This document discusses creative thinking and ways to enhance creativity. It explores who might be considered creative based on certain traits like fluency, flexibility, elaboration and originality. These traits are seen as learnable by all. The document also provides warm-up exercises and examples of what some companies do to support creativity, though it notes most do not do so systematically. The goal of exercises is to loosen paradigms and encourage new perspectives.

2. C r e a t i v e Think ing Inside, Outside, Along side, Under, Over, with a New or No Box at All…

3. The Whole Box Which Paradigm for 2016? Breaking the Box Warming UP for Creativity Are You Creative? How are you Creative? Creative Tools & Techniques S.P.R.E.A.D.ng Creative Thinking

5. Robert Alan Black, Ph.D., CSP

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17. Who Are You? Nickname? Hometown Hobby(ies) Travel Destination Unusual Gift? How you have been Creative?

18. Who am I?

19. Beginning What has happened to Our Creativity?

20. When you were 5 yrs old

21. When you were 5 yrs old Could you DRAW?

22. When you were 5 yrs old Could you SING?

23. When you were 5 yrs old Could you DANCE?

24. By the time you were 9 Many of You stopped!

26. Before we start school

27. After we start school

28. By the time you were 16 Most of You stopped!

29. Who What Where When Why How

30. Chapter 1 Which Paradigm for 2016? Breaking the Box Warming UP for Creativity Break Your Crayons and Draw Outside the Lines

32. What Some Corps Do…

33. What Some Corps Do…

34. % Of Profit 15% Rule Creativity or Idea Clubs Company Books (Dupont) Contests Creativity/Innovation Newsletters - Print/Electronic Creativity/Innovation Rooms Groups---Oz Group Guest Speakers Idea Meetings Idea Systems In-House Training Innovation Fairs Libraries Management Support Newsletters - External Posters Problem Solving Teams Rebel Groups-Unofficial Retreats Rewards & Reward Systems Seminars Support Conference Attendance Training Programs Workshops What Some Corps Do…

35. % Of Profit 15% Rule Creativity or Idea Clubs Company Books (Dupont) What Some Corps Do…

36. Seminars Support Conference Attendance Training Programs Workshops What Some Corps Do…

37. % Of Profit 15% Rule Creativity or Idea Clubs Company Books (Dupont) Contests Creativity/Innovation Newsletters - Print/Electronic Creativity/Innovation Rooms Groups---Oz Group Guest Speakers Idea Meetings Idea Systems In-House Training Innovation Fairs Libraries Management Support Newsletters - External Posters Problem Solving Teams Rebel Groups-Unofficial Retreats Rewards & Reward Systems Seminars Support Conference Attendance Training Programs Workshops What Some Corps Do… None do it Systematically or Throughout or for more than 18 months

38. Cre8ng Communities

41. Become CHILD-LIKE . Perhaps even…. . CHILDISH for a short time Lesson Quickest way To Re-Spark Creativity

44. O T T F F _ _ What might the next two letters be?

45. Connect these 9 dots w/ 4 or less straight lines…

46. Classic Answer

47. One or NO “straight lines” A wide crayon Pour paint on it Spray paint on it Squash paper up Line around world Dip in can of paint Cut dots out & line up Spiral from center out Wide paint roller/brush Fold drawing until overlap Write in cursive “4 straight lines” 3 lines Possible Solutions

48. Break Paradigms or simply Re-examine Re-state Re-invent problems. Lesson Quickest way To Create or Innovate?

49. Cre 8 v W A R M - U P S

50. Cre 8 v W A R M - U P S Window Roof top Envelope 4 triangles Symbol for duct Top of a pyramid “ x” marks the spot Under side of pyramid Close up view of fence Tent Logo Game board Ceiling light 4 arrow heads Decorated box Display shelf unit 2 overlapping triangles …… .?????????

51. We need to accept What all of us differently see When we are seeking Understanding of problems & Thinking Creatively Lesson

52. Cre 8 v W A R M - U P S ? How Many Do You See

53. Cre 8 v W A R M - U P S ?

54. We need to learn to see Differently first. Then find a way to see a Common result/answer/ or solution Lesson

55. Break these boxes Each into 4 pieces

56. ? Break the Box Use the Box No Box New Box Virtual Box

57. Break Paradigms or simply Re-examine Re-state Re-invent the problem. Lesson Quickest way to Create or Innovate?

58. Cre 8 v W A R M - U P S

59. Cre 8 v W A R M - U P S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

60. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Three cuts….

61. Only one cut…. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Push the edge to the bizarre

62. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Only one cut…. Changing tools

63. We need to seek to discover & learn new tools and to Look from different perspectives. Lesson

64. Warm-Up Exercises Why do them?

65. Warm-Up Exercises To open up a group or team's creative thinking Warm-Up Exercises are very helpful. The exercises help to loosen up paradigms, mindsets , and points of view brought to a creative thinking session.

