Creative Thinking

 

Creative Think ing By Mr. NARENDRA SINGH NSB SCHOOL Business School  

 

“Good decisions require good thinking!”

 

 

Idea

 

 

Why Do We Use A Light Bulb For An Idea?

 

 

 

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“Let there be light!”

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To see where there was dark before

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Light bulb = invention = idea

 

What is creative problem solving?

 

 

 

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The creative person uses information to form new ideas.

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The real key to creative cr eative problem solvi solving ng is what you do with the knowledge.

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Creative problem solving requires an attitude that allows you to search for new ideas and use your  y our  knowledge and experience.

 

DEFINITION

“Creative problem solving is looking at the same thing as everyone else and thinking something different.” 

 

 

EXERCISE

Connect all nine dots with four (4) straight continuous  lines without your pen (or pencil) leaving the paper.

 

A SOLUTION

 

 

Creative thinking is not only with the things like the discovery of electricity or the polio vaccine, or the writing of a novel or the development of color television.

Creative thinking is not reserved for certain occupation nor is it restricted to super  intelligent people.

 

 

What is Creativity?

 

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An Ability. 

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An Attitude. 

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A Process. 

 

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An Ability. Creativity is the ability to imagine or invent something new. Creativity is not the ability to create out of nothing (only God can do that), but the ability to generate new ideas by combining, changing, or reapplying existing ideas. Some creative ideas are astonishing and brilliant, while others are just simple, good, practical ideas

that no one seems to have thought of yet.

 

 

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A low-income family

devises a plan to send their son to a leading university. That’s creative thinking. 

 

 

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An Attitude. Creativity is also an attitude: the ability to accept change and newness, a willingness to play with ideas and possibilities, a flexibility of outlook, the habit of enjoying the

good, while looking for waysonly to improve We are socialized into accepting a small it. number  of normal things, like chocolate ice cream for  example. The creative person realizes that there are other possibilities, like peanut butter and  banana sandwiches, etc.

 

 

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A family turns the street’s most undesirable space into the neighborhood beauty spot. That’s creative thinking.

 

 

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A Process. Creative people work hard and continually to improve ideas and solutions, by making gradual alterations and refinements to their 

works. Contrary to the mythology surrounding creativity, very, very few works of creative excellence are produced with a single stroke of   brilliance.

 

 

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A motivational leader  develops a plan which doubles his Sunday evening attendance. That’s creative thinking.

 

 

Examples of practical, everyday creative thinking: 

Selling to the “impossible” customer 

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Ways to simplify record-keeping  Keeping the children occupied constructively 

 

Making employees really like their work 

 

LET’S TALK ABOUT: 

Why don’t we think creatively creatively more often?

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What are the barriers that get in our  way?

 

 

BARRIERS THAT GET IN OUR WAY 

Time

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Why change?

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Usually don’t need to be creative

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Habit

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Routine Haven’t been taught to be creative creative

What are some other barriers that get in our way?   

 

MENTAL BLOCKS

Mental blocks are reasons (attitudes) why we don’t “think  something  different.” 

 

 

MENTAL BLOCKS 1. The _______ answer. 2. That’s not _________. 3. __________ the rules. 4. Be ______________. 5. That’s not my _____. 6. I’m not __________.

 

 

MENTAL BLOCK # 1 1.

The right answer. Only one?

 

 

MENTAL BLOCK # 2 2.That’s not logical.

 

 

MENTAL BLOCK # 3  Why

rules should be challenged:

3. Follow the rules. 1.

We make rules based on reasons that make a lot of sense.

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We follow these rules.

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Time passes, and

things change. The original reasons for the generation of these rules may no longer exist, but because the rules are 4.

 

still in place, we continue to follow them.

 

MENTAL BLOCK # 4 4. Be practical.

 

 

MENTAL BLOCK # 5

5. That’s not my area.

 

 

MENTAL BLOCK # 6

6. I’m not creative.

 

 

BEING MORE CREATIVE How can we be more creative? Jot down at least 3 ideas that come to your mind.

 

 

“Creative thinking is simply finding new, improved ways to do anything.”

 

 

How to strengthen creative thinking ability?

Believe it can be done.

Here is a basic truth: To do anything, we must first believe it can be done. Believing something can be done sets the mind in motion to find a way to do it.

   

“When you believe something is impossible, your mind goes to work for  you to prove But, something when you can be  believe, reallywhy. believe, done, your mind goes to work for you and help to find the ways to do it.”

   

Any Questions???