Objective

to apply the techniques that enables you to think creatively at your will.

to identify factors that inhibit creativity and will be able to overcome it by using various frameworks.
To ignite your thought process and positively dispose you to out of the box thinking

What is creativity to you?

Finish this sentence: Creativity is _______________________.

Blocks to creativity

We may fear
looking foolish making mistakes being criticised being alone being outcast disturbing tradition being associated with taboos

We may also suffer from

left brain dominance incompatible objectives hostility

Techniques of Creativity

Challenging assumptions
Do you believe we are caught in the rut of stereotypical thinking? Problem solving assumes boundaries To think laterally one has to consciously restructure assumption patterns. Are we ready to break the Thinking patterns?

It is historical continuity that maintains most assumptions-not a repeat assessment of its validity
Edward de Bono

Brain storming

Ideas outside ones mind can help stimulate ones own ideas Objective of brainstorming is to produce effective ideas People who are otherwise not comfortable talking about their opinion also speak in a group. This technique helps bring out creative ideas and also encourages to think out-of-the-box

Mind Mapping

A graphical way to represent ideas and concepts. It is a visual thinking tool that helps structuring information, helping you to better analyze, comprehend, synthesize, recall and generate new ideas. In a mind map, information is structured in a way that resembles much more closely how your brain actually works. Mind mapping avoids dull, linear thinking, jogging your creativity and making note taking fun again.

Random Stimulation

A technique to "jump start" the idea generation process. A great way to come up with unexpected and unusual ideas. With this thinking technique, you simply bypass your regular thinking habits and force your brain to work in new paths. The whole idea is to find previously unknown connections between your challenge and the random stimulation, and find a solution or idea that is based upon this connection.

Six Hats Thinking

Colored Hat Think Of White Paper Detailed Description
considering purely what information is available, what are the facts? Insert your own text if needed. intuitive or instinctive gut reactions or statements of emotional feeling (but not any justification) Insert your own text if needed. A yellow hat is for a positive view of things. It looks for benefits in a situation. Insert your own text if needed. logic applied to identifying reasons to be cautious and conservative Insert your own text if needed. statements of provocation and investigation, seeing where a thought goes Insert your own text if needed. The Blue hat is about process control. It is used for thinking about thinking. Insert your own text if needed.

Fire and Warmth

Sunshine

A Stern Judge Vegetation and Rich Growth The sky and overview

Six hat

When youthink think red, When you ofof white, think ofneutral. fire and passion. think of Dr. De Bono Wearing this hat means has categorized information as a neutralwill subject. that people show their emotions on a subject, their gut feelings.

When you think of When you think of green, yellow, think and of the sun think of plants growth. and sunny, The green hatpositive is for new ideas, for creativity, for new thoughts. The yellow hat alternative solutions. role is for discussing only the positive view of problems and solution possibilities.

When you think of When you think of blue, black, negative, thinkthink of theof sky and an or caution. The black overview. The blue hat ishat the hardest one to judgment. understand. is for critical It deals with controlling It points out what the thinking process. The blue cannot be done hat is often given to one person, who controls what hat will be worn, hence controlling the type of thinking being used.

Analogies

Earlier we spoke about how to challenge assumptions, now, we go on to show you how to start a train of thought Analogies are used to provide movement Problem under consideration is related to the analogy and then the analogy is developed along its own line of development At each stage the development is transferred back to the original problem

Transfer of training
Marketing: Product development

Finance: Creative problem solving

HR: Creative organisation culture

Operations: Out of the box thinking

Keep reminding yourself till it becomes a habit. Differentiate of be extinct

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