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CREATIVITY???
"Being creative is seeing the
same thing as everybody else
but thinking of something
different
PERHAPS DERIVED FROM THE WORDS
INNOVATION
1 2
PROBLEM
PROTOTYPE
ANALYSIS OF
PROCESS OF
ESSENCE
THOUGHT
SOLUTION
• Imagination
• Verbal Ability
• Conceptual Ability
• Ability To Reason Logically
• Ability To Think Rapidly
• Mental Flexibility
• Ability To Think Nontraditional
extrinsic Motivation intrinsic
• Dislike Failure
• Exhibit High Energy Levels
IT IS TIME FOR AN
EXERCISE
ARE YOU INTUITIVE ?
CREATIVITY CAN BE
DEVELOPED
• Study
• Concentration
• Practice
• Patience
BRAINSTORMING
Domain Creative
Expertise Thinking
Ability
CREATIVITY
Intrinsic
Workplace Motivation
practices and Task-focused
conditions
PRINCIPLES OF CREATIVITY
• Creativity is developmental:
• Creativity is a process:
• There is power in the positive:
• There is power in vision and purpose:
• Understand the Brain/Mind Connection:
• The Creative Mind is Curious, Flexible,
and Imaginative:
• All Things Are Connected:
IT IS TIME FOR AN
EXERCISE
Morphological forced connection
Example: Improve a ball-point pen
Cylindrical Material Cap Ink source
Pencil Marriage
Gold Ring Remember promises
Flat side Dull daily routine. Change activities
6 things to do: Budget, Take a class, Improve discipline, be more
Six sides
assertive, start now!, improve communications
Eraser Rub him out! Forgive and forget past mistakes
Superior I feel inferior to my husband
Wood shaft Feel closed in. Need other interests. Am I getting shafted?
Lead Get the lead out! Do It! if I press any harder I will break.
Write Send a note telling you love him/her
What would you compare your organization
to? list out the attributes that are similar
with your organization.
APPLICATION EXERCISE
• Devise a Way to
Change the
Formation From
Five Squares to
Four, by Moving
Only Two of the
Lines.
• Squares Must Still
Be Adjacent
SOLUTION
IN AND OUT LETTERS