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The person who follows the crowd will usually get
no further than the crowd. The person who walks alone
is likely to discover places no one has ever been before.
Creativity in living is not without its attendant difficulties.
For peculiarity breeds contempt.
And the unfortunate thing about being ahead of your time is that
when people finally realize you were right,
they’ll say it was obvious all along.
“ Anonymous “
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Unusual
Out of the ordinary
Exciting
Fuzzy
Something radically different
Noller’s Symbolic Formula for Understanding Creativity
Problem
Solving
Flexibility Playfulness
Originality
Elaboration Openness
Complexity
High energy Independence
Tolerance of ambiguity
Capacity to make order from chaos
CuriosityRisk-taking
Imagination
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Copyright © 2009. The Creative Problem Solving Group, Inc.
Copyright © 2009. The Creative Problem Solving Group, Inc.
Lack of freedom in deciding what to do or how to approach a task or problem
Poor project management
Emphasis on the status quo
suggestions for creating or maintaining a climate for creativity
1. Provide freedom to try new ways of performing tasks;2. Point out the value of individual differences, styles, and points of view3. Establish an open, safe atmosphere4. Build a feeling of individual control over what is to be done5. Support the learning and application of specific CPS tools6. Provide an appropriate amount of time for the accomplishment of tasks;7. Provide a no punitive environment8. Recognize some previously unrecognized and unused potential9. Respect an individual’s need to work alone or in groups.10.Tolerate complexity and disorder, at least for a period.11.Create a climate of mutual respect and acceptance among individuals12.Encourage a high quality of interpersonal relationships
Fix and light the candle on a wall in a way so the candle wax won't drip onto the table below. To do so, one may only use the following along with the candle:
• a book of matches• a box of thumbtacks
What is Problem?
Made to Think – by Claudio Perrone
Pass the PenniesThe objective for each role is as follows:
• Workers— Flip all the coins (with their left hand) and pass them to the next worker in line. • Managers— Measure the effective time that each worker is flipping coins.
• A customer— Determines the total time in two aspects:• the time it takes for the first coin to be delivered, and • the total time (until the last coin is delivered).
Examples ofCreative Approaches to Problem Solving
Actively constructing many and varied opportunities and identifying
the more promising ones to explore and examine more fully. Being open
to many different possibilities and maintaining a positive attitude.
Solving future-focused problems that do not even exist today.
Examining facts, impressions, feelings, and opinions from many
different points of view. Being willing to dig deeper under assumptions.
Seeing the problem or challenge from many different viewpoints. Being able to play with possibilities
Generating many, varied, and unusual ideas that have high potential
to address the problem or meet the challenge in a fresh and valuable
way. Being able to think up and suspend judgment when needed. Having
idea power.
Investing energy and talent in taking a wild or highly unusual idea and
shaping, refining, and developing the idea into a workable solution. Being
persistent
Considering aspects of the situation surrounding the solution to
enable agreement of your solutions by others. Being sensitive to the
context and the people who may be involved with your solution and
working to obtain support and acceptance.
Having a variety of possible approaches to take for any given situation, challenge, or problem. Being aware of the power of process.
Reflecting on many different factors in determining your approach.
Examples ofCreative Approaches to Problem Solving
Examples of
Non-Creative
Approaches
Mindlessly defending the status quo. Being resistant to exploring new opportunities.Making and acting on faulty assumptions or incorrect data Seeing the problem or challenge in only one way. Applying worn-out or habitual responses that don’t have the desired effect or fail to solve the real problem Overlooking the need to improve, develop, or refine a tentative solution Moving on before ensuring agreement and acceptance by others (premature completion or conclusion) Using an approach uncritically, just because it may have provided relief or results before Reacting to a situation before reflecting on alternative ways of responding
Theme/Title
Background
Current Situation
Problem
Target
Analysis
Countermeasures
Follow-up
Implementation Effect
Confirmation
references• Creative Approaches to Problem Solving
• Kanban in action (Pass the Pennies)
• Candle problem
• https://unsplash.com/ (photos)• http://agilesensei.com/blog/ by Claudio Perrone
