Creative Thinking For Innovation Workshop
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Creative Thinking for Innovation Overview |
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Workshop Session Plan |
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Key Learning Outcomes |
Introduction
Creativity (or creativeness) is a mental/emotional process involving the generation of new ideas or concepts, or new associations between existing ideas or concepts. From a scientific point of view, the outcomes of creative thought (sometimes referred to as divergent thought) are usually considered to have both originality and appropriateness. An alternative, more everyday conception of creativity is that it is simply the act of making something new. Although intuitively a simple phenomenon, it is in fact quite complex. It has been studied from the perspectives of behavioural psychology, social psychology, psychometrics, cognitive science, artificial intelligence, philosophy, history, economics, design research, business, and management, among others. The studies have covered everyday creativity, exceptional creativity and even artificial creativity. Unlike many phenomena in science, there is no single, authoritative perspective or definition of creativity. Unlike many phenomena in psychology, there is no standardized measurement technique.
Creativity has been attributed variously to divine intervention, cognitive processes, the social environment, personality traits, and chance (“accident,” “serendipity”). It has been associated with genius, mental illness and humour. Some say it is a trait we are born with; others say it can be taught with the application of simple techniques. Although popularly associated with art and literature, it is also an essential part of innovation and invention and is important in professions such as business, economics, architecture, industrial design, science and engineering. Wikipedia on Creativity.
Creative Thinking for Innovation Overview
Creative Thinking for Innovation is designed to break traditional thinking out of the mould. In workplaces it is easy to become stale and uninspired to create new ideas. Creativity emerges from relaxation, positive thinking and an ability to look at issues in a different way with an edge of enthusiasm. Creativity is a natural ability and to some degree everyone is creative. Creativity is right brain thinking and may appear illogical to those methodical. However, the power of creativity enables insights that can be seen in a logical, methodical manner. Creativity can be trained as Edward de Bono has demonstrated, it can also be cultivated through practice e.g. poetry. It is accessing a part of the brain that is limitless, enthusiastic and non-thinking.
Many people lose the art of creativity by turning off or becoming part of a routine or function, feeling a sense of dullness and tiredness. This course will assist in helping staff and management see in a new and exciting way. The course explores creativity from a range of perspectives including the arts, inspiration and clowning as lateral approaches. The participants will have the opportunity to play some creative thinking games and will be given a creative journal to record ideas.
Workshop Session Plan
Thinking About Thinking
1. About thinking
2 Emotional Intelligence
3. The Mind
4. How We Think Determines What We See
5. What is Reality?
6. Blind spot test
Perceptions and ‘Pick-A- Box’ Thinking
7. What is Perception?
8. Perceptual Tests
9. Free Thinking
10. Inspiration
11. The Arts: poetry, surrealism, cartoons
12. Creative Thinking
Parallel Thinking
13. Lateral Thinking
14. Practical exercise
15. REAL HOPE Values Based Thinking
Ways and Means of Thinking
16. Visual Thinking
17 Transformative Thinking
18. Challenge your Thinking
Collaborative and Interactive Thinking
19. ICE
20. Activity in collaboration
21. Clowning and lateral thinking
Brain Teasers
22. Creative games
Ideas Generation
23. Creative Journals
Key Learning Outcomes
- To understand cognitive and emotional intelligence
- To gain insights into the expansiveness of the mind
- To develop an understanding of the power of perception
- To question the notion of reality
- To become aware of the gaps in our awareness
- To learn skills in the different styles of unlocking perception and creativity
- To learn skills parallel thinking
- To learn skills in accessing internal values
- To learn to challenge perceptions and certainty
- To learn alternatives to debate
- To develop collaborative skills
- To experience creativity through activities
- To learn creativity through games
- To practice journaling to record ideas as they emerge