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Creative Thinking during Changing Times. “And one ought to consider that there is nothing more difficult to pull off, more chancy to succeed in, or more dangerous to manage, than the introduction of a new order of things.”. Demystifying the Creative Process.
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Creative Thinking during Changing Times “And one ought to consider that there is nothing more difficult to pull off, more chancy to succeed in, or more dangerous to manage, than the introduction of a new order of things.”
Demystifying the Creative Process • A mathematician said creativity is… A composer said creativity is... • Some theorists have said creativity is... • Creativity = Novelty & Social Feasibility
Creativity: Some notes on the creative process • Van Oech’s Explorer, Artist, Judge & Warrior, as roles in the process • Guilford’s Switchback Thinking by dynamically Converging & Diverging • Wallis’s Stages of the creativity process • The 5-S route to greater creativity • Homework: Tell us your CPS Story
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” Joe’s Resistances to Change as Blocks What could some Cultural and Environmental Blocks be?.… What could some Perceptual Blocks be?... Creativity: Blocks and Blockbusting
Creativity: Blocks and Blockbusting • Let’s try out your creative vision… • …Beyond Heaven & Hell • …You choose Whitch? • …It’s all in a Word
The Minute Man The Mona Lisa Complex Stewing vs. Doing Assaulting the Mountain The Void Walking the Plank Intrinsic Motivation The Dark Sea, The Ship of Self, The Lighthouse Creativity: Blocks and Blockbusting
Here’s a summary of the Conceptual Blocks that Inhibit Creative Problem Solving... ...Constancy ...Commitment ...Compression ...Complacency …From your experience? Creativity: Blocks and Blockbusting
Creativity: Blocks and Blockbusting • “It is a fatal fault to reason whilst observing, though so necessary beforehand and so useful afterwards.”
Creativity: Blocks and Blockbusting • The IX test for creative thinking • Idea Generation = Withholding Judgement by “Brainstorming”. • Having a Creative Whack Attack by Roger van Oech.
Today’s Feedback? Moving on to Teambuilding and Leadership...Here’s the Homework What are you going to Stop, Continue, Start between now and next time? Creative Thinking during Changing Times