Yesterday we posted a TED talk from Stefan Sagmeister which suggested that one way to boost your creativity was to take a one year sabbatical to Bali. While that’s certainly one (very enjoyable) plan, those of us that don’t have a one-way ticket to the South Pacific, may still be in the market for other, slightly less expensive, methods to boost our innovative thinking and generate fresh ideas. Thankfully, a recent interview from the HBR editor’s blog suggests that the key to improved innovation isn’t a tropical vacation (I won’t tell the boss if you won’t) but rather five habits of mind shared by many successful, innovative business people.

Professors Jeff Dyer of Brigham Young University and Hal Gregersen of Insead surveyed more than 3,000 creative executives and found that many of these out-of-the-box thinkers shared five mental traits that promoted creativity. What are they?

Associating – a cognitive skill that allows creative people to make connections across seemingly un

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