The Creative Nudge: Simple Steps to Help You Think Differently

A great book to help with creative confidence and self-made barriers to being creative. The way Keving Chesters and Mick Mahoney look at creativity was very interesting and relatable, describing it as the ability to force your brain out of autopilot. Overall the book looks into nudges and 'The Nudge Theory', where you use small actions to impact your ways of thinking.

You will find an explanation as to why certain barriers can be causing an issue in your creativity. Each of the 9 nudges described has a clear scientific description and example of methods to carry out such actions. The following are the nine nudges talked about thoroughly within the book

1. Don't stick to what you know

2. Don't believe what you're told

3. Don't be afraid to be afraid

4. Let chaos in

5. Don't settle

6. Be unreasonable

7. Hate consensus

8. Don't rush it

9. Failure is an option.

Chesters, K. and Mahoney, M. (2021) The creative nudge: Simple steps to help you think differently. London, England: Laurence King Publishing.