Your Kick A** Idea

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I. You have 30 secondsII. How many uses of a paperclip can you think of?III. Write them all down

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Time’s Up

Uses of a Paperclip

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I. originality (did someone else also say your use)II. fluency (total number of responses) III. flexibility (total number of categories)IV. elaboration

“a doorstop” = 0 “a door stop to prevent door slamming shut in a strong wind” = 2,

Scoring

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• Creativity comes from creative types

• Money is a creativity motivator

• Time pressure fuels creativity

• Fear forces breakthroughs

• Competition beats collaboration

• A streamlined organization is a creative organization

Myths about Creativity

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The earliest ideas are often the least creative.

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Bridge out before you start crossing off ideas

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It’s difficult to be innovative if you’re

following blind assumptions.

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“It’s easier to tone down a wild idea than to think

up a new one.” !

Alex F. Osborne

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Follow through on ideas. Extend, combine, and

converge.

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A meeting where no one took notes is a meeting that never happened.

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Idea Generation Techniques

•Problem reversal•Assumption smashing•Random input visual•Forced analogy

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Problem reversal

• What could you do to make the problem the worst situation. (Dentist)

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Assumption Smashing

• Actively look for your assumptions & break them

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Random Input Visual

• Open a dictionary to a random page• Use tarot cards• Random Sub-reddits

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Forced analogy

• Love is like epoxy. • (no use if you lack knowledge of a thing)

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I. Defer JudgementII.Seek quantity not qualityIII.Question assumptionsIV.Go over the topV.Follow throughVI.Take Notes

Follow the Rules

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Group Formation

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Mini Exercise Pick an Object

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Collaborative Idea Generation

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