I consider myself to be pretty creative. I have lots of contrarian thoughts that I think are sensible (not that that's exactly what creativity is...).

I'm a very inside view-driven thinker, and I think that that plays a very large role in the contrarian conclusions I arrive at.

I have a rather strong impression that trying to explore things "from the bottom up" (Inside View) will lead to creative thoughts. And I sense that it's a skill that rationalists could be particularly good at! Although I sense that currently a lot of rationalists aren't particularly good at it right now, because they don't try to think about things "from the bottom up" when the "outside view evidence" says that it's unlikely.

Along similar lines, I sense that Intentional Compartmentalization like Nothing is Beyond My Grasp and My Willpower Doesn't Deplete would be really useful. Because they get you to explore possibilities that you normally wouldn't explore. (Although I should note that I believe in those two ideas way way more so than others)