66. Some goals of Warm-Up Exercises are to encourage people to: a. look beyond the obvious or known answers (“correct” answers) b. stretch thinking c. breakout of establish thinking d. look for multiple possibilities

67. e. take on many different perspectives f. practice producing a variety of potential solutions g. to take a few risks and play W/ ideas & possible solutions h. get discussion going I. raise interest level

68. Divergent thinking

69. Convergent thinking

71. Chapter 2 Who Might Be Creative? Are You Creative?

72. What Might It Be?

78. Who Might Be C r e a t i v e

79. Jeff Bezos Amazon Jack Welch GE Richard Branson Virgin, etc. Fred Smith FedEx Michael Andreessen Netscape Bill Gates Microsoft Michael Eisner Disney Michael Dell Dell

80. Cathleen Black Hearst Ursula Burns Xerox Linda Quam Ovations Irene Rosenfeld Frito-Lay 20/1000 Anita Roddick Body Shop Mary Kay Ash Martha Stewart Debi Fields Mrs Fields’

81. Le Corbusier Lucio Costa , Brazil Charles Correa , India Domenico da Cortona Keith Cottier , Australia Justus Dahinden Paeonis and Daphnis Howard Davis , United States Town and Davis Charles Davis/ EHDD , United States Paeonius and Demetrios John Dobson Peter Dodge/ EHDD , United States Domitian Adrien Dortsman Balkrishna Doshi , India A. E. Doyle , United States Duany and Plater-Zyberk , United States Willem Marinus Dudok , Netherlands Bijvoet and Duiker Contamin and Dutert Charles and Ray Eames , United States Karl Ehn Gustave Eiffel , France L. A. Boileau and Gustave Eiffel , France Peter Eisenman , United States Sedad Eldem , Turkey Craig Ellwood , United States Carl Ludvig Engel Kobori Enshu Arthur C. Erickson , Canada Johann Fisher von Erlach Joseph Esherick, Esherick Homsey Ralph Erskine , England, UK, Joseph Esherick , United States Aldo van Eyck , Netherlands Alvar Aalto , Finland Robert Adam , Scotland Steffen Ahrends Gregory Ain Leon Battista Alberti , Italy Galeazzo Alessi , Italy Christopher Alexander , United States William Van Alen Amenophis III , Egypt Tadao Ando , Japan John Andrews , Australia Anthemios Apollodorus of Damascus , Roman The Architects Collaborative (TAC) Arton C. R. Ashbee , England Erik Gunnar Asplund , Sweden Arup Associates United Kingdom Gae Aulenti , France M. H. Baillie-Scott Luis Barragan , Mexico Sir Charles Barry , England William Henry Barlow Falke Barmou Edward Larabee Barnes , United States Geoffrey Bawa Gunter Behnisch , Germany Peter Behrens , Germany Belgiojoso, Peressutti and Rogers Pietro Belluschi , United States Henrik Petrus Berlage , Netherlands Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini , Italy Dominikus Böhm , Germany L. A. Boileau , France Francesco Borromini , Italy Mario Botta , Switzerland Etienne-Louis Boullee , France Donato Bramante , Italy Zion & Breen , United States Marcel Breuer , United States and Germany Michiel Brinkman Johannes Brinkman , Netherlands Neave Brown Isambard Kingdom Brunel , England Filippo Brunelleschi , Italy Erik Bryggman , Finland Charles Bulfinch , United States Thornton-Latrobe-Bulfinch , United States Shepley and Bulfinch , United States Gordon Bunshaft/ SOM , United States Lord Burlington , England Daniel Burnham , United States Decimus Burton , England William Butterfield , England Santiago Calatrava , Spain Callicrates Ictinus and Callicrates with Phidias , Greece Arnolfo di Cambio Cambridge Seven Associates Felix Candela , Mexico Cola da Caprarola Douglas Cardinal , Canada Giancarlo de Carlo , Italy Carrere and Hastings Richard Castle Severus and Celer William Chambers G. P. Chedanne , France Serge Chermayeff Mario J. Ciampi Henry Ciriani , France Henry N. Cobb , United States ALL people in ALL countries are born with the capacity to be C r e a t i v e

82. Are You Creative ?

83. Fluency Flexibility Elaboration Originality

84. 32 Traits See possibilities Self- knowledgeable Self-actualizing Self-disciplined Sense of destiny Sensitive Severely critical Specific interests Synthesize correctly Tolerant of ambiguity Adaptable Curious Divergent thinker Energetic Fantasize, able to Flexible thinker Fluent Future oriented Humor Idealistic Imaginative Independent Ingenious Learning, always Non-conforming Not motivated by money Observant, highly Open-ended Original - uniqueness Passionate about their work Perceive world differently Question asker

85. 32 Traits See possibilities Self- knowledgeable Self-actualizing Self-disciplined Sense of destiny Sensitive Severely critical of… self, their work, potential of field potential of other people Specific interests Synthesize correctly often intuitively Tolerant of ambiguity Adaptable Curious Divergent thinker Energetic Fantasize, able to Flexible thinker Fluent Future oriented Humor Idealistic Imaginative Independent Ingenious Learning, always Non-conforming Not motivated by money Observant, highly Open-ended Original - uniqueness Passionate about their work Perceive world differently Question asker All born with….

