Creativity is not just the purview of musicians or other artists—creative problem solving is an excellent example of creativity. If you solve problems, pursue opportunities, or address challenges, you frequently engage in the creative process. As educators, clinicians, researchers, and leaders in academic general internal medicine, we are clearly faced with challenges all the time—how do you approach those challenges? In medical school, many of us learned that typical responses to a challenge are fight, flight, or freeze. However, an additional uniquely human response is to innovate or engage in creative thinking. Creative thinking simply means looking at something in a new way. Gurus in the business world coined … Download the full article below.