A workshop from OpenIDEO Istanbul Chapter to build creative confidence, learn ways to improve imagination and find sources of inspiration

1. CREATIVITY
IMAGINATION AND INSPIRATION
A workshop to build creative confidence, learn ways to improve imagination
and find sources of inspiration
NAZLI CEREN BİNYILDIRIM

2. NAZLI CEREN
BİNYILDIRIM
Experience Designer
@ThoughtWorks
ncbinyildirim@gmail.com
linkedin.com/in/nazcb
@licenidae

3. Strategy Arrow 1
where are we? where do we wanna go?how?
- state 1a
- state 2a
- state 3a
- state na
- state 1b
- state 2b
- state 3b
- state nb

4. Imagination
The faculty or action of forming new ideas, or images or concepts of external
objects not present to senses - Google dictionary

5. Icebreaker
The purpose of this game is to make up an absurd story. Everyone will add a
sentence to it. Don’t use words with negative meanings as ‘no’, ‘but’ and so on.
The story begins as follows:
The day purple storks started migrating to the south, blue snow fell.

6. Inspiration
1. The process of being mentally stimulated to do or feel something, especially
to do something creative - Google dictionary
2. A sudden brilliant or timely idea - Google dictionary

7. Round-robin brainstorming
Everyone writes an idea (problem analysis, solution etc) on the card in front of
them, passes the card to the person on their right, and then takes the card of
the person who’s on their left. As the second person writing on the new card,
you’ll read what the person before you wrote and develop a new idea based on
the inspiration you get from theirs. The activity ends when your initial card
comes back to you. You’ll be creating your ideas individually but will still inspire
all your team members, and will be inspired by them. At the end of the activity
take a few minutes to discuss how your ideas evolved.

8. Creativity
1. The use of imagination or original ideas to create something; inventiveness -
Google dictionary
2. A phenomenon whereby something new and somehow valuable is formed.
The created item may be intangible (such as an idea, a scientific theory, a
musical composition, or a joke) or a physical object (such as an invention, a
literary work, or a painting) - Wikipedia

9. 30 circles
Use as many circles as you can to draw anything that comes to your mind (that
can be drawn with circles) in 2 minutes.

10. 30 circles

11. In order to be creative…
Be curious
Question
Think simple
Be courageous
Make lists
Practice
Learn something new
Think like a kid
Meet new people
Be open-minded
Collaborate
Get feedback
Don’t lose motivation
Do something different
Find ideas
Share ideas
Visualize your ideas
Make connections
Take breaks
Take notes
Make time for goos ideas
Read, watch and listen
Follow what’s new
Learn from mistakes

12. Creative thinking
A way of looking at problems or situations from a fresh perspective that
suggests unorthodox solutions. - businessdictionary.com

13. Concept fan
Find the center of the paper and draw a circle to the right of the center, where
you will write your problem. Draw lines to the right of the circle, on top of which
you’ll write possible solutions. If the problem statement and the solutions you
suggested aren’t enought to work on, draw an arrow to the left from your circle
and draw a second circle in which you’ll make a broader problem definition.
From that circle back to the right, draw more arrows for new detailed problem
statements, above and below the first circle. Make solution suggestions for your
new problem statements. You can grow your chart as much as you want until
you get a statement and solutions that satisfy you.

14. Material retrieved from toolkitforthinking.com

15. Strategy arrow 2
where are we? where do we wanna go?how?
- state 1x
- state 2x
- state 3x
- state nx
- state 1y
- state 2y
- state 3y
- state ny

16. THANK YOU!
ncbinyildirim@gmail.com
linkedin.com/in/nazcb
@licenidae