Impose a limitation to spark creativity

Artist Phil Hansen "embraced the shake". He embraced a physically limiting shake in his hand to go on and create some magnificent work. Embracing our limitations can enhance new thinking and spark ideas. Alternatively, imposing a limitation or constraint on a familiar challenge can force us to take a new path and come to a new solution we would never have thought of.
Phil Hansen on Ted http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anujFqvCJsk

Embracing Creative Failure

So many people, so many organizations, spend their days trying to play it safe only to discover that playing it safe has become the riskiest move of all...
http://www.forbes.com/sites/joshlinkner/2013/03/13/embracing-creative-failure/