Comments on: Thinking Inside the Box: The 5 Things Exercise

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By: Ken

Ken — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 02:14:52 +0000

6 would have been great, but I can only count on 5 fingers. :O)

By: Wally Bock

Wally Bock — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:51:05 +0000

Great post on setting limits to help creativity. Discipline does the same thing.

FWIW, I done various training exercises over the decades where I’ve asked groups to come up with six of something (“For those without Sesame Street-aged children, that’s one more than five and one less than seven”). I’ve found that it’s a big enough number to get past the three things that everyone starts out agreeing upon, but no so large that the groups throw up their hands in despair.

By: Ruth

Ruth — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:42:13 +0000

Ken, I love the exercises you suggested. It can be very difficult to create when there are too many choices, ideas, options, etc. I had written a post along a similar vein recently, and just added a link to your post on my blog. http://learn4fun.blogspot.com/2009/09/thinking-inside-box.html

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By: Ken

Ken — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 07:10:08 +0000

Thanks, Amanda.

Beautifully put.