Easy tools to improve your inclination for innovation

Being innovative has multiple facets, but two factors play the lead roles in our innovation aptitude: our ability to deal with emotions; and our ability to deal with uncertainty. Both of these positively affect our innovative thinking skills.

There are a few ways for you to train your brain to be more innovative over time. General mindfulness, understanding your own emotions as well as improving your working memory will help enhance your innovation capabilities.
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Practice being mindful with the following apps

• Calm - According to Calm they help your overall health and happiness by improving sleep quality, reducing stress or anxiety, improving focus and helping with overall self-improvement.
• Headspace - The meditation and mindfulness application guides you through hundreds of different guided meditations, animations, articles and videos in the distinct Headspace style.
• buddhify - Created for people who have struggled to fit mindfulness and meditation into their daily routine, by making it possible and available at all times. During work, on the go, etc.
• Some other options: Sattva, MyLife Meditation, Insight Timer, Breethe.

Make sure your working memory is always trained and ready for today’s challenges.

• Lumosity - This brain training app is said to help improve memory, increase focus, and make you feel sharper.
• CogniFit Brain Fitness - Helps you train and measure your cognitive fitness with brain games, exercises and evaluation tools.
• Mind Games - A free app that allows you to train your brain in short games, track progress and
• Some more options: Memory Trainer, Fit Brains Trainer, Eidetic.

Understanding your own emotions will help you understand those of others; so try a mood tracker.

• Daylio - A mood-tracking and journaling app that lets you identify and track your feelings without having to type any words.
• MoodTrack Diary - Allows you to track and rate your mood to give you a better basis for decision making and become more understanding of your own moods.
• iMoodJournal - uses a mood charting tool and allows you to track other life events, so you can better understand the causes for your moods.
• Some more options: MoodTracker, Mood Log, CBT Thought Diary, Therapy Buddy

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