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The document discusses creativity and how it can be fostered. It defines creativity as bringing into existence new ideas, defines the stages of the creative process, and discusses attributes of creativity like being new, useful, and feasible. It also discusses components that contribute to creativity like expertise, motivation, creative thinking skills. Additionally, it outlines ways organizations can support creativity such as through diverse teams, challenging jobs, recognizing creativity, and providing resources like time. The document provides examples of how rule-breaking led to innovations and discusses conceptual blocks to creativity like assumptions, fear of failure, and overreliance on logic.
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- 2. Sivakumaran Kathmutthu FEAR Uproot your fear is the outset to creativeness
- 3. Creating creative environment MotivationMotivation ChallengeChallenge EmpowermentEmpowerment FunFun FreedomFreedom TimeTime SupportSupport Sivakumaran Kathmutthu
- 5. What is creativity CreativityCreativity Bringing into existence an idea that is new to you Innovation The practical application of creative ideas CreativeCreative ThinkingThinking An innate talent that you were born with and a set of skills that can be learned, developed, and utilized in daily problem solving The practical application of creative ideas Sivakumaran Kathmutthu
- 6. Stages in the Creative Process Preparation IncubationVerification Illumination Sivakumaran Kathmutthu
- 7. Creativity attributes • It is new (otherwise it would not be creative). • It is useful, in that it solves the problem (otherwise it would not be a solution). • It is feasible, given the messy real world constraints like money and time. Creative solutions are more than ideas - they must work in the real world. A creative solution has three attributes: Sivakumaran Kathmutthu
- 8. Components of creativity Expertise Motivation Creative Thinking Skills CreativityCreativity Sivakumaran Kathmutthu
- 9. Myth about creativity 1.1. The smarter you are, the more creativeThe smarter you are, the more creative you areyou are 2. The young are more creative than the old2. The young are more creative than the old 3. Creativity is reserved for the few – the3. Creativity is reserved for the few – the flamboyant risk takersflamboyant risk takers 4. Creativity is a solitary act4. Creativity is a solitary act 5. You can’t manage creativity5. You can’t manage creativity Sivakumaran Kathmutthu
- 10. The Paradoxical Characteristics of Creative Groups Beginner’s Mind Freedom Play Improvisation Experience Discipline Professionalism Planning Sivakumaran Kathmutthu
- 11. Tools for creating new idea Attribute ListingAttribute Listing BrainstormingBrainstorming VisioningVisioning Tools forTools for Creating NewCreating New IdeasIdeas Tools for creating new idea Sivakumaran Kathmutthu
- 12. Organizational environment that support creativity Sivakumaran Kathmutthu
- 13. Organizational environment that support creativity Risk taking is acceptable to management Employees have access to knowledge sources Innovators are rewarded New ideas and new ways of doing things are welcomed Information is free flowing Good ideas are supported by executive patrons Sivakumaran Kathmutthu
- 14. Creating creative environment DynamismDynamism EnergyEnergy OpennessOpenness DebateDebate andand DialogDialog ExperimentationExperimentation TrustTrust RiskRisk Creating creative environment Sivakumaran Kathmutthu
- 15. Creating creative environment MotivationMotivation ChallengeChallenge EmpowermentEmpowerment FunFun FreedomFreedom TimeTime SupportSupport Sivakumaran Kathmutthu
- 16. How Can Organizations Foster Creativity? Hire creative & diverse workforce Design complex & challenging jobs Set clear org. goals Recognize & reward creativity Set creativity goals Use diverse teams Create the right org. culture Provide resources esp. time “Be Creative!” Sivakumaran Kathmutthu
- 18. Teams’ ContributionsTeams’ Contributions Sivakumaran Kathmutthu
- 20. June 13, 2007 6:00-8:00 PM(c) Dr. A. D. Amar. All Rights R20 Conceptualization Design Prototyping Testing Processes Manufacturing Marketing Distribution Organizational Functions Conceptualization Distribution Creativity Latitude High Low How Much Creativity is an organizationHow Much Creativity is an organization Sivakumaran Kathmutthu
- 21. Blocks and Blockbuster to creativity Breaking the rules Making assumptionsMaking assumptions Checking Assumptions Following the rulesFollowing the rules Fear of failureFear of failure Risk-taking culture Use imagination and intuition Over-reliance on logicOver-reliance on logic Sivakumaran Kathmutthu
- 22. Examples of Rule-Breaking Creativity Who How? Columbus Copernicus Einstein Bell Labs Broke the rule that to travel East you cannot go West Broke the rule that the universe is anthropocentric Broke the rules of Newtonian physics by equating mass and energy as different forms of the same phenomenon Broke the rule that electrons need to travel in a vacuum for signal processing Sivakumaran Kathmutthu
- 23. Conceptual Blocks The moreThe more formalformal educationeducation individualsindividuals havehave The moreThe more experience theyexperience they have in a jobhave in a job The less ableThe less able they are tothey are to solve problemsolve problem in creativein creative ways…ways… Sivakumaran Kathmutthu
- 24. Conceptual Blocks FormalFormal educationeducation oftenoften produces…produces… ““right answers”,right answers”, analytical rules,analytical rules, or thinkingor thinking boundariesboundaries ExperienceExperience in jobin job teaches…..teaches….. proper ways ofproper ways of doing things,doing things, specializedspecialized knowledge, andknowledge, and rigid expectationrigid expectation of appropriateof appropriate actionsactions Individuals lose the ability to experiment , improvise, and take mental detours Sivakumaran Kathmutthu
- 25. Types of Conceptual Blocks ConstancyConstancy Vertical thinking One thinking language CompressionCompression Distinguishing figure from ground Artificial constraint ComplacencyComplacency Non-inquisitiveness Non-thinking Sivakumaran Kathmutthu
- 26. Personality Traits of Creative People Persistence Self-confidence Independence Attraction to complexity Tolerance of ambiguity Intuitiveness Sivakumaran Kathmutthu
- 27. Ways of Enhancing Personal Creativity Don’t follow the rules Be foolish Ask ‘What if?’ Think outside your area Go for ambiguity elieve in yourself Sivakumaran Kathmutthu
- 28. Creativity Killers Excessive focus on extrinsic motivation Limits set by superiors Critical evaluation Close, controlling supervision Competition in a win-lose situation Control of decision making Control of information Sivakumaran Kathmutthu
- 29. Speed up to a place where it should be Sivakumaran Kathmutthu