Setting up a creative environment can be challenging yet rewarding. With the hope that someone will hit on something valuable, it is always worth investing to turn your employees loose and giving them free rein to explore.

However, creativity is not cultivated by force. Most entrepreneurs find that, the harder they try, the harder their attempt bears fruit. Fret no. There are some simple hacks that lead on to nurture creative minds in the workplace. Here, we introduce five ways to kick start an inspiring working environment.

 

Unleash Mind with Less Stress

Quite a contrary, if you desire a progressive output, you need to ease your mind to get thing progresses the way you desire. There is no point forcing your employees to sit tight and think hard. In fact, unwind and relax is the key to unlock creative ideas.

Allowing play time to release tension is a good idea to refresh your mind. Some people may say creative thinking is about squeezing brain juice. But no, it will never be creative enough, not until you set free your mind and think wild.

 

Brainstorm for Collective Ideas

To sharpen up creativity and innovation for marketing, advertising or finding a breakthrough to boost sales, you may consider setting up a creative think-tank which gathers information from different perspectives.

Building a diverse team in your company is very crucial. Try to put more efforts into getting a pool of talents consisting of all walks of life. In that case, you get to foster different points of view through the outside perspective. A full vision helps you in executing new direction with never-before-seen creative ideas.

 

Value Fresh Ideas with Rewards

If you are the decision maker in the company, make it clear that you value the fresh idea. Reward efforts can be made through positive psychological reinforcement, such as verbal complement in front of your working team or a complimentary gift to acknowledge the innovative contribution. Be generous to reward creativity and innovation as they are vice versa rewarding your business too.

Other than motivating your team to express freely with rewards, the freedom for creative expression must be encouraged. Hence, cultivating a non-criticism working environment is equally important, so that your team can learn from mistakes and stay adept in developing creative and innovative breakthroughs.

 

Practice Flexible Working Hours

For companies which rely on fresh ideas, practising flexible working hours is highly encouraged. Invest your time surfing social media or mobile apps including Behance and Pinterest. When working hours are flexible, your employees may make use of their sufficient time to open up their mind and catch up on the new trends in the industry.

During our current fast-paced modern age, works and documents can be delivered through the cyber realm by emails or through mobile apps. So, it is not necessarily sticking to the conventional 9 to 5 working hours which restrict creative thinking with distractive traffic congestion or city nuances.

 

Take the Path Less Trodden

Risk is where creativity is hidden quietly. Moreover, that is why risk takers always get the insight to handle challenges. Creative thinking of these risk takers always pays off as the importance of creativity comes with its progressive outcome, which is often lucrative. Study your competitors; you can choose to follow, overtake, or lead ahead.

Psychologist and philosopher, Edward de Bono once stated, “Creativity is the most important human resource of all. There would be no progress without creativity, and we would be repeating the same patterns again and again.”