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Whatever our job title, our work will always benefit from new ideasand fresh ways of thinking. We’re used to regarding inspiration assomething that arrives more or less at random; it is in fact a skillthat we can learn to develop in ourselves and call on whenever weneed itInspiration is a toolkit for generating new ideas: 52 exercisesdesigned to foster an inventive frame of mind. With this to hand, wehave no more need to wait for inspiration to strike; we can kindle itand deploy it as we require it. Each exercise prompts us to work ona particular creative muscle and helps us to establish thepsychological conditions for original work. Drawing insights from theworlds of art, music, psychotherapy and innovation, this is aninvaluable resource for creatives and professionals alike, helpingour minds to become more reliable lightning rods for our numerousflashes of inspiration52 CardsInstructions:1. Select an exercise at random from the box2. Follow the instructions and complete the exercise, either on yourown or as part of a group3. If you’re still stuck, select another – and keep going until a givenproject no longer feels so dauntingEXAMPLE CONTENT:Sensory DeprivationRemoving distractions and external stimuli can allow our mind towander more freely. That’s why ideas tend to come to us in theshower, or just before we fall asleep. Sensory deprivation tanks arean extreme (and expensive) way of quieting the outside world.Create your own makeshift sensory deprivation tank. Find a spareoffice or free room and close the door. Turn out the lights, close theshutters or blinds, and switch off any electrical appliances. If it’s stillnoisy, use ear plugs or play white noise through some headphones.Stay in there for at least 10 minutes, or as long as you like. Use thetime and space to think about your project – or try to think aboutnothing at all, and allow your mind to driftPaint Like a ChildPablo Picasso spent his career developing his painting in anincreasingly abstract direction. Near the end of his life, he remarkedthat although he was a technically accomplished painter at fifteen,‘it look me a lifetime to paint like a child.’ Try to recall the personyou were at five years old. How might you look at your workdifferently? What might strike you as humdrum, and what asexciting? What rules might you be prepared to break to honour thefive year-old you?