CREATIVE THINKING AND TOOLS

GROUP 3

LIFE ISN'T ABOUT FINDING YOURSELF.

LIFE IS ABOUT CREATING YOURSELF.

WHAT IS CREATIVE THINKING?

CREATIVE THINKING IS NOT A TALENT, IT IS A SKILL THAT CAN BE LEARNT.

IT EMPOWERS PEOPLE BY ADDING STRENGTH TO THEIR NATURAL ABILITIES WHICH IMPROVES TEAMWORK, PRODUCTIVITY AND WHERE APPROPRIATE PROFITS.

* ABILITY TO IMAGINE OR INVENT SOMETHING NEW

CREATIVE THINKING TECHNIQUES

• BRAINSTRORMING• IDEA GENERATING QUESTIONS

• CHECKLISTS

IDEAS GENERATING QUESTIONS

• WHO? (Actor or Agent)• WHAT? (Act)• WHEN? (Time or Timing)• WHERE? (Scene or Source)• WHY? (Purpose)• HOW? (Agency or Method)

Edward De BonoSix Thinking Hats

An aid to creative thinking‘You can analyse the past,

but you can design the future.’Edward de Bono

Thinking in hats (Edward de Bono)

• To aid creative thinking Edward de Bono came up with six notional hats that can be put on and taken off easily.

• The hats are designed to indicate a role or mode of thinking.

• It is based on the principle of parallel thinking.

The white hat (informative)

• The information seeking hat.

• What are the facts?

• What information is available? What is relevant?

• When wearing the white hat we are neutral in our thinking.

The red hat (intuitive)

• What do you feel about the suggestion?

• What are your gut reactions?

• What intuitions do you have?

• Don’t think too long or too hard.

The black hat (cautious)

• The caution hat.

• In the black hat a thinker points out errors or pit-falls.

• What are the risks or dangers involved?

• Identifies difficulties and problems.

The yellow hat (constructive)

• The sunshine hat.

• It is positive and constructive.

• It is about effectiveness and getting a job done.

• What are the benefits, the advantages?

The green hat (creative)

• This is the creative mode of thinking.

• Green represents growth and movement.

• In the green hat we look to new ideas and solutions.

• Lateral thinking wears a green hat.

The blue hat (reflective)

• The control hat, organising thinking itself.

• Sets the focus, calls for the use of other hats.

• Monitors and reflects on the thinking processes used.

• Blue is for planning.

CONCLUSION

‘Perhaps the most important benefit from teaching thinking is the increase in self-esteem and self-confidence of those taught. A youngster taught thinking feels in control of his of her life-instead of feeling like a cork carried along by a stream of life and controlled by the currents.’

Edward de Bono.