big ideas, focused action, problem solved

TAMARA CHRISTENSEN, MSD, ABD

Big Ideas, Focused Action, Problem Solved.

CYNTHIA ROLFE, Ed.D., Ph.D.

VP of IT + Assistant to the President, UCO Founder, Seven Wheelstm

crolfe@uco.edu @Cynthia.E.Rolfe

Consultant (& creativity guru) Portigal Consulting

tamara@portigal.com @drtamara

Oklahoma Creativity Forum 11.1.11

We know that training in creative thinking (i.e. process) improves the work climate (i.e. environment) of teams. ~Firestien, 1996

Leaders who wish to foster creative thinking and change must recognize the importance of all the facets of creativity. ~Puccio, 2007

why are we here?

breaking it down

creative problem solving

big ideas + focused action

ll2reflect

breaking it down

creative problem solving

big ideas + focused action

ll2reflect

CONVERGENT

logical, quality the funnel

DIVERGENT

imagination, quantity the faucet

Generating lots of ideas.

Judging ideas and making decisions.

Defer judgment Combine and build on ideas

Seek wild ideas Go for quantity

Guidelines

DIVERGENT

imagination, quantity the faucet

Generating lots of ideas.

CONVERGENT

logical, quality the funnel

Judging ideas and making decisions.

Be deliberate Check your objectives

Improve your ideas Be affirmative

Consider novelty

Guidelines

breaking it down

creative problem solving

big ideas + focused action

ll2reflect

Identify the Challenge

Facts and feelings exploration

Problem framing & reframing

Idea generation

Solution development

Action planning

creative problem solving

Objective Finding (OF)

Idea Finding (IF)

Solution Finding (AF)

Fact Finding (FF)

Problem Finding (PF)

Acceptance Finding (AF)

Identify the Challenge

Facts and feelings exploration

Problem framing & reframing

Idea generation

Solution development

Action planning

creative problem solving

Objective Finding (OF)

Idea Finding (IF)

Solution Finding (AF)

Fact Finding (FF)

Problem Finding (PF)

Acceptance Finding (AF)

Problem exploration

Brainstorming

Getting into action

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Identify the Challenge

Facts and feelings exploration

Problem framing & reframing

Idea generation

Solution development

Action planning

creative problem solving

Objective Finding (OF)

Idea Finding (IF)

Solution Finding (AF)

Fact Finding (FF)

Problem Finding (PF)

Acceptance Finding (AF)

breaking it down

creative problem solving

big ideas + focused action

ll2reflect

big ideas

OUR  MISSION  IS  TO  ESTABLISH  OKLAHOMA  AS  A  WORLD-­‐RENOWNED  CENTER  OF  

CREATIVITY  &  INNOVATION  IN  EDUCATION,  COMMERCE,  &  

CULTURE

WMBATW (What Might Be All The Ways) for you to preserve and share

your learnings today?

What’s the problem?

OUR  MISSION  IS  TO  ESTABLISH  OKLAHOMA  AS    A  WORLD-­‐RENOWNED  CENTER  OF  CREATIVITY  &  INNOVATION  IN  EDUCATION,  COMMERCE,  &  CULTURE

Defer judgment Combine and build on ideas

Seek wild ideas Go for quantity

Guidelines

DIVERGENT

imagination, quantity the faucet

Generating lots of ideas.

Visual Connections

When you see the image, think of and/or jot down some words and phrases to describe it.

Next use those words and phrases to get you thinking about new ideas for the challenge. Record these ideas.

Go for quantity! As many ideas as you can generate. Edit later.

WMBATW for you to preserve and share your learnings today?

WMBATW for you to preserve and share your learnings today?

WMBATW for you to preserve and share your learnings today?

Stand up if…

How many ideas do you have?

You generated 8 or more ideas.

You generated 3 or more ideas.

You generated15 or more ideas.

You generated 21 or more ideas.

[applause]

focused action

CONVERGENT

logical, quality the funnel

Judging ideas and making decisions.

Be deliberate Check your objectives

Improve your ideas Be affirmative

Consider novelty

Guidelines

Criteria

Will it work?

Does it solve the problem?

Is it a fresh way of thinking?

Go for ideas that are FUN!

Functional

Novel

Useful

(to preserve and share your learnings today)  

Pick your favorite 3 ideas

Find 2 strangers & share ideas (make new friends!)

Each select 1-2 favorite ideas

Share with each other and determine the best solution

Got your list of ideas?

problem solved

WMBATW (What Might Be All The Ways) for you to preserve and share

your learnings today?

What’s the solution?

OUR  MISSION  IS  TO  ESTABLISH  OKLAHOMA  AS    A  WORLD-­‐RENOWNED  CENTER  OF  CREATIVITY  &  INNOVATION  IN  EDUCATION,  COMMERCE,  &  CULTURE

breaking it down

creative problem solving

big ideas + focused action

ll2reflect

reflection shapely

3   1   ?

Questions still circling

1 thing that really squared

with you

3 things that stand out for you about the

session

reflection shapely

3   1   ?

tamara@portigal.com crolfe@uco.edu