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Robert Alan Black, Ph.D., CSPalan @ cre8ng.com

http://www.cre8ng.com

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Our Offices are Communities that Can Become Orchestras

Robert Alan Black, Ph.D., CSP

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Why do we need




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Goals of this SessionHelp you accept.

…that you are more creative than you may believe?




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Goals of this SessionHelp you accept.

…that ALL employees are and can become more creative than you may believe.




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Goals of this Session

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…to share a working system for developing Cre8ng Communities within your office or workplace.




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Goals of this Session.

…and to experiment with creative thinking techniques and a Creative Solution Generating Process.




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Who Are You?See possibilities

Self- knowledgeable

Self-actualizing

Self-disciplined

Sense of destiny

Sensitive

Severely critical of…

Specific interests

Synthesize correctly

Tolerant of ambiguity

Adaptable

Curious

Divergent thinker

Energetic

Fantasize, able to

Flexible thinker

Fluent

Future oriented

Humor

Idealistic

Imaginative

Independent

Ingenious

Learning, always

Non-conforming

Not motivated by money

Observant, highly

Open-ended

Original - uniqueness

Passionate about their work

Perceive world differently

Question asker

Circle, check, markall of the following traitsthat fit you now.




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creative people spend20 minutes looking at a

orange juice box

because it says "concentrate."

creative people spend20 minutes looking at a

orange juice box

because it says "concentrate."




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Creativity is Your Choice

Daily make the choiceto be Creative in much to most of what you do.




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Are you aAre you a




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What is it?

WhatMightit be?




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Other uses for a...

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CreativeThinking

Tools

ForcedRelationships

Animal (a-z) Product




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CreativeThinking

Tools Idea Grid

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1. Play it safe

2. Know your limitations : pigeonhole yourself

3. It's just a job, keep your mouth shut

4. Show you're the smartest guy in the room, make skepticism your middle name

5. Be the tough guy, demand to see the data

6. Respect history, always give the past \ the benefit of the doubt

7. Stop the madness before it can get started




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1. Play it safe

2. Know your limitations : pigeonhole yourself

3. It's just a job, keep your mouth shut

4. Show you're the smartest guy in the room, make skepticism your middle name

5. Be the tough guy, demand to see the data

6. Respect history, always give the past \ the benefit of the doubt

7. Stop the madness before it can get started Uncreative

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8. Been there, done that. Use experience as a weapon

9. Keep your eyes closed... your mind too

10. Assume there is no problem

11. Underestimate your customers

12. Be a mentor, give sound advice to people who for you

13. Be suspicious of the "creatives"

14. When all else fails, act like a grown-up




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8. Been there, done that. Use experience as a weapon

9. Keep your eyes closed... your mind too

10. Assume there is no problem

11. Underestimate your customers

12. Be a mentor, give sound advice to people who for you

13. Be suspicious of the "creatives"

14. When all else fails, act like a grown-up

Uncreative

Uncreative




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What do You Need

IDEAS for

What do You Need

IDEAS for??




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Divergent Thinking Tool

Brainstorming

Quantity breeds QualityFreewheeling of ideasHitchhike/Combine IdeasNo Judgement




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Brainwriting

Quantity breeds QualityFreewheeling of ideasHitchhike/Combine IdeasNo Judgement




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Alphabetizing

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S.C.A.M.P.E.R. CHECKLISTING

S.C.A.M.P.E.R. is a form of CHECKLIST. A CHECKLLIST is a prepared list of words, verbs, questions that you can use that can spark new ideas, change your thinking or your point of view or even you mood and the direction your thinking at the moment and take you into many directions.

S.C.A.M.P.E.R. was created by Bob Eberle, teacher/educational consultant in the 1970 s to teach the concept of CHECKLISTING to school children by using a memory device (acronym) that they could easily remember when they needed to generate new ideas or remember existing or past ideas. It is used as the foundation for Michael Michalko’s excellent Creative Thinking Tools book…THINKERTOYS.

