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Session 4 Ver 2 Creative Thinking - Problem Solving

This document provides an overview of creative thinking and problem solving. It discusses various types of thinking including creative thinking, lateral thinking, critical thinking, and logical thinking. It defines creative thinking as generating fresh perspectives and ideas. The document outlines techniques for creative thinking such as brainstorming, mind mapping, and morphological matrices. It emphasizes that creativity can be taught by practicing techniques that promote divergent and convergent thinking using both left and right brain activity. The objectives are to understand thinking skills, define creative thinking, learn characteristics of creative individuals, and learn methods and techniques to enhance creative thinking.

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Session 4 Ver 2 Creative Thinking - Problem Solving

This document provides an overview of creative thinking and problem solving. It discusses various types of thinking including creative thinking, lateral thinking, critical thinking, and logical thinking. It defines creative thinking as generating fresh perspectives and ideas. The document outlines techniques for creative thinking such as brainstorming, mind mapping, and morphological matrices. It emphasizes that creativity can be taught by practicing techniques that promote divergent and convergent thinking using both left and right brain activity. The objectives are to understand thinking skills, define creative thinking, learn characteristics of creative individuals, and learn methods and techniques to enhance creative thinking.

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Creative Thinking & Problem Solving

Quiz
Session 4
Application of Creative Thinking: culture specific in an organization

Prof. Runa Maitra


June-July 2018
Application of Creative Thinking: culture
specific in an organization
• Building Analytical Framework
• The art of good analysis
• The Question Approach
• The Solution Approach
• Thinking Backwards
Objectives
• Thinking Skills - types
• Definition of creative thinking
• Characteristics of a creative person
• Methods of creative thinking
• Creative thinking techniques
• Summary
Thinking Skills

• Thinking can refer to the act of


producing thoughts or the process of
producing thoughts.
TYPES OF THINKING

• Creative Thinking – fresh perspectives and ideas


• Lateral thinking – Systematically generate new
ideas
• Critical Thinking – Thorough or exhaustive
• Logical Thinking – Progress of a thought in a
linear way
• Parallel Thinking – Avoiding group conflict
• Structured Thinking – Another way of critical
thinking
• Positive Thinking - Attitude
• Strategic Thinking - Thinking required to set
directions
• Divergent Thinking - Unfiltered pool of action
• Convergent Thinking - Development of
workable proposals
• Associative Thinking - linking thoughts to one
thought to another
• Radiant Thinking - Thinking radiates from a
central idea
Will this
be on the
Test?

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Creative Thinking
• Focus on exploring ideas
• Generates possibilities
• Looks for many right answers rather than just
one.
True or False

CRITICAL CREATIVE
THINKING THINKING
is for science & is for the arts &
math humanities

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FALSE

CRITICAL & CREATIVE thinking


can and should be applied to
ANY subject, content or problem.

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True or False

CREATIVITY
is a right brain
activity

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FALSE

•CREATIVE THINKING requires divergent


thinking and then convergent thinking.

•CREATIVITY requires constant shifting


between right and left brain activity.
The Creativity Crisis, Bronson & Merryman

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True or False

CREATIVITY
can be taught.

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TRUE:CREATIVITY can be taught.

• Practicing promotes more creative thinking.

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METHODS OF CREATIVE THINKING
Break: 30 min
Creative Thinking Techniques
• Brainstorming
• Mind mapping
• Morphological Matrix
• SCAMPER techniques
• Value grid
• RAFT strategy
Creative Thinking Techniques
I. Brainstorming
Example:

Brainstorming is like taking out everything from your wardrobe (the brain)
to have a showcase of clothes and accessories
(what you know about the topic).
I. Brainstorming
Example: What comes to mind when you think of summer?

Topic: Summer

hot and wet beach summer courses summer holiday


homework
June to August sunny Ocean Park
relaxing
summer holiday watermelons Food Expo
cartoons
swimming ice-cream typhoons
air-conditioners
mosquitoes cold drinks

The brainstorming session will end up with …


MANY / FEW ideas.
I. & II. From Brainstorming … to Mind Mapping
Example:

Topic: Summer

hot and wet beach summer summer holiday


courses homework
June to August sunny
Ocean Park relaxing
summer watermelons
holiday Food Expo cartoons
ice-cream
swimming typhoons air-conditioners
mosquitoes
cold drinks

Food
Using Creative Thinking Tools & Strategies:
I. & II. From Brainstorming … to Mind Mapping
Example:

Topic: Summer

hot and wet beach summer summer holiday


courses homework
June to August sunny
Ocean Park relaxing
summer watermelons
holiday Food Expo cartoons
ice-cream
swimming typhoons air-conditioners
mosquitoes
cold drinks

Food Weather
Using Creative Thinking Tools & Strategies:
I. & II. From Brainstorming … to Mind Mapping
Example:

Topic: Summer

hot and wet beach summer summer holiday


courses homework
June to August sunny
Ocean Park relaxing
summer watermelons
holiday Food Expo cartoons
ice-cream
swimming typhoons air-conditioners
mosquitoes
cold drinks

Food Weather Activities


Using Creative Thinking Tools & Strategies:
II. Mind Mapping
Example: ice-cream

cold drinks Food watermelons

Summer in Hong
Kong beach
air-conditioners
cartoons
hot and wet
Weather Activities Food Expo
June to August
Ocean Park
mosquitoes
sunny typhoons relaxing
summer
courses
swimming summer
holiday
Summer holiday
homework
II. Mind Mapping
Example:

Mind mapping is like categorising many pieces of clothing (ideas / what


you know about the topic) into different drawers (sub-topics)
III. Morphological Matrix
 Combining ideas to explore possibilities and create unusual ideas
Exercise……
What sprouted at your table discussions?

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Questions?
1. What is creativity?
2. List type of thinking? – any 5 out of 12
3. True of False
– Critical thinking is for science of math
– Creative thinking is for the arts & humanities
4. True of False
– Creativity is a right brain activity
5. True or false
– Creativity can be taught
6. What the characteristics of a creative person
7. Which are the creative thinking techniques
Go as far as you
can see. When
you get there, you
can see farther.
Thomas Carlyle

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