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  • 1-7 July : Māori Language Week

    The theme will be: Ngā Ingoa Māori.

  • TIP: Keep an action list

    Make a rough sketch of how the display will look like. Write down what materials and tools you will need. Create a time-line / checklist: This week copying and laminating - Next week: visit 2 dollar shops. - Two weeks: covering display boxes with matching paper - Three weeks: sea shells and driftwood collection

  • TIP: Staple at an angle

    Creating a display is exciting - demolishing one can be a hard job, especially when you can't get the staples out..... Your job will be much easier when you hold the stapler at an angle. The staples will stick out a bit at one side - perfect to get hold of them with pliers and pull them out.

  • TIP: Use a glue gun

    Glue guns are the most fantastic tools when creating displays. You can attach all sorts of materials like hard plastic, metal, fabric and everything else you can think off. Be careful with your fingers (blow - blow) the glue is very hot and you easily get blisters

  • TIP: Don’t overdo it!

    Too much text, images or books on display too close together distract the eye. Each object needs its own space. Think of a shop window that is more than full with appliances, you can’t distinguish one object from the other, while carefully placed objects attract the attention.

  • TIP: 3D effects

    Create a 3D effect by attaching rods or metal strips to your display and hang little objects on them, like fur animals – toy cars/planes/boats – artificial flowers – little books or lanterns. Staple cones or little boxes with contents to the board or little artificial lemons and cherries like in the GREEN FINGERS display.

Barriers to creative thinking

Blocks and Limiting Beliefs

 

Switch To Positive Attitude

 

 

 

Negative Attitude

 

 

The tendency to focus on the negative aspects of new ideas (too expensive – too difficult – we don’t have the knowledge/ skills / time / space – we can’t do it because…..etc) Instead of: How can we make this work or How can we achieve it?

 

Seek the inherent opportunities in the situation. Challenge yourself.

 

 

 

Fear of Failure

 

 

Fear of looking foolish or being laughed at.

 

Failure is a necessary condition of and a stepping stone to a new approach.

 

 

 

Executive Stress

 

 

Not having time to think creatively. The over-stressed person finds it difficult to think objectively at all. Stress reduces the quality of all mental processes.

 

 Managing day-to-day operations is important, but it shoudn’t prevent new ideas and a fresh approach.

 

 

 

Following Rules

 

 

A tendency to conform to accepted patterns of belief or thought – the rules and limitations of the status quo – hampers creative thinking

 

Some rules are necessary, but others encourage mental laziness. "Every act of creation is first of all an act of destruction." – Pablo Picasso

 

 

 

Making Assumptions

 

 

Conscious and unconscious assumptions restrict creative thinking.

 

Identify and examine the assumptions you are making to ensure they are not excluding new ideas. Don’t be afraid of the unknown. Trust your own and others capability.

 

 

 

Over-reliance on Logic

 

 

Investing all your intellect into logical or analytical thinking – the step-by-step approach – excludes imagination, intuition, feeling or humour.

 

"Innovation is not the product of logical thought, although the result is tied to logical structure." – Albert Einstein. Innovation is looking with fresh (creative) eyes at old ways of doing and improving them.

 

 

 

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