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TodayToday’’s S.T.A.M.P.S.s S.T.A.M.P.S.

Types ofStyles ofWhen to use themHow to use themWhere to use themWhy use them

Creative ThinkingS.T.A.M.P.S.


S.T.A.M.P.S.STAMPS

SYSTEMSTOOLS/TECHNIQUESAPPROACHESMETHODSPROCESSESSTRATEGIES


Tools/Techniques Single exercises, generally open-ended or right-brained in approach (flexible, fluent, spontaneousApproaches How exercises are done: individually, in pairs in teams, as a total group


O. F. P. I. S. A.Osborn-Parnes Creative Problem Solving Model

S.T.A.M.P.S.System


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Problem Definition

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S.T.A.M.P.S.System


S.T.A.M.P.S.System


WelcomersIce Breakers

BondersTeamers

ChallengesIdea Warm-Ups

Energizers

Idea GeneratorsIdea/Solution SelectorsSolution SystemizersGamesPuzzlesDivergersConvergers

S.T.A.M.P.S.ToolsTools


The Energizer Funny - Warm-ups & Energizers



Tools &Techniques

Warm-Ups


MentalPhysicalVisualSocialEmotional


Cre8vW A R M - U P S

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How Are We Different?abcdefghIjklm

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How Are We Different?AgeBackgroundCultureDesiresEducationFamilyGeographicHumor, sense ofIntellectuallyJKnowledgeLearning StyleM

NOccupationProfessionQReligionSTechnical skillsUnderstandingVWeXcitement/energyYZeal


Other uses for a...BrickPaper clipWater bottleMarblesAsh trays


what is half of...

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O T T F F _ _

What might the next two letters be?


Connect these 9 dots w/ 4 or less straight lines…


Classic Answer


One or NO “straight lines”

A wide crayonPour paint on itSpray paint on itSquash paper up Line around worldDip in can of paintCut dots out & line upSpiral from center outWide paint roller/brushFold drawing until overlapWrite in cursive “4 straight lines”

3 lines

PossibleSolutions


One or NO “straight lines”

A wide crayonPour paint on itSpray paint on itSquash paper up Line around worldDip in can of paintCut dots out & line upSpiral from center outWide paint roller/brushFold drawing until overlapWrite in cursive “4 straight lines”

3 lines

PossibleSolutions

Break the Box

Step outGo aroundOver, under.


Breaking Paradigmsor simply Re-examiningRe-statingRe-inventing the problem.

Quickest way toCreate or Innovate?



WindowRoof top

Envelope4 triangles

Symbol for ductTop of a pyramid

“x” marks the spotUnder side of pyramidClose up view of fence

TentLogoGame boardCeiling light4 arrow headsDecorated boxDisplay shelf unit2 overlapping triangles…….?????????



WindowRoof top

Envelope4 triangles

Symbol for ductTop of a pyramid

“x” marks the spotUnder side of pyramidClose up view of fence

TentLogoGame boardCeiling light4 arrow headsDecorated boxDisplay shelf unit2 overlapping triangles…….?????????

Be more opento what is seen

&What possibly

Can be seen



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Aim for Common

Agreement


?Break the BoxBreak the Box

Use the BoxUse the Box

No BoxNo BoxNew BoxNew BoxVirtual BoxVirtual Box


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Focus on theDesired Result


Warm-Up Exercises

Why do them?


Warm-Up Exercises

To open up a group or team's creative thinking Warm-Up Exercises are very helpful. The exercises help to loosen up paradigms, mindsets, and points of view that people bring to a creative thinking session.

Some goals of Warm-Up Exercises are to encourage people to:

a. look beyond the obvious or known answers (“correct” answers) b. stretch thinking c. breakout of/break from establish thinking d. look for multiple possibilities e. take on many different points of perspective f. practice producing a variety of potential solutions g. to take a few risks and play with ideas & possible solutions h. get discussion going I. raise interest level


Tools & Techniques

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

http://www.cre8ng.com


Creative Thinking ToolsAssociations

Free/Accidental/ForcedPerspectives/Viewpoints

New/Unusual/StrangeDiscoveries

Unexpected, ObviousImaginary ExplorationsGenerate OpennessRaise Energy


Tools &Techniques

Idea GeneratingSolution GeneratingSolution Selection


Divergent Thinking Tool

Brainstorming

Alex Osborn’s Creative Thinking Tool



Brainstorming

or …hackneyed, cliché, namefor badly run meetings.


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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

ABCDEFG

HIJKLM

NOPQRST

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ABCDEF

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MNOPQRS

YUVWXYZanimal

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ABCDEF

GHIJKL

MNOPQRS

YUVWXYZ

Professions

Professions

Occupations

Occupations

Famous People

Famous People

HeroesHeroes

Super Heroes

Super Heroes

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


CHECKLIST

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

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.

Sample

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Combine - what might we combine with our problem to improve it?Chair - new materials, sound, tastes, textures, arm rest, cushion

Eliminate - what might we eliminate to improve the current chair produce a brand new one?Hinges, one of the legs, the back

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



Sample

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Ideas1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Idea2

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Idea Grids



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Ideas1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Idea2

Idea4

Vertical 2 = make the chair out of woodHorizontal 4 = make the color changeable

Ideas might be….cover, removable film or skin

Idea GridsFirst StepWith this Cre8ng Tool we first generate 12 to 24 ideas through Brainstorming or any other technique.

Second StepThen draw a grid made up of as many vertical and horizontalCells as you have ideas.

