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?!BEING CREATIVE

RIGHT NOWWHEN YOU

NEED TO BE!

by Robert Alan Black, Ph.D., CSP

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?!“BEING CREATIVE

RIGHT NOWWHEN YOUNEED TO BE!Adding creativeness to all aspectsof your occupation & business!

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BEING CREATIVE RIGHT NOWWHEN YOU NEED TO BE! -Developing deliberate techniques andmethods to initiate and sustain creativityin your organization.

43 years of working at 47 jobs in eightprofessions has taught me the importanceof knowing how to generate and sparkcreativeness and creative thinkingon demand. During the past 25 years I havebeen researching, collecting and creatingtools for producing creativeness andcreative thinking on demand.

This session has been designed to give you6 to 12 to maybe144 proven toolsthat will work any time and to help youlearn how to create your own toolsto increase your own creativenessfrom today on.

creativeness is not a gift that only a few peoplehave it is born within all of us.

creativeness is generally quieted down in childrenby the 4th year in school and quieted even moreby the age of 16 (by their friends).

creativeness can be redeveloped

creativeness and creative thinking can be learnedthroughout life (and increased in all people).

creativeness generally is produced througha positive attitude

all human activities are the result of processes,tools and techniques, (some are logical,imaginative or intuitive, team focusedand others systematic).

there are hundreds of tools and techniquesthat people from the past and present useto spark their creativeness

not all tools work for everyone

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This Creative Session?

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During Workshops on Creative Thinking, participants were askedto come with ideas to improve, better use, or sell paper clips.Your task is to pick which of their ideas you think are creative.Work for three minutes.

__ jewelry __ tie tack__ fence __ art statue__ clean nails __ pipe cleaner__ gas appliance __ dwarf trombone cleaner__ anchor __ ammunition__ magnets __ sling shot__ bubble blower __ pin__ eyeglass frames __ zipper__ house wiring __ decoration__ plug puller __ corn skewers__ handles __ belt hanger__ swinging bridge __ jump rope__ bobby pin __ curler__ fork __ ear cleaner__ toothpick __ missile__ welding rod __ tie clip__ fish hook __ chain link__ cheese slicer __ tie wire

__ skewer __ stirrer__ needle __ toad stabber__ ladder __ hammock__ tire poker __ coat hanger__ hypo needle __ knitting needles__ eye scratcher __ sword__ paint stirrer __ flower holder__ picture hanger __ spring__ snowshoe __ lightning rod__ ice skate blade __ scrap iron__ ski pole __ toe brace__ tracer tool __ finger brace__ boot strap __ boot hook__ animal trap __ sled__ Christmas __ doll clothes ornaments hanger__ wind chime __ cigarette holder__ tinsel __ languages__ alphabets __ numbers__ hanging __ plant stake

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What is Creative?

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NEED TO BE!

Read the following 32 human traits and check or mark the ones you believe are you most of thetime. You may choose as manyor as few as you want.

If you are NOT sure of thedefinitions of any of the words,please ask the facilitator.

9. question asker

10. can synthesize correctlyoften intuitively

11. able to fantasize

12. flexible

13. fluent

14. imaginative

15. intuitive

16. original

17. ingenious

18. energetic

19. sense of humor

20. self-actualizing

21. self-disciplined

22. self-knowledgeable

1. sensitive

2. not motivated by money

3. sense of destiny

4. adaptable

5. tolerant of ambiguity

6. observant

7. perceive world differently

8. see possibilities

23. specific interests

24. divergent thinker

25. curious

26. open-ended

27. independent

28. severely critical

29. non-conforming

30. confident

31. risk taker

32. persistent

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Are You Creative?

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Enrichable & Expandable Skills

1. Fluency - many ideas2. Flexibility - different types of ideas3. Elaboration - addition of details4. Originality - uniqueness5. Abstractness of approach moving from reality6. Openness-resisting early closure or completion7. Change of Context (cross-interpretation)8. Combination of Ideas/Facts (Synthesis)9. Breakthrough from Current Limits

10. Unusual Viewpoint11. Internal Perspective12. Humorous Perspective13. Richness & Colorful Detail14. Feelings & Emotions15. Fantasy16. Movement & Sound (Sense change)17. Multiple Idea Combinations18. Macro Scale Perspective [seeing from larger view]19. Provocative Viewpoint20. Future orientation

Since the early 1950’s researchers have been researching the teaching of Cre-ative Thinking Skills. One of the leading researchers, E. Paul Torrance, Ph.D.,professor emeritus of the University of Georgia, developed a series of tests ofcreative thinking skills that are used around the world. His tests measureseveral separate skills that can be developed. Twenty of them that can bedeveloped and applied in any job are listed below.

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What Makes Us Creative?

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Stretch itCombine itAppeal to kidsWinterize itIlluminate itGo clockwiseFreeze itMisspell itSweeten itBalance itForce itTie itJump over itMake it floatDo it sideways

Throughout our schooling we are asked “What is it?”To expand our creativeness and our creative skillswe need only change the question to:

What Might It Be? or What If We. . .?

