vision and creativity

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Tapping Into Your Own

Vision and CreativityKelley School of Business

X420 Class

Discussion Session #77


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Philip Orsina, President and CEO ofMasonite Corporation said the following:

Vision and Creativity

may seem to be vagueconcepts. Yet we know

them when we seethem.


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VISION

A vivid mental image Intelligent foresight

The ability to enhance visualimages of things or events

Imagination The ability to visualize something that

you own. Its your own personalproperty

The act or power of creatingsomething new


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Creativity Cognitive activity resulting

in a new way of viewing

problems and situations

The ability to think andapproach a problem in an

original and flexible way

The ability to bring something new into

existence The process of producing something that

is both original and valuable


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per George Prince, The Practice of Creativity

An arbitrary harmony

an unexpected astonishment

a habitual revelation

a familiar surprise

an unexpected certainty

a disciplined freedom

a difficult delight

a predictable gamble

a miraculous expectation

an ephemeral solidity

an accustomed amazement


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Vision guides Creativity

In a certain sense, one can

say that vision must guide creativity

The eyethe window of the soul, is the principalmeans by which the central sense can mostcompletely and abundantly appreciate the infiniteworks of nature

(Leonardo da Vinci, 1452-1519)

..they dont call it hearing or scent, they call it vision.


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Vision, imagination,

and creativity

Vision is the art of seeing the invisible.-- JonathonSwift

Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imaginewhat you desire; you will what you imagine;

and at last you create what you will.-- George Bernard Shaw


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The Structural

The InspirationalThe Situational

There have been many theoreticaldiscussions of how problems are solved

creatively

These approaches to using creativity can

be summarized in several ways:


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The proponents of Inspirational methods ofcreativity face the danger of the dilettante:

Too much creativity,

not enough follow-through


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Those espousing the Situationalapproach often fall prey to the

weaknesses of committees

Too many cooks spoil the broth.


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Combining various elements ofcreativity strategies can lead to the

following sketch of a creativemethodology:

Gathering information

Consulting

Visualization

Free AssociationWhat if? Explorations

Review

Results Distribution


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Yeah, yeah, a lot of this

can be taught....but without vision and creativity,

it is an arid exercise in routine.


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.SOlets focus onthe Question

Can people be taught

to have Vision and tobe Creative?


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Creativity is strongest in

children. 90 % of people at age 5 arehighly creative

10% of people at age 7 arehighly creative

but, between 8 and 45 yearsold, only 2%are highly creative

so, lets play a little.


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THAT?

WHY DIDNT I

THINK OF


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A little knife work.

Cut the cake so that it makeseight equal pieces using onlythree cuts.


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Change your point of view tosee the cakes three dimensions,and then

Cut 2

Cut 1

Cut 3(splits the quarters)


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New point of view.

What is this?


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New point of view.

By pulling our point ofview farther awaywe can see that its aplateau on Mars..


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Glasses.

Arrange things so that the glassesalternate filled and empty bymoving only one glass.


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Glasses.

By moving only one glass to fill an

empty one, we complete the task.

Looking beyond the obvious, dismissingassumptions.finding creative solutions.


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Its a numbers game.

8 5 9 1 6 3 0

Determine why these

numbers have been put intothe order they are in.


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Its a numbers game.

8 5 9 1 6 3 0

Determine why these numbers have

been put into the order they are in.

8 = Eight5 = Five9 = Nine1 = One

6 = Six3 = Three0 = Zero

Dismiss your assumption thatthe numbers should always beconsidered numerals, and try

alphabetical order.


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Tapping Into Your Creativity

Lets explore what a personcan do to tap into his/hervision (imagination) and

creativity


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Action Steps to Creativity

BRAINSTORMING WITH OTHERS

ASKING DUMB QUESTIONS

HAVING FUN BEING A CHILD AGAIN

THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX

ROLE PLAYING

IMAGINING BREAKING THE RULES

LOOKING BEYOND THE OBVIOUS

TAKING RISKS


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IN

CONCLUSION


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There

Isnt

Any

Conclusion

EVALUATION


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EVALUATION

QUESTIONS

DiscussionSession# 77Use:

a. Strongly agree

b. Agree

c. Disagree

d. Strongly disagree

e. Dont know

1. I found the presentation of material

easy to understand.

2. This Advantage session increased my

knowledge on the subject presented.

3. I will be able to use some of the information from the

Advantage session in the future.

4. The presenter was well prepared for this Advantage session.

5 This presentation should be repeated in future semesters

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