The document discusses the launch of a new Centre for Creativity in Professional Practice at City University London. The Centre will focus on teaching creativity skills across various disciplines like computing, social sciences, engineering, business, and health sciences. It will offer a new Masters program in Innovation, Creativity and Leadership starting in 2010. The Centre also aims to increase creativity research through more interdisciplinary projects and help establish the university as a hub for creativity activities.

1. Welcome to the Big City Brainstorm

2. Julius Weinberg Acting Vice-Chancellor and President, City University London

3. Prof. Neil Maiden Academic Lead, Centre for Creativity City University London

7. Creativity skills Enablers Leadership Innovations Four Centre Activities Organizations Launch new Masters Innovation, Creativity and Leadership Launch Oct 2009 for Sep 2010 Teach creativity to all undergraduates Cross-school teaching to all 1st years Core creative problem solving skills Step increase in creativity research More interdisciplinary research Institution-levelresearch bids Research network City as hubof creativity activities

8. Roger Neill Centre Director

10. 4% rate their organisation superior at itSynectics survey, USA

12. More so in the public service sector (No 1 at 57%)Survey by The Director magazine, Institute of Directors, 2008

13. Break the Rules

14. Value Absurdity “If at first, the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it.” Albert Einstein

15. Discovery “The real act of discovery consists not in finding new lands but in seeing with new eyes” Marcel Proust

16. Work in Metaphors “The metaphor is probably the most fertile power possessed by men” Ortega y Gasset

17. Experimentation “There is no such thing as a failed experiment, only experiments with unexpected outcomes” Buckminster Fuller

18. It's all invented "What is now proved was once only imagin’d." William Blake

19. Collaborative Idea Development

20. Go Wishing Together

21. Creative Process Non-sense Task Brainstorm Select Problem-solve Sense Action planning

23. Build, don't judge

24. Headline first ("How to...", "I wish...")

25. Share the airtime

27. Task Headline How to rebuild the reputation of the UK’s financial services sector and the City of London as the world’s leading financial centre

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