Become more creative today by following these simple 5 step process. | by Piyush kesarwani | Feb, 2022

Nearly every idea follows a similar creative process and this article will explain to you how to become creative and produce more ideas by following 5 simple steps that could impact amazing results in your life. Nearly every problem in our life can be sorted by either — ignoring the problems or simply working to sort this problem by innovative and creative ideas.

Anyone can be creative and follow creative thinking but all it takes is courage and continuous practice to do the same. Creative thinking is not a process, but it is an event. Creative thinking can easily be achieved by working hard, perseverance, grit and consistent practice on anything to achieve a better output.

A Quick Story :

In the 1870s, newspapers and printers faced a very huge and costly problem. Photography was a new and exciting medium at the time. Readers wanted to see more pictures, but nobody could figure out how to print images quickly and cheaply.

The man who invented a solution to this problem was named Frederic Eugene Ives. He went on to become a trailblazer in the field of photography and held over 70 patents by the end of his career. His story of creative thinking just elaborates how he follows the 5 steps to be creative.

A Flash of Insight

Ives got his start as a printer’s apprentice in Ithaca, New York. After two years of learning the ins and outs of the printing process, he began managing the photographic laboratory at nearby Cornell University. Ives said — “I went to bed one night in a state of brain fog over the problem, and the instant I woke in the morning saw before me, apparently projected on the ceiling, the completely worked out process and equipment in operation.”

Ives quickly translated his vision into reality and patented his printing approach in 1881. He spent the remainder of the decade improving upon it. By 1885, he had developed a simplified process that delivered even better results. The Ives Process, as it came to be known, reduced the cost of printing images by 15x and remained the standard printing technique for the next 80 years.

Alright so let’s get started with the steps that we can learn from Ives’s creative process.