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OI/ 361 Innovation, Design, and Creativity for a Competitive Advantage

OI/ 361 Innovation, Design, and Creativity for a Competitive Advantage. Week Three: Creativity for innovative decision making. Creativity for innovative decision making. Types of mental models/mindsets (*** Please note that there is not a single model or prescribed set of models )

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OI/ 361 Innovation, Design, and Creativity for a Competitive Advantage

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  1. OI/ 361Innovation, Design, and Creativityfor a Competitive Advantage Week Three: Creativity for innovative decision making

  2. Creativity for innovative decision making • Types of mental models/mindsets (***Please note that there is not a single model or prescribed set of models) • Techno-centric • Customer-centric • Business-centric • Personal-centric • Innovative-centric • Other

  3. Creativity for innovative decision making • Forces that influence the basic development of mental models/mindsets • Environmental • Hereditary • Education • Genetic • Past experiences

  4. Creativity for innovative decision making • Influencers that facilitate the evolution of existing mental model/mindset development • Inspiration • Intuition • Creativity/intelligence • Paradigm shift • Boundary-less thinking • Cognitive R&D

  5. Creativity for innovative decision making • Possible benefits of improving mental models/mindsets • Think different (Apple, Inc.) • See things differently • Consider issues across disciplines

  6. Creativity for innovative decision making • Possible limits of mental models/mindsets • “What you see is what you think • Perception versus reality • Limits opportunities and adaptability • Limits alternative viewpoints • Limits creative process

  7. Creativity for innovative decision making • Four steps to change your mental model/mindset • Understand your mental models/mindsets • Test new approaches • Overcome inhibitors to change • Don’t like to give things up • Expectations of others • Infrastructure • Start with small changes • Make information visible (management dashboard) • Build trust

  8. Creativity for innovative decision making • Four steps to change your mental model/mindset • Make the change to your mental models/mindsets • Examples: • Business/individual/society • Hiring exec./finding mate • Evaluating politicians

  9. Creativity for innovative decision making • Four styles of creative intelligence with influencers of organizational decision-making • Intuitive • Goal oriented • Common sense approach • Problem-solver • Innovative • Takes original approaches • Experimenter • Systematic inquiry approach

  10. Creativity for innovative decision making • Four styles of creative intelligence with influencers of organizational decision-making • Imaginative • Risk taker • Imaginative • Independent thinker • Inspirational • Societal awareness • Selfless • Courage of convictions

  11. Creativity for innovative decision making • Summary • Discussion Questions

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