The document focuses on the importance of creativity in various fields such as education, business, and social justice, emphasizing its role as a human necessity and competitive tool. It explores divergent and convergent thinking as methods to enhance creativity, along with various techniques, exercises, and prompts to encourage innovative thought. Additionally, it includes a homework exercise using the six thinking hats method to analyze childhood obesity comprehensively.

1. Creative
thinking
Sergio Pinzon

2. Agenda
• Homework
• Discussion questions
• Creative thinking techniques
• Exercises

3. Homework
Visit your favorite store, take photos, and
write notes about anything you notice that
you think could be done differently.

4. Why do people
need creativity?

5. Why do people need
creativity?
•Creativity is at the core of being human
•Creativity is a competitive tool
•Creativity links the head and heart
•Emerging technology and creativity are
interconnected
•Venture design requires a creative approach

6. How can creativity be
incorporated in the
following areas:
a) Enhancing educational systems globally
b) Promoting mental wellness and emotional
healing
c) Business practices
d) Tackling social justice issues in communities
e) Boosting the effectiveness of scientific research
and innovation

7. Convergent to
Divergent Thinking
• The goal of divergent thinking is to generate
many different ideas about a topic in a short
period of time.
• It involves breaking a topic down into its various
component parts in order to gain insight about the
various aspects of the topic.
• Divergent thinking typically occurs in a
spontaneous, free-flowing manner, such that the
ideas are generated in a random, unorganised
fashion.

8. How convergent and
divergent thinking can be
applied in the following
different contexts:
Business
Sales and marketing
Education
Human resources
Customer service

9. Creative thinking
techniques
• Open-ended prompts
• Divergent questions
• Combining two unrelated subjects
• Speed thinking
• The 6 thinking hats

10. Open-ended prompts
Are questions or statements designed to
encourage a wide range of responses. They don't
have a single correct answer, allowing for
creativity, critical thinking, and personal
expression.

11. Open-ended
prompts
• You have 60 seconds. Write your
responses to this question on a
piece of paper.
• How many uses can you think of
for a paper clip ?
Convergent to Divergent Thinking

12. Divergent
questions
• Divergent questions can inspire
creative thinking by opening up the
space for experimentation, discovery,
and innovation.

13. Divergent questions
exercise
Step 1- Choose a problem and list all
the questions you can think of related
to the problem within 2 minutes.

14. Divergent
questions
exercise
Step 2- Afterward, engage in a 5-minute
discussion about the chosen issue with
another individual

15. Divergent questions
exercise
Now try and think of at least 5 new,
unique and varied questions without
offering solutions.

16. Convergent to Divergent Thinking
• Think in threes....
Identify your problem –
used in your assignment
A = Usual Solution
B = Different Solutions
C = Radical Solutions

17. Combining two unrelated
subjects
By bringing together different sources of
inspiration, you can create unexpected
associations, discover new possibilities, and
enrich your understanding of complex issues.
New
opportunity

18. Who are your future competitors?
Current Future
Indirect
Direct
USUAL
?
?
?

19. The six thinking hats of
Edward de Bono

20. Whatis our focus?
What thinking is needed?
Whathavewedonesofar?
Whatdowedonext?
Questions to ask

21. Questions to ask
• What information do we have?
• What information do we need

23. What is possible?
What ideas do you have?
Can we combine these
ideas?
What would happen if?

24. • What is your gut reaction?
• How do you feel about this right
now?
• What is your intuition
telling you?

25. What problems could we face?
What are the potential risks?
What might go wrong with this?
What are the weaknesses?

26. Homework
Analyze the childhood obesity issue using the Six
Thinking Hats method to ensure a comprehensive
examination of the topic.