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Creativity #4: Creativity Exercises and Games Tathagat Varma Knowledgepreneur http://thoughtleadership.in
LEGO, 1974
http://indy100.independent.co.uk/article/that-powerful-lego-letter-to-parents-from-the-1970s-its-real--eJ9eAn1Vug
LEGO, 1981
Read this first! "I cdn'uolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg: the phaonmneel pweor of the hmuan mnid. Aoccdrnig to a rseearch taem at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Scuh a cdonition is arppoiatrely cllaed Typoglycemia . "Amzanig huh? Yaeh and you awlyas thguoht slpeling was ipmorantt.”
Let’s confuse the brain J
Let’s draw
Easy does it!
http://glencoe.com/sec/busadmin/entre/teacher/creative/stimulate/exer8.htm
30 Circles Test
https://hbr.org/2013/11/three-creativity-challenges-from-ideos-leaders
How did do you?
https://creativiteconsultants.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/30-circles-doodled.png
Draw a coin
Work as pairs
One person draws something, and passes on the paper to the second one
The second one does the same
Time: 3 min
Rube Goldberg
https://www.rubegoldberg.com/artwork/how-to-get-rid-of-a-mouse-2/
A breakfast machine!
https://youtu.be/2K7ntQyglWg
https://youtu.be/FjuCwnoNWQw
Chindogu? Coined by Kenji Kawakami, Editor of “Mail Order Life”
Means “Unusual Tool”
Chindogus solve everyday problems
“Unuseless” = useful (i.e. not useless) but very crazy or inconvenient to be usable
If it is worth stealing, then it is not Chindogu!
No real use!
It must exist!
Anarchic!
Universally useless!
Not for sale!
Not funny!
No propaganda!
Always decent!
Free for all!
For everyone!
Why build something “unuseless”?
What’s the use of a newborn baby? – Benjamin Franklin, 21 Nov 1783
“I have coined the term “bisociation” in order to make a distinction between the routine skills of thinking on a single “plane”…and the creative act, which…always operates on more than one plane.”
- Arthur Koestler,
Bisociation Examples Louise Braille: pinecone + reading => Braille system
George de Mestral: burr from burdock plant + zipper => Velcro
Jake Ritty: ship’s engine room + cash problem => (eventually) NCR!
Edwin Budding: clothes factory + outdoors => lawn mower
Christopher Sholes: saw piano and thought if it each key could write a letter => Typewriter
Let’s play Bisociation
Think of an object
Think of any activity you can do with it
Exchange the “object” with anyone in the room
Exchange the “activity” with another person in the room
Now think of something you can do with what you have!
Now let’s work together as a team
Form teams of 5-6 each
Think of a problem you want to solve, maybe even a fictional one – product, service, design…even think of a story if you want, or draw something if that works for your team
Each team needs only one paper
Taking turns, each person writes their idea in just a line. The next person builds on it.
Time: 5 min
Bebrief
Use the whiteboard
What did you like / dislike
How was working alone vs working as a team?
How was working on a given task vs. creating something?
What did you learn?