Creativity and Design 2017

Day 1: Why?

The "nine dots" puzzle. The goal of the puzzle is to link all 9 dots using less than five straight

lines, without lifting the pen and without tracing the same line more than once

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thinking_outside_the_box)

https://www.logomoose.com/featured/five-2/

http://www.houseofhopejoplin.com/high-five/

A new beginning…

Activity 1.1: What does “creativity” look like?Duration: 30 minutesMode: Groups

Activity: What is “creativity”?• In pairs: Hand-out 3

photographs• Go out. Ask 3 to 5 different

people/groups to choose one image that best represents “creativity” for them

• Ask them to elaborate why• Come back in 15 minutes to

share your experiences

Articulate definitions

Reveal assumptions

Demystify Expand Identify value

“creativity” top results vs {accident, crisis, difficult, enjoying, fight, genius, intelligence, juggle, problems, risk…} in: https://images.google.com/

Biases of creativity

www.universetoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/560072_1393241990913741_1484585483_n1.jpgmedia.pennlive.com/midstate_impact/photo/pn-20110824132704-18jpg-c300573418e4b5bf.jpgwww.iloilomovie.comtodayonline.com/sites/default/files/styles/photo_gallery_image_lightbox/public/photos/43_images/24259450.jpg

Creative destruction: radical, disruptive change

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPGPkbsA-8I

Mutants: On Genetic Variety and the Human Bodyby Armand Marie Leroi. Penguin Books

http://www.ibtimes.com/chilling-images-human-mutation-across-world-photos-840275

Activity 1.2: Pre-surveyDuration: 15 minutesMode: Individual

Activity 1.3: Hard problemsDuration: 15 minutesMode: All

Morning break15 minutes

Activity 1.4: Disruptive change• Creativity as the source of

punctuated change (disruptive, qualitative)

• Individual mode:Reflect when/how/why you have initiated or been involved in disruptive change

• Share to (re)introduce yourself

Am I creative? Yes/No

How creative am I? How am I creative? Sentiment Effects Lessons learnt Crisis Universal and

diverse creativity

Upcoming session:March 13 - April 30

Enrolment ends March 18

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVg_D4VES6o

Your lunch mission: think of your unique creative potential and… try something new!1 hour

Find your creative potential• How does your cultural background shape your

creativity?• Your family history and life experiences• Your network: the people who surround you• Your personality traits and preferences• Your career goals and technical skills • Your values, dreams, and motivations• The abilities that distinguish you from other people

Q: what was the initial core vision of Apple Computers?

Steve Jobs, 1980http://youtu.be/0lvMgMrNDlg?t=2m23s

02:23 – 13:05

MINDSETS

human centered

mindful of process

prototypingculture

action bias

radical collaboration

show,don’t tell

https://dschool.stanford.edu/groups/k12/wiki/781c0/Design_Thinking_Processes.html

Activity 1.5: Design casesDuration: 15 minutesMode: Individual

http://www.designcouncil.org.uk/resources/search/bundle/case_study

Design cases: services, products, systems• Read and comment a design

case• Discuss: what is “design”?• Share your views• What may design be?

Unexpected views Insights Roles Value Relevance

3 Views of DesignICSID: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3hJcnWKezk

Dyson Foundation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SD6d8Em8q5ARoger Martin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLjj1MWX0bY

http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/medart/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triquetral_bone https://www.healthtap.com/topics/

http://www.dubberly.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Dubberly_Jobs-and-Ive.pdf

Prepare a DIY Activity…Duration: 30 minutesMode: _________

“81%, 88%, and 100% of participants were more creative walking than sitting…

To evaluate divergent creative output, participants completed Guilford’s alternate uses test (GAU). Given 4 min, people generated alternate uses for common objects such as a button or tire. GAU depends on cognitive flexibility…”

Assumptions:1. You can diagnose creativity in a

standard 4-min laboratory task2. Undergraduate psychology

students who received course credit are a valid sample

3. Cognitive flexibility is a (the main, the only) core mechanism of creativity

4. Moving your body and going out is good

5. Etc.…

Afternoon break15 minutes

Activity 1.6: DIYDuration: 15 to 30 minutes“Things that you’ve heard vs. things that you say” contributed by Faheema

Creativity & Design. End of Day 1• Individual mode• Write down two key concepts

or ideas that you learned today• Write an action item that you

can put into practice derived from that key concept or idea

• Write down your most pressing question today

Extra: “My main contribution to the session today was…”

Creativity and Design 2017

Day 1: Wait, what? Creativity and Design? Why?