If you have ever been curious about how something worked or why something happened, you have one of the kernels of creativity already. The is no strong correlation between education and creativity, but education does enhance one's horizon and the sophistication of what one can invent. While a little knowledge may be a dangerous thing sometimes, it pays to think at the limits of what one does know. It often pays to look for problems or opportunities first, before looking for solutions. Providing a solution to a non-problem or for a market that does not exist is not exactly creativity as we, and our clients, like to think of it.
Creativity involves follow through to something novel and of use.
Creativity is one of the most fascinating of subjects and can only be touched upon here. It is also complex. For most of us, it is hard to free ourselves from our own training and prior experience. To arrive at new insights and mind sets, however, we must. So too we must free ourselves of excess tension, schedules and anxiety.