This reinforces the idea that creative thinking is a practice, that it can be guided, and that sometimes a combination of open thinking and rule following is ideal for collaborative creativity. There are many practical approaches to being creative and developing innovations.

Human-centered design begins with empathizing with the people experiencing a problem or pain point. Returning to empathy is essential in the human-centric design protocol.

invention — truly novel product, service, or process that, though based on ideas and products that have come before, represents a leap, a creation truly novel and different. innovation — new idea, process, or product, or a change to an existing product or process. creativity — development of original ideas. empathy — human ability to feel what other humans are feeling, which in the context of creativity, innovation, and invention is essential to beginning a process of human-centric design.