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Creative Thinking - Session 6

Creative thinking involves using imagination and original ideas to conceive of something new. It is a process of generating varied and unique ideas through both unstructured brainstorming or structured lateral thinking. Critical thinking evaluates ideas through logical analysis to determine their practicality. While creative thinking focuses on possibilities, critical thinking seeks to assess the validity and worth of existing ideas through a disciplined, analytical process focused on probability by applying accepted principles.

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Creative Thinking - Session 6

Creative thinking involves using imagination and original ideas to conceive of something new. It is a process of generating varied and unique ideas through both unstructured brainstorming or structured lateral thinking. Critical thinking evaluates ideas through logical analysis to determine their practicality. While creative thinking focuses on possibilities, critical thinking seeks to assess the validity and worth of existing ideas through a disciplined, analytical process focused on probability by applying accepted principles.

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Creative thinking & Critical thinking

Meaning of the word Creative: relating to or involving the use of the imagination or
original ideas to create something.

Critical: expressing adverse or disapproving comments or judgements.

Creative thinking is a way of looking at problems or situations from a fresh perspective to


conceive of something new or original.

Creative Thinking

Creative thinking is a process utilized to generate lists of new, varied and unique ideas or
possibilities. Creative thinking brings a fresh perspective and sometimes unconventional
solution to solve a problem or address a challenge.  When you are thinking creatively, you are
focused on exploring ideas, generating possibilities, and/or developing various theories.

Creative thinking can be performed both by an unstructured process such as brainstorming,


or by a structured process such as lateral thinking.

Brainstorming is the process for generating unique ideas and solutions through spontaneous
and freewheeling group discussion. Participants are encouraged to think aloud and suggest as
many ideas as they can, no matter how outlandish it may seem.

Lateral thinking uses a systematic process that leads to logical conclusions. However, it
involves changing a standard thinking sequence and arriving at a solution from completely
different angles.

No matter what process you chose, the ultimate goal is to generate ideas that are unique,
useful and worthy of further elaboration. Often times, critical thinking is performed after
creative thinking has generated various possibilities. Critical thinking is used to vet those
ideas to determine if they are practical.

Critical thinking is the logical, sequential disciplined process of rationalizing, analyzing,


evaluating, and interpreting information to make informed judgments and/or decisions.
Critical Thinking vs. Creative Thinking – Key Differences

 Creative thinking tries to create something new, while critical thinking seeks to assess
worth or validity of something that already exists.
 Creative thinking is generative, while critical thinking is analytical.
 Creative thinking is divergent, while critical thinking is convergent.
 Creative thinking is focused on possibilities, while critical thinking is focused on
probability.
 Creative thinking is accomplished by disregarding accepted principles, while critical
thinking is accomplished by applying accepted principles.

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