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Basics of Creativity:
Discovering Ideas
Plan of the session
Define creativityShow difference betweencreative and formal thinkingExplain 4 recipes and 7 modelsfor discovering ideasSlides 28/28
What is Creativity?An Ability to imagine.An Attitude. Tolerance towardsthe new.The habit of improving ideas asbeing used.
Formal Thinkingversus
Creative Thinking
Both kinds of thinkingare interdependent
and complementary.
FormalThinking (A)AnalyticalConvergentLinearFocusedObjectiveVerbal
CreativeThinking (B)GenerativeDivergentAll directionsDiffuseSubjectiveDiversified
Creativity is not inherited.Creativity can be taught.Innovation is measurable:
Revenue from newproducts? Patents.
Tools for Creativity1. Brainstorming
designed to obtain maximumnumber of ideas. Suspend judgment. Think freely. Improve, modify, build on
others ideas. Quantity of ideas is
important.
Basic Guidelines forBrainstorming
Suspend judgment.Think freely.Improve, modify, build on
others ideas.Quantity of ideas is
important.
Putting Brainstormingin Practice
Record and expose ideas.Limit the time of the processUse 80/20 rule.
2. Asking Questions Where? When? Where? What? Who? For what? To where? For whom? What have others done? Where to find an idea? What ideas can I modify?
3. The PentadAction or eventSubject (doer)SceneAgencyRelationships betweenall.
4. The Gridfor things, objects, items
System or SubsystemCriterion Static DynamicContrastContext
7. Other Modelsfor Enhancing
Mental/ThinkingActivities
System Thinking: A System
A whole havingcomponents, or
components forming awhole.
We have grown in a culturewhere fragmentation hasprevailed.
----------------To meet challenges, usesystems thinking.Systems behavior events
Laws of STOpen SystemsPalliative SolutionsApplications: to enhancememory, In Brainstorming
Systemic Actions Lead toTotal Quality
Plan
Improve(Act)
Implement(Do)
Quality Process
Check
Systemic View of Training System
Fulfillmentof
mission
Trainee
Trainer
Venue Materials
Topics
TMS
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The Communication System
Sender
Receiver
Message
ChannelPerformance
Objective, Size, V-Aids,Environment, Time, Duration, Venue
Other Modelsfor Enhancing Mental/Thinking Activities
ConventionalManagement
PlanningOrganizingStaffingDirectingControlling
Steps in Planning1. Being aware of problem2. Establishing objectives3. Premising: expecting
environment of operation4. Determining alternative
Courses5. Selecting the right course6. Defining derivative plans7. Numberizing plans
The Communication Model
IntroductionSummary
BodyConclusion
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Ways of Thinking
Linear 1, 2, CyclicLateral
Systemic1 2
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TS is a short generalstatement:
Topic + Comment.
Smoking is dangerous.
Twenty-Four (24) Ways To BeginAction/Process QuestionAdvice QuotationBackground Refute-an-argumentCall for action Statement of scopeCommand/Request Specific detailsComparison/Contrast Statement of a factDefinition/Classification An important pointEarly theory/technique Plan of developmentForecast and hypothesis Statement of purposeIllustration/exemplification Statement of the problemListing SummaryPoint of view Combination
systemicWays To Develop TS
Linear
cyclicGeneral-to-specificSpecific-to-general
ConvergentChronological, processListing, cause-to-effectDefinition, exemplificationComparison-contrastMixture of these
What about ways-to-begin?
Effective ArgumentsArgument of Fact
Air in Greater Cairo has become very polluted.1. Sub argument of definitionAir become polluted when it has more than , and .
These proportions are defined by .2. Sub argument of existenceAir in Greater Cairo has exceeded these limits. , .3. Sub argument of qualityIf there are no measures to stop the process, the
situation shall become dangerous for .
Effective ArgumentsArgument of PolicyAir in Greater Cairo has reached serious proportions.Authorities must react before the situation becomes dreadful.1, 2, 3 Sub argument of fact +4. Sub argument of goodnessA cleaner Greater Cairo should enhanceEgypts image +5. Sub argument of usefulnessThose who initiate such a commendableprocess shall be praised fore ever.
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