Divergent thinking is the act of coming up with as many ideas or options as possible, and in creativity studies, divergent thinking gets a lot of love because it's relatively easy to measure. Convergent thinking is the ability to come together and find the "ONE" answer for a given problem. Equally important for creativity but less simple to measure. You can exercise your divergent ad convergent thinking muscles with a quick tip. Make a list of 10 to 15 things every day and Rank the list. Your personal collections of lists can be work-related or completely personal it's the act of making then ranking that exercises this muscle and helps boost your creativity.