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CREATIVE PROBLEMCREATIVE PROBLEMSOLVING TOOLSSOLVING TOOLS

The Right Tool Makes the Job Easier

The Right Tool Makes the Job Easier

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GoalsGoals

• To understand that the Creative Problem Solving process consists of both Creative and Critical Thinking

• To understand the Guidelines for Generating and Focusing

• To learn several Generating and Focusing Tools to apply in problem-solving situations



Goals cont’dGoals cont’d

• To become familiar with The Problem Solver’s Practical Toolbox and how thinking tools are related to the components and roles within Destination ImagiNation®

• To help Appraisers be able to recognize the use of Generating and Focusing Tools by team members in both Team Challenge and Instant Challenge Presentations



MethodsMethods

• Presentation • Discussion• Activities• Debrief



Creative Thinking

Encountering gaps, paradoxes, opportunities, challenges, or concerns; then searching for meaningful new connections by generating:

• Many possibilities• Varied possibilities • Unusual or original possibilities• Details to expand or enrich possibilities

Source: Treffinger, Isaksen, & Dorval, 2000. Adapted by permission.



Critical ThinkingExamining possibilities carefully, fairly, and constructively; then focusing your thoughts and actions by:• Organizing and analyzing possibilities• Refining and developing promising

possibilities • Ranking or prioritizing options• Choosing or deciding on certain options

Source: Treffinger, Isaksen, & Dorval, 2000. Adapted by permission.



Creative Problem Solving V6.1

Creative Problem Solving V6.1

UNDERSTANDINGTHE CHALLENGE

ConstructingOpportunities

FramingProblems

ExploringData

PREPARINGFOR ACTION

DevelopingSolutions

BuildingAcceptance

GENERATINGIDEASGenerating

Ideas

DesigningProcess

PLANNINGYOUR APPROACH

Creative Problem Solving—Version 6.1™

AppraisingTasks

© 2003, Center for Creative Learning, Inc. and Creative Problem Solving Group, Inc.



• Use deferred Judgment• Seek Quantity• Freewheel• Look for Combinations

Guidelines for Using Thinking Tools to Generate OptionsGuidelines for Using Thinking Tools to Generate Options

Reproduced by permission



• Use Affirmative Judgment• Be Deliberate• Stay on Course• Consider Novelty

Guidelines for Using Thinking Tools to Focus OptionsGuidelines for Using Thinking Tools to Focus Options

Reproduced by permission



Goals for Generating ToolsGoals for Generating Tools

Fluency

Flexibility

Originality

Elaboration

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What they say about generating . . .What they say about generating . . .

“The best way to get a good ideais to get a lot of ideas.”

Linus Pauling“100 ideas per hour indicates a

good brainstorming session.”Tom Kelley



Generating ActivityGenerating Activity

BrainstormingThe Tube




Stop and GoBrainstorming




Brainwriting




SubstituteCombineAdaptModify / Magnify / MinifyPut to new useEliminateReverse

SCAMPER



ActivityActivity

Manipulating the News



Creativity is influenced by …Creativity is influenced by …Fluency

Flexibility

Originality

Elaboration

Evaluation

F

F

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ALoUALoU

• Advantages

• Limitations and how to overcome them

• Unique features or Potentials



ActivityActivity

Sequencing: S-M-L• Short• Medium• Long



ReviewReview

• CPS is a process using both Creative and Critical thinking

• Creative thinking – use Generating Tools• Critical thinking – use Focusing tools



AssessmentAssessment

• Identify each tool and when to use it:– Brainstorming– Stop and Go Brainstorming Variation– Brainwriting Variation– SCAMPER– ALoU– Sequencing (S-M-L)

• Questions?



Final TipsFinal Tips

• Look for opportunities to use the tools but be certain you know why you selected a specific tool

• Use the right tool for the job• Combine Tools – Generating Tool

followed by Focusing Tool• If the tool isn’t working – try another


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