Materials: Rope, Key, Hour Glass, and PenCome

up with a

way to

freeze

time!

Freezing TIME for DUMMIES: JUST 5 EASY STEPS-To make this easy as possible we have a list of house hold items ANYONE can use, as we guide the average JOE on how to freeze time.

Easy to follow Directions:

1) At night use rope to lower yourself through the top story window of the museum where they have The one and only Delorean from BACK TO THE FUTURE on display

2) Use an old key, to jam hard into the ignition, this is just to humor the car, as everyone knows it will only truly start if you head-butt the steering wheel (hard enough to assure the car that this is important, but not so hard as you are concussed and found the next morning caught in the act of BORROWING the museums property)

3) Drive the Delorean out onto the street and keep driving until you hit EXACTLY 88 MP. At that exact moment turn around and jam a ball point pen into the FLUX CAPASITOR. (Time is now frozen you can get out of the car, see anything, and do anything you can imagine, the possibilities are endless and everything and everyone is stopped with time) (For more enjoyment we recommend you bring a trustworthy friend or reliable partner)4) Lastly and possibly most importantly, as soon as time is frozen flip over your hour glass. Time on all watches is frozen, the Sun no longer travels in the sky, to ensure you doesn’t stay in stopped time forever rely on your hourglass to let you know how long you have been gone for. (This method is used because gravity still works even when time doesn’t. 5) THE CLEAN UP- Have a BLAST, try something new, remember to be respectful and when you are ready to come home get in the car, pull the pen out of the Flux Capacitor and drive the car back to its rightful home. Climb up the rope and share your story of adventure!

Creativity and its charicteristics

Creativity can be defined from the standpoint of a:

-Person-Product -Process Creativity: -is a skill that can be enhanced through individual or team training-not a personality trait- Depends on the person and application

Teamwork and creativity Teamwork causes creativity to be defined

under terms of:-products -processes-instead of personality

Aspects of Creativity Participants should try to produce as

many creative ideas as possible when in a group

Creativity needs time to incubate, more solutions are born with time to think

Generation ApplicationProcess Divergent ConvergentProduct Novel Useful

Individual Creativity Develops from personal and situational factors Optimal to have domain relative skills

necessary for the task and motivation Domain relevant skills:-talent and knowledge of a particular domain Cognitive styles include:-ability to break out of established mental sets-appreciate complexity-suspend judgment -use broad categories to view issues

Motivation Motivation is needed to encourage people

to apply creative skills Intrinsic- attitude toward the task in

regard to personal interest and for the sake of the activity

Motivation Extrinsic rewards- included prizes or

ribbons for performances, this can limit creativity

-focus and apprehension is towards the reward and evaluation instead of on creative paradigms.-individuals often have more conservative views rather than creative when being evaluated

Groups and creativity When someone listens in a group they

often focus on what is incorrect about what is said

Evaluation process discourages creativity, people are concerned about looking:

-stupid-outrageous -inappropriate-which increases anxiety, especially with individuals with low self confidence

Mental Paradigms Paradigm often limits creativity because

it is difficult to see things from a new perspective

Often young scientists create new ideas or inventions because they have more of an ability to see from uncommon angles.

Low tack glue was an accidental experiment that led to POST ITS

Brainstorming Too often we are locked into old ways of

thinking The most common way to increase the

flow of creativity is to BRAIN STORM-however this method has been criticized Brainstorming is designed to deal with problems through CREATIVITY

Ineffective WHY? Groups often face the same creativity

problems as individuals Fewer ideas are heard in groups Time spent listening often leads to other

ideas being forgotten or unheard (cognitive interference)

Interpersonal conflicts can discourage dynamics and flow of creativity

Social inhibitors-anxiety

Brainstorming Rules Groups should use discussion time during

brainstorming for creativity-not evaluating and criticizing ideas Rules:-criticisms are forbidden-free thinking and wild notions are encouraged-numerous ideas are sought-combine and build ideas upon one another

Improvements Ask participants to think of ideas alone

before sharing in a group (Think time)-Facilitate rules and atmosphere Brainstorming alone is still shown to be

more effective as individuals rather than groups

-people are forced to wait their turn, therefore, good ideas often lost Virtual brainstorming has shown positive

results

Virtual brainstorming Computer based forms increase creativity Collaboration tech- decreases production blocking - Allows review and modify ideas at their

own leisure Group size increases creativity Creativity also increases with feedback on performance rather than evaluations

Groups and strengths Creativity is benefited by:- Teams who have direct experience- Have diverse abilities and ideas- An unstructured atmosphere- Unique associations with other ideas- Organization of the sharing process- Balance of individual and group creativity

and thought

Organizational Creativity Organizations are all stuck in their old

patterns of behavior and need to change! The world move fast, these organizations

need to move faster! Organizations must rely on team

creativity to get better results in the long run

Macintosh

Stimulants to Creativity Freedom-allows people express their ideas without

harsh criticism Encouragement-knowledge that new ideas will be heard Recognition-rewards if the idea is worth using (stickers,

preferably money) Cooperation- group members support and collaborate

on new ideas Time- need more Challenge- interesting enough to get the mind thinking

hard Motivation- gotta want it Whatever you do don’t be an Obstacle to these

stimulants, the creative process is very delicate and if you get in the way, there wont be any pie for you

Group Creativity Techniques

Premature evaluation is a big problem with limiting team creativity and can cause a team valuable time

Brainstorming is good Question-provide one Toss out as many ideas as possible Accept every idea Record every idea Re-Prompt the question (re-pop) No editing- don’t criticize before every idea is out in

the open Build on other ideas

Brainwriting Brainwriting is a tool where one member writes an

idea on a piece of paper and then is handed to the next person down the line and so on.

Based on the first idea, the next person branches off that idea and makes more and more connections

Another way to do this is to write an idea on post-it notes and put it on the wall and everyone else from there continues the same pattern as before with their own post-it

It’s a good way for an office to use up those things that some people use, but in the end get used for pranks

Video and references http://

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDZFcDGpL4U

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