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The document outlines a session on creativity and innovation, highlighting the dynamics of creative thinking, motivation, and the roles of curiosity and fear in the creative process. It discusses the importance of intrinsic motivation and the value of making and breaking connections to foster creativity, along with the need for evaluation in the creative process. Additionally, it emphasizes developing a personal creative profile to combat forces against creativity and provides assignments to facilitate this development.
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- 1. Creativity + Innovation1.2 Kevin Popović, B.A., M.S. © Kevin Popović, SDSU Creativity + Innovation
- 2. Session 1.2 • Welcome •Roll, Admin • Play A Game • Creative Thinking • Motivation • Curiosity & Fear © Kevin Popović, SDSU Entrepreneurship + Technology + Innovation • Connections • Evaluation • Creatively Fit • Creative Profile • Left/Right Brain • Assignment
- 3. Draw A Face AGame of Understanding © Kevin Popović, SDSU Creativity + Innovation
- 4. Chapter 1 ofCreativity, Inc. © Kevin Popović, SDSU Creativity + Innovation Dynamics of Creative Thinking
- 5. Science proves: • 98%of 3-5 year-olds score near the top on divergent thinking. • 2% of adults over the age of 25 have comparable scores. • People who have lower scores early and remain creative can surpass higher scoring people. • Creativity responds, like a muscle. © Kevin Popović, SDSU Entrepreneurship + Technology + Innovation
- 6. Why We DoWhat We Do © Kevin Popović, SDSU Creativity + Innovation Motivation
- 7. Motivation The measure ofthe emotional investment it takes for people to break natural inertia, to move away from their attachment to their current circumstances and move towards what they want. © Kevin Popović, SDSU Entrepreneurship + Technology + Innovation
- 8. Motivation • Extrinsic: Areaction to external rewards. • Intrinsic: A natural affinity. • Merging the two has benefits. • The more intrinsic the motivation the better the creative result. © Kevin Popović, SDSU Entrepreneurship + Technology + Innovation
- 9. Motivations Leads toCuriosity and Fear © Kevin Popović, SDSU Creativity + Innovation Curiosity and Fear
- 10. Curiosity • The psychicstate whereby people explore the unknown possibilities that motivation makes manifest. • An aspect of the search for knowledge and sense. • When exercised in safe experimentation, transforms the unknown from something potentially dangerous into something manageable, interesting, beneficial (a positive). © Kevin Popović, SDSU Creativity + Innovation
- 11. Curiosity • People aremotivated by change • Excited about opportunities • Ignites curiosity about the future • What will happen, what changes will be © Kevin Popović, SDSU Creativity + Innovation
- 12. Fear • Curiosity engagesthe unknown • Curiosity increases uncertainty – an attendant element of fear • In moments of fear, curiosity is hard to sustain • If sufficiently frightened, we lose the capacity for curiosity © Kevin Popović, SDSU Creativity + Innovation
- 13. Fear • Most peoplelearn by life from experience to manage their fears and reduce risk • Different people have different tolerances or abilities • Intrinsically motivated can sustain more • Everyone can learn how to improve © Kevin Popović, SDSU Creativity + Innovation
- 14. Referencing Knowledge forInnovation © Kevin Popović, SDSU Creativity + Innovation Making and Breaking Connections
- 15. Making Connections • Asource of learning • The origin of habits • Repetition with success • A potential to get stuck in a rut © Kevin Popović, SDSU Creativity + Innovation
- 16. Breaking Connections • Crossingdisciplines • Breaking habits • Creating opportunities • Sometimes, things get messy © Kevin Popović, SDSU Creativity + Innovation
- 17. What is Goodand What is Better © Kevin Popović, SDSU Creativity + Innovation Evaluation
- 18. Evaluation • Because choicesare seldom black or white, evaluation is a balancing act. • Is the juice worth the squeeze? • If negative, does it make sense to repeat? • If positive, how long will this remain? • A motivated curios person tends to continue until a solution is identified. © Kevin Popović, SDSU Creativity + Innovation
- 19. Evaluation • Providing thetime for creativity is as important as providing the opportunity • The reasons become the reason to continue, not an excuse to abandon • Progress is forward progress © Kevin Popović, SDSU Creativity + Innovation
- 20. © Kevin Popović,SDSU Creativity + Innovation I have not failed. I found 10,000 ways that won’t work.
- 21. © Kevin Popović,SDSU Creativity + Innovation I have not failed. I found 10,000 ways that won’t work.
