South Africa, Sept. 28 -- Six months into the global pandemic, the term "new normal" has been doing its rounds a fair bit and has become the new normal.

We were all forced to adjust to life in lockdown and as restrictions are starting to lift, we can look back at the various stages and the precarious challenges we were faced with.

Having largely been in survival mode up until this point, as the world starts to open and lift restrictions and people are eager to move on with their lives, it's a good time to start thinking about how we can harness creativity (in a personal and professional capacity) from this unusual situation. We may be waiting for a vaccine for a while, so learning ways to encourage our creativity now can make a world of...