Conceptual Blocks*

*James Adams; Conceptual Blockbusting, a Guide to Better Ideas

Perceptual

Stereotyping

Difficulty isolating

Choosing too tight a view

Emotional

Fear of failure

Embarrassment

Uncomfortable with fantasy or intuition

Cultural & Environmental

Control is good, chaos is bad

Not supposed to have fun

No support for new ideas

Intellectual

Wrong information

Expert Belief

Inflexible style