86. 32 Traits See possibilities Self- knowledgeable Self-actualizing Self-disciplined Sense of destiny Sensitive Severely critical of… self, their work, potential of field potential of other people Specific interests Synthesize correctly often intuitively Tolerant of ambiguity Adaptable Curious Divergent thinker Energetic Fantasize, able to Flexible thinker Fluent Future oriented Humor Idealistic Imaginative Independent Ingenious Learning, always Non-conforming Not motivated by money Observant, highly Open-ended Original - uniqueness Passionate about their work Perceive world differently Question asker All are learnable…

87. How Can You Help Others to be C r e a t i v e

88. Fluency Flexibility Elaboration Originality Help people develop these

89. 32 Traits See possibilities Self- knowledgeable Self-actualizing Self-disciplined Sense of destiny Sensitive Severely critical Specific interests Synthesize correctly Tolerant of ambiguity Adaptable Curious Divergent thinker Energetic Fantasize, able to Flexible thinker Fluent Future oriented Humor Idealistic Imaginative Independent Ingenious Learning, always Non-conforming Not motivated by money Observant, highly Open-ended Original - uniqueness Passionate about their work Perceive world differently Question asker Help people develop these

90. Chapter 3 We Each Think Differ e n t l y !

91. How Are You Creative ?

92. S t y l e s Cre8ng ™

93. Break Your Crayons and Draw Outside the Lines

94. Think Learn Communicate Solve Problems C R E A T E !

95. - process information, knowledge - take in , use info/knowledge - share info/knowledge - apply info/knowledge

96. Solo Convergently Divergent Organizationally Convergent Divergent Family Solo/Team Divergent

97. Rational, Logical, Analytical, Individual Systematic, equations, Step-by-step, Proven Answers Intuitive, Exploratory, Unknown, Fanciful Fun, Harmonious, Involving all, Family/Team

98. http://www.cre8ng.com

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101. Innovation- Problem-Finding Self Recovery- Implementing Self Imagination- Idea-Generating Self Discovery- Idea Sensing Self M Dd n i i i i i i your cre8ng style n n n n n i

102. Idea Grid Attribute Listing TRIZ S.C.A.M.P.E.R. Checklisting Brain Writing Excursions F orced R elationships Metaphors Writing Relay Group Excursions Guided Imagery

104. Q UOTE We all create Our own box shapes .” “ Barriers, Containers, Limiters, etc.

105. Chapter 4 Cr ea ti vi ty ! on Demand

106. Thinking Tools Divergent & Convergent Creative

107. = Divergent Thinking Tool Brainstorming Quantity breeds Quality Freewheeling of ideas Hitchhike/Combine Ideas No Judgement

108. = Divergent Thinking Tool Brainwriting Quantity breeds Quality Freewheeling of ideas Hitchhike/Combine Ideas No Judgement

109. = Divergent Thinking Tool Alphabetizing A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

110. = S. = substitute C. = combine A. = adapt, adopt M. = minify, magnify P. = put to other uses E. = eliminate R. = reverse Divergent Thinking Tool

111. Forced Relationships + = Divergent Thinking Tool

112. Value Grids Convergent Thinking Tool

113. PCP-Pluses/Concerns/Potentials Convergent Thinking Tool Pluses Concerns Potentials ______________ ____________ ______________ ______________ ____________ ______________ ______________ ____________ ______________ ______________ ____________ ______________ ______________ ____________ ______________ ______________ ____________ ______________

114. Ideas Hits Unsure? Misses Convergent Thinking Tool Hits & Misses

116. Being creative is a choice… a daily choice! Individuals, leaders, entire organizations can make the choice.

117. Your SOURCES of INSPIRATION

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119. Some of my Heroes

126. May you all… as individuals & future leaders make the choice to be... C r e a t i v e

127. And may all your organizations and companies become Communities C r e 8 n g

128. Nandri Terima Kasih Thank you lah No worry mate Grazie Abrigado Gracias Origato Danke Merci Gratis Xie xie ni

129. Contact information Robert Alan Black, Ph.D., CSP Cre8ng People, Places & Possibilities P. O. Box 5805 Athens, Georgia 30604 [email_address] http://www.cre8ng.com