Just as there are creativity boosters, for example in the form of creativity techniques, there are also a lot of creativity barriers that hinder or even prevent creativity in daily innovation work. Benno van Aerssen has developed a small and quick creativity barrier check for this purpose in recent years.
It has been shown that creativity barriers can often be efficiently removed if they are really consciously perceived.
Here’s an overview of common creativity barriers:
– Fear of new things – Cainophobia
– Negative feelings and thoughts
– Fear of criticism and rejection
– Little self-confidence
– Too much perfectionism
– Lack of expertise / excessive demands
– The feeling of not being able to keep up creatively
– Blind actionism
– Desire for adaptation and conformity
– Directive and authoritarian management
– Competitiveness and fear of losing power
– Escape into routine and lack of time
– Dependence on other people and opinions
– Rash judgments about people and ideas
– Killer phrases like “That will never work here!”
– Living in the past and old stories