First StepWrite out the word S.C.A.M.P.E.R. vertically on a piece of paper or on a flip chart/chalkboard or other surface that the group can see.

Second StepWrite out what the 7 letters stand for.

Third StepThen use each of the 7 by asking questions using these verbs to improve/change/revise your challenge or problem to generate potential ideas and solutions.

Fourth StepRead over the ideas you have produced and select the bestTo work on to turn them into HOT SOLUTIONS to use.

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S. = substituteC. = combineA. = adapt, adoptM. = minify, magnifyP. = put to other usesE. = eliminateR. = reverse





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Forced RelationshipsThis is an idea generating technique that appears in many books about creative thinking and creative thinking or innovation tools.

First Stepchoose something totally unrelated to the problem or challengeYou or your group are working on.

Second StepList everything you or your group know about it.(Who? What? When? Where? Why? How?… physical, visual, tactile,…all senses, good and bad)

Third StepList everything you or your group know about your problem or challenge. (WWWWWH…and using all the senses)

Fourth StepTake items/details/aspects from the first list and FORCE FIT them to features Or details from the second list. Your goal is to see if the features from The randomly chosen, unrelated thing/animal sparks ideas for

improving, Changing, correcting features of the problem.

A traditional example or warm-up for doing this consists of…

1st. Ask the person or group to write everything they know about a canary (or a bird in their country.

2nd. Ask the person or group to write everything they know about the chair they are sitting in.

3rd. Then I ask them to combine (FORCE FIT or make a FORCED Relationship) one item from the canary list with The chair’s list with the goal to improve, change, correct the chair design or to generate ideas for designing the ultimate chair.

Sample

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Feathers-Soft + chair is hard = make seat softYellow + chair is ship gray = add color





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S.P.R.E.A.D.ng

S – Supporting

P – Promoting

R – Recognizing and Rewarding

E – Encouraging and Educating

A – Applying

D – Developing

C,r,E,8,N,G!Creative Solution Seeking Process

C – Collect, choose your challenge to generate creative ideas for solutionsr – read, reap, reorganize information about your challengeE – examine the information and various ways to look at your challenge and choose the one that best defines your challenge best8 – generate ideas for your challenge using 8 different approaches, creative thinking tools and techniquesN – Narrow down your many ideas into the best and narrow those down to one you are willing to commit to and/or are excited aboutG – Gather resources: human and other, generate

a plan, schedule and GO FOR IT!




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“A journey of 1,000 miles begins with a single step.”




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S.P.R.E.A.D.SUPPORTING




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S.P.R.E.A.D. PROMOTING




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S.P.R.E.A.D.RECOGNIZING

REWARDING




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S.P.R.E.A.D.ENCOURAGING

EDUCATING




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S.P.R.E.A.D.APPLYING




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S.P.R.E.A.D.DEVELOPING




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How do you Collect orGenerateIDEAS

How do you Collect orGenerateIDEAS ?




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Creative Solution Generating Process




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C – Collect, choose your challenge to generate creative ideas for solutions




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r – read, reap, reorganize information about your challenge




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E – Examine E – Examine the information and various ways to look at your challenge and choose the one that best defines your challenge best




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8 – generate ideas for your challenge using 8 different approaches, creative thinking tools and techniques




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N – Narrow down your many ideas into the best and narrow those down to one you are willing to commit to and/or are excited about




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G – Gather resources: human and other, generate a plan, schedule and GO FOR IT!




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C – Collect, choose your challenge to generate creative ideas for solutionsr – read, reap, reorganize information about your challengeE – examine the information and various ways to look at your challenge and choose the one that best defines your challenge best8 – generate ideas for your challenge using 8 different approaches, creative thinking tools and techniquesN – Narrow down your many ideas into the best and narrow those down to one you are willing to commit to and/or are excited aboutG – Gather resources: human and other, generate a plan, schedule and GO FOR IT!




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How willYou ApplyYour Ideas

How willYou ApplyYour Ideas??




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