How do you provoke thinking outside of the box or creative thinking?

<p>If you’ve been engaged in an endeavor long enough, odds are you’ve encountered that stale feeling when everything starts to slow down. The excitement you felt when you hit the ground running begins to feel more like walking through quick sand. Patterns begin to repeat themselves. You need to find new ways of thinking to shake things up.</p> <p> </p> <p>On this edition of Quick Hits, I spoke with three experienced leaders about how they inspire their team to think creatively.</p> <p> </p> <p>Dr. Kryn McClain, president of Paragon Behavioral Health Services, explained that a precondition to creative thinking is a healthy team. “A lot of people are experiencing mental illness right now in the workforce…If you want to inspire and motivate the team and get people really caring and connecting them with purpose, we need to first and foremost take a look at the whole person.”</p> <p> </p> <p>Chris Jerjian, who has thirty years of experience in commercial real estate, added that you can always learn from other businesses, because they might have extensive experience addressing problems that are new to your organization. “The more you expose yourself to other industries, you can find a lot of answers…someone’s already done it for you.”</p> <p> </p> <p>Michael Davis, founder of Speaking CPR, cautioned that “we have to be careful not to look for the complex answer. The answer is often simple.”</p> <p> </p> <p>We had a wide-ranging conversation which I found insightful and fun.</p> <p> </p> <p>How do you develop or encourage creative thinking?</p> <p> </p> <p>Connect with the panelists: Michael Davis: <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaeldavisspeakingcpr/'>https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaeldavisspeakingcpr/</a></p> <p>Christopher Jerjian: <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisjerjian/'>https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisjerjian/</a></p> <p>Dr Kryn McClain: <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/kryn-mcclain/'>https://www.linkedin.com/in/kryn-mcclain/</a></p> <p>Dr Robyn Odegaard: <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/i