- 22. Chapter 2 ofCreativity, Inc. © Kevin Popović, SDSU Creativity + Innovation Becoming Creatively Fit
- 23. © Kevin Popović,SDSU Creativity + Innovation
- 24. To thine ownself be true. © Kevin Popović, SDSU Creativity + Innovation Developing A Creative Profile
- 25. Understanding the CreativeProfile Forces Against Creativity • Imitation • Conformity • Need to Complete • Acceptance of Fixed Roles • Paralysis from Analysis © Kevin Popović, SDSU Entrepreneurship + Technology + Innovation Potential Value • Way to Learn • Reduces Friction • Time-responsive • Organizational Structure • Analysis Provides Rationale
- 26. Understanding the CreativeProfile Forces Against Creativity • Imitation • Conformity • Need to Complete • Acceptance of Fixed Roles • Paralysis from Analysis © Kevin Popović, SDSU Entrepreneurship + Technology + Innovation Potential Value • Can Become Habit • Don’t Create. Copy. • No Nurturing • Extrinsic, Not Intrinsic • Same Process, Same Result
- 27. Develop a CreativeProfile • Motivation • Curiosity • Management of Fear and Stress • Connection Breaking © Kevin Popović, SDSU Entrepreneurship + Technology + Innovation • Connection Making • Creative Evaluation Capability • Self-Confidence • Ability to Innovate
- 28. Class Exercise © KevinPopović, SDSU Creativity + Innovation Develop Your Creative Profile
- 29. © Kevin Popović,SDSU Creativity + Innovation
- 30. Assignments • Develop yourCreative Profile, submit • Take Right Brain / Left Brain Test, submit • Read “The Eureka Hunt”, quiz • Read “Design Thinking”, quiz © Kevin Popović, SDSU Entrepreneurship + Technology + Innovation
Editor's Notes
- #2 Creativity and innovation are integral to an organization’s ability to survive and thrive in today’s competitive marketplace. This course provides students with an understanding of how creativity and innovation can be facilitated and managed in a work setting. Students will learn about theoretical conceptualizations of creativity and innovation as well as practical applications involved in fostering creativity and innovation in the workplace. Students will be expected to play an active role in learning through class exercises, class discussions, and dialogue with guest speakers, and presentations about real (or planned) innovations in organizations.
- #4 Draw Your Neighbor Look to your left, draw your neighbors face (1:00) Share your picture with your neighbor Draw the person who drew you Share your picture with your neighbor Lesson: Who apologized before? After? Notes: People apologize for their effort. Adults apologize for their ideas before they start Need to breakdown filters
- #5 What do we know about creativity? Stereotypes? Who was the “artsy” one growing up? What do we think about creativity? Are you creative? Why do you think this? Provide an example of some type of creativity. If you can be creative for one thing, you can be creative for another. I believe everyone is, in some way creative, or has the ability to be creative.
- #6 We are all created (more or less equal). You can increase your creativity. If you don’t use it you will lose it.
- #9 Extrinsic Motivation: Money, fame. While powerful in stimulating various kinds of actions (what do people do for money?) it tends to diminish the quality of creativity UNLESS it occurs in a proper relationship to intrinsic. “Some for the meal, some for the reel.” Intrinsic Motivation: Personal satisfaction, sense of accomplishment, pride. Comes from persons natural affinity – its what moves them (in spirit, thought and action). Associated with passion, fun, and high creative quality. Class Discussion: What are the benefits of having both, merging? Answer: everyone wins: happy employees, prosperous company Employee Retention, Satisfaction, Morale Company productivity, profitability, reduced expenses
- #12 Class Discussion: What are you curious about? How will this motivate you? To do what? What would you future look like if this occurs? What will have to change for this to happen?
- #13 Class Discussion: When have you been afraid? Of What? What did you do to overcome this fear and proceed? Discuss solutions to fear: Identifying answers – removing the unknown Asking for help to overcome obstacles
- #18 There are no bad ideas. Yes there are.
- #19 All things considered… When it really comes down to it. The lesser of the evils…
- #22 Allow this to happen. Provide the time necessary to multiply, reinforce, and verify new connections until they fulfill their promise. New ideas do not have to be complete to be presented They need to be explored, modified tailored before ANYONE can make a fair decision about their worth.
- #24 To successfully call on motivation, curiosity and fear, making breaking connections, and evaluation you can practice and exercise in those dynamics, just like an athlete. With practice and exercise, you can improve the ability, confidence, and strengths you’ll need to put the dynamics into play. We practice with words every day – how far have your words advanced in the last two years? What has contributed to this advancement, confidence, application?
- #25 Sun Tsu, The Art of War: “Know thy enemy, know yourself.” “I am my own worst enemy.” “To thine own self be true.”
- #28 Motivation: Intrinsic or Extrinsic? Do you know what you want in life? What is your special purpose? Curiosity: Do you allow yourself time to explore your interests? DO you learn daily? Have fun? Are you satisfied? Do you want more? Management of Fear and Stress: Are you able to manage fear and stress in yoru life? Does anxiety overtake you? Are you able to share your fears in a humorous light? Connection Breaking: Can you accept when things don’t work? Can you be wrong? When is wrong acceptable? Can you be silly? Can you tolerate ambiguity, the unknown? Connection Making: Do you enjoy new ideas, the unknown? Others ideas? Can you create absurd ideas at will? Class Exercise: Write down what you want to be when you grow up? Write down 5 things you will be able to do when you reach this goal. Creative Evaluation Capability: Can you identify merit in ideas? Others ideas? Do ideas have good parts, bad parts? Can you like an idea even if you don’t think it will work? Self-Confidence: Can you find answers to problems you don’t know anything about yet? Are you creative? Tell me why (self-confidence) I should think you are creative. Can you listen to criticism without it creating fear? Ability to Innovate: Can you get others to follow your ideas? Can you accept a compromised idea? Can you identify and idea and get an idea to work? ----- Meeting Notes (9/3/15 21:26) ----- Note: Provide this as a document for students to complete to reduce how much thinking they need to format. Some didn't get assignment. Share several in class to help others understand better, demonstrate how others are addressing, defining
- #29 Exercise: Draft a creative profile of yourself. Answer for each item I will pick 5 students randomly to present to the class. (Test confidence in front of an audience) You have 5 minutes.
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- #31 Assignment: Develop your Creative Profile. Download, complete, submit as homework. Assignment: Take the “Right Brain Left Brain Creativity Test”, submit results page http://testyourself.psychtests.com/testid/3178 Assignment: Read “The Eureka Hunt” by Jonah Lehrer, The New Yorker, July 28, 2008 Assignment: “Design Thinking” by Tim Brown, Harvard Business Review