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Developing Creative Thinking
Presented by:
Namrata
CREATIVE THINKING:
WHAT IS IT?
DefinitionsCreative Thinking is …
Unconventional Thinking
Merging of Ideas which Have Not Been Merged Before
Always new perspectives, and extending the frontiers of what’s possible
Interesting Quotes
“Every organization must be prepared toabandon everything it does to survive inthe future”
Prof. Peter F. Drucker
“The problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them”
Albert Einstein
The average human being thinks of about 100 new ideas/day!!
If a team of “6” Nurses and Doctors Express All Their Ideas
After 2 days …
Think Of The Possibilities…
!!!1200 NEW IDEAS!!!
Creativity boosting techniques
Motivation
ExpertiseCreative Thinking
skills
Creativity
Creative Thinking skills
Let’s start with the following premise:
You’re alive,
Therefore you’re creative.
Creative Thinking skills- Unconventional.- Uninhibited.- Risk-taker.- Always looks for new patterns and new
combinations.- Inventive.- Extremely curious.- Driven.- Visionary: Michelangelo looked at a large piece of
marble and decided to “chip away at everything that wasn't David”.
- ParticularIy intuitive.- Rather individualistic (unfortunately …).
Motivation to be creative
2 Motivations:
-External: expressing your new ideas to others.
- Internal: Thinking of new ideas.
Barriers To
Creativity
NegativeAttitude Lack of
Self-MotivationLack of
Self-Confidence
Too many Rules and
Formalization
CountryCulture
Economical &
PoliticalSituation
CorporateCulture
FamilyBackground
EducationalSystem
StressLevel
Lack of Exercising
Lack ofTools
Barriers To Creativity
Motivation to be creativeManage it by:
- Providing challenges: stretching people’s skills in their jobs.
- Freedom to create: while clearly specifying goals. This yields a very valuable sense of ownership.
- Providing resources: mainly time – particularly time pressure - and money – but never enough.
Creativity boosting techniques:
The most obvious ideas are often the most important ones, and, unfortunately, also the ones
we are most unaware of.
Creativity boosting techniques:
Always Create F-teams (F = future) with your P-teams (P = present):
While the P-team deals with currentwork challenges, the Future team isliterally always investigating and / orcreating, the “next future” andpreparing the institution for it.
Re: Ken Blanchard: “Mission Possible”- 1997.
• Brain Storming• The Classic Creative
Methods for Groups
• Mind Mapping• Hierarchal
Breakdown and Exploration
• Absence Thinking• Thinking About What
is Not There
• Talk Streaming• Talking, Talking and
Talking Until Unblocking
• Attribute Listing• Listing Attributes of
Objects and then Challenging them.
• Assumption Busting• Challenging
Unconscious Assumptions
• Visioning• Creating a
Motivating View of the Future
• Wishing• Stating Ideas as
Wishes to Expand Thinking
• Pausing• Think More Deeply
for a Minute
• Taking a Break• When Creativity is
Fading
• Prof. Edward de Bono:
– World’s leading authority in the field of creative and conceptual thinking
– Author of over 60 books translated to about 50 languages
6 Thinking Hats
Edward de Bono’s Six Thinking Hats
• Provides a framework for thinking:
Creativity, new ideas
Process – thinking about thinking
Emotions – how do we feel about this?
Optimism, good points
Caution, bad points
Facts – what do we already know?
Discipline
Positive Attitude
Critical Thinking Creativity
Optimal Thinking
Have a very creative life
Thank You..