How does creativity relate to thinking skills and to enterprise?
Not all thinking is creative thinking. Creative thinking is one area of thinking which will have some of the features identified above, and may sometimes be labelled as ‘lateral’ or ‘divergent’ or ‘intuitive’ thinking; but it is not a discrete area. For example, a creative solution to a problem may involve careful analysis or recall of information alongside thinking ‘outside the box’. Or a fresh perception or insight. Key areas of thinking interact helpfully and strengthen each other. Creativity has much in common with enterprise. Creative skills and thinking play a major part in enterprise activities. It is the specific social or economic context of an enterprise activity which may distinguish it from creative activities which are more focused on individual expression.