Third StepCombine the ideas on the vertical side of the grid With the ideas on the horizontal side one by one and write them into the separate boxes where the two ideas meet.. 6 ideas canThen produce 36 ideas, 12 can produce 24, 100 - 10,000

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



Idea or Morphological

Grids



Idea or Morphological GridsThis is a logical/left-brain convergent tool that can be used to generate large numbers of ideas. 6 columns of 10 examples of each variable can produce 1,000,000 possible combinations.

First StepGenerate list of variables of problem or story

Second StepGenerate lists for each of the variables: i.e.: heroes: cowboy,Rancher, sheriff, shopkeeper, teacher, minister.

Third StepNumber each list for each variable 1 to 2 to 3 to …...

Fourth StepRandomly pick one number for each variable column from 1 to ?

Fifth StepThen write a story using one from each of the columns Sample

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CreativeThinking

Tools Idea Grid

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Idea Grid

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CreativeThinking

Tools


WWWWWH?Creative

ThinkingTools

WhoWhatWhen

WhereWhyHow ?


WWWWWH?Creative

ThinkingTools

WhoWhatWhen

WhereWhyHow ?Else-ing

Creative Thinking Requires More than a Muse & LuckCreative Thinking Requires More than a Muse & LuckRobert Alan Black, Ph.D., CSP, DLA


Converge


Cluster/ClusteringCluster/Clustering

Convergent Thinking Tool


Hits & MissesHits & Misses



Hits & MissesHits & Misses is a convergent thinking tool used for quickly choosing ideas from several that have been generated.

First StepGenerate many ideas….24, 48, 144…..on Post-It notes or slips of paper or index cards or simply write them on a surface where everyone can see them easily.

Second StepTell the group to go up and scan the total group of ideas and mark which ones their “gut” tells them is a hit. No discussion. Just simply read and react.OrTell the group to go up and move the ideas they think are HITS to an area labeled HITS and the MISSES to another area labeled thus. Leave the “NOT SURE” ones where they are.

Third StepThen discuss, organize by popularity, group, cluster the ideas by categories.

Fourth StepSelect the one or more that can be used at the same time or the ones that can be combined into a single idea

Sample

Hits Unsure? Misses



CreativeThinkingTools

Pluses Concerns Potentials

PCP Pluses/Concerns/Potentials



PCP-Pluses/Concerns/PotentialsPluses/Concerns/Potentials a convergent thinking tool used for analyzing a list or group of ideas that have been generated by an individual or a group.

First StepNarrow down the number of ideas to a comfortable number (3 to 6)

Second StepThen one by one write out 3 lists of thoughts about each idea.

a. Pluses of the ideasb. Concernsc. Potentials

Third StepThen compare the results.

Fourth StepIf one idea falls behind the others yet the group seems more excited about it or committed to it, then go over each of the concerns and think of ways to eliminate or strength them with that idea.

Sample

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Idea 1Make the chair out of XXX plastic and apply electrical lighting to it.

Pluses - Plastic will be cheaperLighting will make it more useableThe plastic will provide more color options

Concerns - We have no experience with plasticElectrical wiring will add costIt may be too easily tipped over

Potentials - Could lead to a product that could be sold anywhere in the world.Could expand our technical capacitiesCould open up new markets for our other products.




Pluses Concerns Potentials

PCP Pluses/Concerns/Potentials


Plus-ing



Idea 1Idea 2Idea 3Idea 4Idea 5Idea 6



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Hits & Hits & Misses““Doting”, Doting”, Ranking




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Value Grid



Value GridsThis is a logical/left-brain convergent tool that can be used to select ideas to turn into solutions

First StepGenerate ideas

Second StepSelect a workable number of ideas you or the group like

Third StepGenerate a list of values that final solution can be evaluated with.

Fourth StepExamine each idea one by one for each value.OrExamine each value one by one comparing the chairs.

Fifth StepIf one idea ends up better from the analysis than one that you or the group have a strong feeling for then go back and re-evaluate the weak areas and strengthen or change them.

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Idea B = make the chair out of woodValue 4 = better aesthetics

Wood would make it easier to tool, the grain willGive a natural beauty to the chair



Mood ChangersBalloonsGimmicksGamesPuzzlesContestsRelay Races


S.T.A.M.P.S.ApproachesApproaches

individual/alone

pairs

teams

groups

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Idea GridAttribute Listing

TRIZ

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

Brain Writing

Excursions Forced Relationships

Metaphors

Writing RelayGroup ExcursionsGuided Imagery


Forced Relationships

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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



StylesCre8ng™


Style Models

Herrmann Brain Dominance Instrument MBTI KAI DISC Human Synergistics Kolb Dunn & Dunn Four-Sight M.I.N.D. Design™ Square, squiggle, circle, triangle


Rational,Logical,

Analytical,Individual

Systematic,equations,

Step-by-step,Proven Answers

Intuitive,Exploratory,Unknown,Fanciful

Fun,Harmonious,Involving all, Family/Team


Idea GridAttribute Listing

TRIZ

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

Brain Writing

Excursions Forced Relationships

Metaphors

Writing RelayGroup ExcursionsGuided Imagery


WELCOMERS OPENERSICE

BREAKERS

BONDERS WARM-UPS S.T.A.M.P.S.CREATIVE THINKING

TOOLS

CONNECTORS

Involvement Storyboard/Plan


NandriTerima Kasih

Thank you lahNo worry mate

GrazieAbrigado

GraciasOrigato

DankeMerciGratis

Xie xie ni


Contact information

Robert Alan Black, Ph.D., CSPCre8ng People, Places & PossibilitiesP. O. Box 5805Athens, Georgia 30604

[email protected]://www.cre8ng.com

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