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Thinking Tools Divergent & Convergen

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Creative. Thinking Tools. Divergent & Convergent. Why Use Creative Thinking Tools New Associations Free/Accidental/Forced New Perspectives/Viewpoints New/Unusual/Strange New Discoveries Unexpected, Obvious Imaginary Explorations Generate Openness Raise Energy. Diverge. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Thinking ToolsDivergent & Convergent

Why UseCreative Thinking Tools

New AssociationsFree/Accidental/Forced

New Perspectives/ViewpointsNew/Unusual/Strange

New DiscoveriesUnexpected, Obvious

Imaginary ExplorationsGenerate OpennessRaise Energy

Diverge

Brainstorming

Alex OsbornAlex Osborn’’s Tools Tooloror

Cliché for Cliché for BAD MeetingsBAD Meetings

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Divergent Thinking Tool

Brainstorming

Quantity breeds QualityFreewheeling of ideasHitchhike/Combine IdeasNo Judgement

BrainwritingBrainwriting

Index cards,Index cards,Post-It NotesPost-It Notes™™

Silent/ActiveSilent/Active

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Divergent Thinking Tool

Brainwriting

Quantity breeds QualityFreewheeling of ideasHitchhike/Combine IdeasNo Judgement

Forced Relationships

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Divergent Thinking Tool

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Divergent Thinking Tool

Alphabetizing

ABCDEFG

HIJKLM

NOPQRST

UVWXYZ

ABCDEF

GHIJKL

MNOPQRS

YUVWXYZ

Professions

Occupations

Famous People

Heroes

Super HeroesProfessions

Occupations

Famous People

Heroes

Super Heroes

Alp

hab

etiz

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S. = substituteC. = combineA. = adapt, adoptM. = minify, magnifyP. = put to other usesE. = eliminateR. = reverse

Divergent Thinking Tool

CreativeThinking

Tools Idea Grid

#1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7

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Divergent Thinking Tool

Idea Grid

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CreativeThinking

Tools

Divergent Thinking Tool

Converge

Convergent Thinking Tool

Convergent Thinking Tool

Clusters

CreativeThinkingTools

Pluses Concerns Potentials

PCP Pluses/Concerns/Potentials

Convergent Thinking Tool

CreativeThinkingTools

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Value Grid

Convergent Thinking Tool

When I teach people, I marry them.

Sylvia Ashton-Warner

duh END!

NandriTerima Kasih

Thank you lahNo worry mate

GrazieAbrigado

GraciasOrigato

DankeMerciGratis

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Bill Gates

Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me. .Going to bed saying we’ve donesomething wonderful…

that matters to me.

Steve Jobs

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