How To Become A Creative Thinker. Introduction . If you want to be more creative, there's no shortage of advice out there on how to go about it — but most of it is focused on what you should do. In this article, we show you how to become more creative by doing less: by questioning assumptions and looking for inspiration everywhere. Question Assumptions : The most common barriers to creative thought are assumptions. To get around them, you need to become aware of your assumptions and question them. Assumptions are things you take for granted. You don’t even know they exist most of the time. They can be: Personal: My boss is a jerk . Cultural: It’s always been done this way. Functional: It works better this way than any other way we could do it . If you want to become more creative, then you need to question your assumptions, so that they no longer hold power over your thinking process and help you arrive at new ideas and solutions. The most common barriers to creative t...