Not all leaps of faith result in success. Not all innovations are inspired ones. But, says Bill Boon, an Iowa State University professor whose creativity classes have garnered widespread media attention, failure is one of the most important catalysts of change. Without failure, we'd go on doing the same drab things. I feel sorry for people plagued by success, because they don't know the rewards of failure.
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And if we open ourselves to innovation, so do we. Your Brain Creative thinking is a skill that can be enhanced with diligent effort. Here are six ways you can improve your own imagination. Become a knowledge sponge An IBM mainframe computer can generate far more solutions than a laptop. If you're working on a problem in need of a creative solution, bombard your mind with relevant information.