This skill can then be joined with skills in motivating teams to create a collaborative atmosphere which values integration and innovation. A number of resources can help you develop these abilities. Some are shown in the graphic below. The most basic is learning to identify, question and replace limiting assumptions.
Some assumptions are easy to recognize and abandon.
For example, many creativity workshops begin with puzzles such as nine dots arranged in a set of three rows. Try the nine-dot puzzle . You solve this puzzle when you abandon your assumption that you have to stay inside the imaginary box formed by the nine dots. The task of the group facilitator is help the group replace limiting assumptions which are much more difficult to abandon. If you can learn how to do it, solutions arise to all sorts of sticky problems throughout business and policy.