5 Real Ways to Boost Creativity (Everything You Know About Being Creative is Wrong)

No doubt, you’ve taken some creativity training — either back in college or on the job. You know all about Creativity Circles, brainstorming sessions, and crowdsourcing innovation through suggestion boxes. And you know what?  It’s pretty much all hogwash.

According to Newsweek, brainstorming sessions were discredited as far back as 1958, when it was found that the technique measurably reduces the creative output of a group compared to what they’d accomplish separately. (I did not know that.)

So what techniques really work? Here are a few:

Exercise. As little as 30 minutes of exercise improves “almost every dimension of cognition” for at least 2 hours. It only works on people who are already physically fit, though. For out-of-shape folks, the fatigue outweighs the benefits.

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Author: Dave Johnson