Fifty Phrases That Kill Creativity !

Following is an interesting list I picked up someplace and modified for use in some presentations I do on creativity. These are typical phrases you'll hear in committee, staff and other supposed "brainstorming" sessions that end up going awry. These phrases eventually stifle any creative thinking in a group, because they destroy the part of brainstorming that allows good ideas to sprout from the offbeat or "bad" idea. People end up thinking alike, and/or stop contributing to the group because they can't be free to come up with ideas that don't get shot down.

I encourage people to take this list with them into meetings, so they can be the creativity cops, so to speak.