Developing Creative Thinking

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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..