Creative Juijitsu

Creativity and

Problem Solving

in business and your

personal life

Copyright, 2013, T. Pitre, Sequim, WA

What is mediocre design

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A Solution

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What is mediocre design

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Solutions

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What you will learn* and know*

upon completion

• Definitions

• Implementation of creativity in your

business

• Benefits to creative thought and practice

• Managing creative employees

• You will practice creative jujitsu to block,

strike, disarm and disable non-creative

thought and action.* What is YOUR definition of learn Vs. know?

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Share findings and collaborate with others.

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Exercise

In a lecture I delivered, entitled Keep

Grandma in The Crib, I asked that the

students come up with a written list of

possible uses for an ordinary, cardboard,

toilet-paper tube.

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Exercise

A list of uses for tissue roll follows on the next

slide, but we will give you FIVE minutes to

make a list of your own--GO9

Illustration for “Put Grandma In The Crib” by Dale Faulstich,

Sequim, WA

Exercise1 PEN HOLDER FOR ARTHRITICS 2 NAPKIN HOLDER 3 SCARF STORAGE

TUBE 4 FUNNEL 5 MEGAPHONE 6 GOLF BALL T 7 MEASURING DEVICE 8

ROLLING PIN 9 TOY TELESCOPE 10 HOT DOG STORAGE 11 ICE CUBE

FORM 12 MODEL ROCKET SHIP 13 ROLL FOR POSTAGE STAMPS 14 SEND

MESSAGES DOWN AN INCLINE 15 KINDLING 16 RAIN GAUGE 17 WHEEL

FOR STEAMROLLER 18 SEXUAL AID 19 TOY - CATCH SMALL BALL INSIDE

20 FALSE NOSE 21 SEE IF YOUR WATCH GLOWS IN THE DARK 22 RELAY

RACE BATON 23 HAT FOR LINCOLN DOLL 24 A DOOR STOP 25 CUT OPEN

AND USE FOR WRITING MESSAGES 26 PROTECTIVE HANDLE FOR HANDS

TO CARRY SOMETHING HOT 27 HOLD OPEN A WINDOW 28 A BUSINESS

CARD FOR TOILET PAPER SALESPERSON 29 TO HOLD COOKIE DOUGH 30

TO DIG IN SAND 31 FORM FOR SAND CASTLE MAKER 32 MONEY HOLDER

33 TEMPLATE TO DRAW CIRCLES 34 TEMPLATE TO DRAW RECTANGLE 35

TO BUILD TUNNELS - USE AS FORM 36 PENCIL HOLDER 37 CHICKEN

DRUMSTICK HOLDER TO KEEP HANDS CLEAN 38 A HAMSTER DORMITORY

39 TOY CANNON 40 ONE PIPE OF A PANPIPE 41 SPLINT FOR DOG LEG 42

CAN BE USED TO FUNNEL A SMALL LIGHT FOR CLOSE WORK 43 LEG FOR

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Characteristics of a Creative

Person• What is a creative person? Some think it is a person that ignores

conventional wisdom and does not build on preexisting knowledge. Others

believe that the creative person has a superior memory and the ability to

synthesize information or the ability to relate ideas.

• Generally, creative people demonstrate mental quickness and have a wide

range of interests -- but often do not have superior academic scores.

• A creative person may be able to "give many unusual uses for a brick or a

cardboard box, but fail to perform originally in real-life situations." Any tests of

creativity must be tied to reality so it will be known that a high score identifies

a "creative" person.

Source: [Seventh Mental Measurements Yearbook, Pg. 448]

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Characteristics of a Creative

Person, 2• Thinking Skills: Critical thinking involves logical thinking

and reasoning including skills such as comparison,

classification, sequencing, cause/effect, patterning,

analogies, deductive and inductive reasoning, forecasting,

planning, hypothesizing, and critiquing.

• Creative thinking involves creating something new or

original. It involves the skills of flexibility, originality,

fluency, elaboration, brainstorming, modification, imagery,

associative thinking, attribute listing, metaphorical

thinking, forced relationships.

• The aim of creative thinking is to stimulate curiosity and

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