Raise the priceMake it TerrifyingSeparate itAppeal to SeniorsDarken itSlow it DownLoosen itGo under itPut it to musicAdd nostalgic appealMake it portablePersonalize itUnsell itPut in sex appealFlip upside down

Make it breakableMake it funnyCushion itMake it flyDo it backwardMagnetize itMake it invisiblePut it in picturesMake it weakerMake it stationaryUnderstate itEmpty itMake it seriousGo backwards

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How to be Creative?

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NEED TO BE!

AccountingAdvertisingArchitectureAutomotiveConstructionDiscountEngineeringEntertainmentForestryGroceryHealth/ExerciseHtg & ACHotel/MotelInterior DesignJanitorialLegalMedicalReal EstateRestaurantRetailSoftwareSportsTravelTruckingVendingUndertakingWarehousingYacht DesignZoo Keeping

Too often we allow our experience,education and expertise to cloudour visions and thinking. It orderto break out of such traps we can

take time to imagine how otherindustries, businesses orprofessions might view theproblem and possibly solve it.

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Attribute Listing

Take your challenge, topicor aspect of your presentationand list every attribute you can.

Then change one of more attribute.

Checklisting

Create a list of verbs that representchange and use them to createnew versions of the details of yourpresentation.

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

S. Substitute

C. Combine

A. Adapt, Alter

M. Minify, Modify

P. Put to Other Use(s)

E. Eliminate

R. Reverse

Forced RelationshipsTake two normally unrelatedthings or actions and create orfind how they are the sameor what would happen if youcombined them.

What If...?! What Else? How Else?Examine every aspect of your presentationsand ask these questions to create anew.

MetaphorsChoose objects, animals, plants and let them bemetaphors for what you are looking for ideasabout.

Speaking is like a cloud....?Speaking is like a tomato....?The stage is like a race track....?

Morphological ListingDivide your presentation/speech/training programinto its various parts. Then using the parts ascategories make a chart with 7 to 12 variables foreach part or category.

1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.

1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.

1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.

1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.

1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.

Voice Props Movement Aud. Part. Visuals

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How to be Creative Now?

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You can CHOOSE to add Creativeness to any aspect of your occupationor business. Here are some examples. Where you might add creativity or creativeness?

Daily WorkIdea GenerationProblem SolvingProblem AnalysisRunning MeetingsImproving SystemsMaking PresentationsCustomer Service & RelationsImproving Dynamics between people

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Where to be Creative?

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S.P.R.E.A.D.ng Creative ThinkingThroughout Your Workplace

Increasing, expanding, enriching and improving the Creative Thinkingin your workplace can be done in many ways. The following provides astructure for a systematic approach.

SPREAD

consider usingall of the5 senses

consider usingconscious andunconscious

considerinvolving

all departments

PhysicalMental SocialEmotional

Provide think-ing challengesin meetings aswarmups &practiseSupporting

Promoting

Recognizing

Encouraging

Applying

Developing

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M.I.N.D. Design™ Creative Thinking Styles

There are many different Creative Thinking Styles.The following paragraphs describe four basic Creative Thinking Styles.

M - Rationally Innovative Imaginative - iContinuously improving, refining Creation of the new, the untried.what exists or systematically Blue sky, inspirational thinking & leading.moving from the abstract to the Uses hunches, guesses, approximations.concrete. Uses logic and rationale. This is an exploratory, open-endedThis is a deductive and reductive seemingly undisciplined approachapproach moving back and forth that works from many potential solutionsfrom the practical to the backwards more often then from thetheoretical. A style of a loner. problem towards solutions, using multipleThe style of a highly goal-oriented thinking and non-thinking approaches.person who is most concerned with The style of a highly impatient person,completing the challenge. loyal to the challenges and the process.

Dd - Systematic Joint Team - nApplying known theories and An exploratory, often accidental approach.systems or equations to reuse Generally “feels” a problem and its manypreviously proven solutions potential solutions. Generally this styleor problems. This is a reductive prefers to work in teams to “bounce” ideasapproach using predominantly often off other “accepting” people/leaders.critique, judgement and argument. A compromising style. The style of aThe style of a person.highly loyal person.highly loyal to his or her teamto an organization. Very organized and the project or organization.and a step-by-step thinker. 10

How Are You Creative?

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Here are a couple books I recommend you readto learn how to continually expand your cre-ativity and creativeness

BROKEN CRAYONS:Break Your Crayons and Draw Outside the Linesby Robert Alan Black, Ph.D., CSP

Brain Boosters forBusiness Advantageby Arthur van Gundy, Ph.D.

A Whack on the Side of the Headby Roger von Oech, Ph.D.

Are We Creative Yet?by Du Pont Employees

Total Creativityby Dave Tanner

Getting Out of Your Thinking Boxby Lindsay Collier

Thinkertoysby Michael Michalko

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Who Can Help us be More Creative?

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