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Sustainable

Fostering New Ideas

De-clutter your brain, and let the ideas flow. Learn techniques which can help you be more creative and show you how to foster sustainable-creative-efforts within a young organization. 

Creativity

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Who is this guy?

• Ehsan Noursalehi– Materials Science and Engineering 2011– ENworkshop | www.enworkshop.com– IPT | www.SupportIPT.com

• Selected Coursework– PSYC 101, TE 461, PIRL, Drawing 1, Human

Factors (IE 340), TE 360, UOCD, Design Drawing

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An Agenda of Creativity

• Definition• Ideation Techniques• Application

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Defining Creativity

• What is creativity?

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Defining Creativity

• What is creativity?• Why do we like creativity?

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Explaining CreativityBy Kieth Sawyer

Adapted from Amazon.com

Also available from books.google.com

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Defining Creativity

• What is creativity?• Why do we like creativity?• How do you practice creativity?

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An American independent filmmaker.

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Ideation Activity

• Supplies:– Pen/Pencil– 1 sheet of paper– 3-5 Note cards

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Prompt

Think about all of the challenges or problems you face on a daily basis as a student at the University of Illionis.

3 MinutesWrite down as many problems as you can think of on a sheet of paper.

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Prompt 2

Based on your list of daily challenges, generate 3-5 new business ideas to resolve these unsolved problems.

5 MinutesWrite down 1 idea per each note card.

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Prompt 3

Turn a bad idea, into a good idea. Flip the idea on its head. Dream big. Make it spectacular.

3 MinutesWrite down your new idea on the backside of the provided note card.

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Do’s & Don'ts

• Collaborate with colleagues

• Build off other ideas• Be inefficient

• Don’t take credit• Don’t expect the

solution to jump out instantly

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Do’s & Don'ts (continued)

• Define a goal/problem• Use prompts• Limit yourself• Look for inspiration• Record all ideas• Be obsessive• Vote on the best ideas

• Don’t be afraid• Don’t criticize • Don’t save ideas in your

head• Don’t overuse or abuse• Don’t get stuck• Don’t multitask

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How six engineers sustained creative efforts for six weeksAPPLICATION TO IPT

…with nine, 3-hr sessions.

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Expand-Contract

“Cycle of rapid idea generation from a ‘seed’ and subsequent categorization of those ideas.”

A UOCD Technique

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1. Seed

2. Expansion

3. Contraction

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Note Cards + Sharpie

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Quality Control

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Say Hello!

Ehsan Noursalehi

• Emailenoursalehi@gmail.com

• Website www.enworkshop.com

• IPT www.supportIPT.com