How to Teach Someone How to Be Creative

Hint: Don’t ask them to think outside the box!

Nour Boustani
The Hub Publication
6 min readMay 13, 2024

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Is creativity thinking outside the box? Not really — and yes, that was a quick and definite answer. Most people confuse creativity with the diversity of ideas. Creativity is born under the necessity to overcome a challenge under limited circumstances. Diversity is born out of boredom or the exploration to describe the…

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