The AI Creativity Multiplier: 5 Steps to Amplify Your Innovative Thinking (2025)
Master the AI-human creative partnership with a 5-step framework that preserves your uniquely human divergent thinking while leveraging AI's computational power. This episode provides ready-to-use prompts you can copy and paste into any AI tool to multiply your innovative output without surrendering creative authority. In this fourth episode of Creative Thinking in the AI Age, I reveal how the most innovative creators use AI as a strategic partner rather than a replacement. You'll get practical techniques to maintain creative control while amplifying your ideation capabilities through intelligent AI collaboration. Unlike generic "prompt engineering" advice, this framework is specifically designed for creative and innovative thinking. Each step targets the optimal balance between human divergent thinking (where you excel) and AI convergent thinking (where algorithms excel). ⤵️ DOWNLOAD AI PROMPTS The AI Creativity Multiplier: A Practical Guide - https://open.substack.com/pub/philmck... The Guide Contains Copy-Paste AI Prompts Including: • Problem-framing AI prompts for better exploration • Divergence acceleration AI prompts for creative stimulus • Convergence delegation AI prompts for idea development • Creative authority AI prompts for critical evaluation 💭 CREATIVE THINKING IN THE AI AGE SERIES: Part 1: Your Brain on AI: The Shocking Decline in Creative Thinking • • Your Brain on AI: The Shocking Decline in ... Part 2: Creative Neuroplasticity: The Science of Enhanced Creative Thinking • • Train Your Brain to Outthink AI: Boost Cre... Part 3: The Creative Brain Workout: 10 Minutes to Stronger Thinking • • Creative Thinking Exercises: 10-Minute Dai... Part 4: The AI Creativity Multiplier • • The AI Creativity Multiplier: 5 Steps to A... Part 5: Your Child's Creative Brain on AI: The Emergency Parents Don't See • • Your Child's Creative Brain on AI: The Eme... 📌 TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Introduction: Human-AI Creative Partnership 01:43 Convergent vs. Divergent Thinking Explained 04:05 The Art of Creative Prompting 08:05 Step 1: Prime Your Brain First 10:03 Step 2: Frame Challenges, Not Solutions 13:33 Step 3: Use AI for Divergence Acceleration 17:33 Step 4: Delegate Convergence 21:44 Step 5: Maintain Creative Authority 26:01 Real-World Application Case Study 28:30 Framework Summary and Implementation 31:24 The Path Forward 📚 MORE ON THINKING SKILLS: • How To Improve Your Strategic Thinking Skills • Mastering Systems Thinking Skills • Mastering Aesthetic Thinking Skills • Mastering Convergent Thinking Skills • Mastering Divergent Thinking Skills • Mastering Creative Thinking Skills • How to Improve Your Critical Thinking Skills 🔔 SUBSCRIBE for new videos every week! 💡 JOIN THE THINKING REVOLUTION: Patreon: / philmckinney Substack: https://philmckinney.substack.com Instagram: / philmckinney Twitter: / philmckinney LinkedIn: / philmckinney #CreativeThinking #AI #Innovation #Creativity #Prompts #AIPartnership #DivergentThinking #ConvergentThinking #CreativeAuthority #Innovation #AIprompts