap in our thinking. iPhone design only has a home button, because it is simple enough, we only have a place to belong, so simplify it, back to basics.

Many discoveries are found in the subconscious. For example, the chemical structure of benzene, the discovery of many laws of physics, is a deep reflection of the problem, answer that found in our dream, because when we are getting closer to the truth, our subconscious and our body may be closer to the existence itself.

In his speech at Stanford University, Jobs said:

Your time is limited, so don't waste it on someone else's way of life. Don't let others’ opinions drown out your deep inner voice. The most important thing is to have the courage to listen to the call of heart and intuition. They already know more or less what kind of person you really want to be. Everything else is secondary.

 

True to live according to your life, this is one of the most personalized living. When you live like this, you are creating your own life, which is the source of all creativity.

The real world is the source of creativity.

The secret of innovation is to see the unknown, listen to the feeling, find the truth, find the blank on the map, and look for gaps.

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