R. Ravindra Kumar is a seasoned life coach and regional manager with 30 years in the life insurance sector, dedicated to nurturing creativity in management. He emphasizes the significance of creative thinking for organizational adaptability and success, asserting that everyone possesses the capacity for creativity. The document outlines strategies to optimize creative faculties, overcome mental blocks, and advocates for an innovative workplace culture to thrive in a changing global environment.

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CREATIVE THINKING 4 MANAGERS
R RAVINDRA KUMAR
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2. R Ravindra Kumar
Mindful Speaker, Trainer and Spiritual Life Coach.
R Ravindra Kumar has 30 years of experience working for worlds largest Life Insurance
Company LIC OF INDIA in India and abroad at Fiji Islands. Presently working as Regional
Manager in LIC OF INDIA.
Favored With Psychic Abilities, Ravi has Honed Him To A Level Where He Can Heal And
Transform Lives. Engaged With His Profound Occult Knowledge And A Powerful And Selfless
Will To Serve, He Extensively Conducts Healing Sessions, Workshops And Offers Remedies
For The Karmic Deficits.
As a Coach, Facilitator, Manager and Trainer, He has been Helping Professionals
Achieve their Career Goals since the 1999.. He is having much passion and interest
coaching to Sales Executive, and Management professionals from corporations, as he
is working with employees from all levels of organizations and Internationally Educated
is working with employees from all levels of organizations and Internationally Educated
Professionals, as well as students and graduates from colleges and universities.
Throughout his career, he worked with clients of outplacement and career transition
firms, colleges, and community employment centers. In his work, has provided
Coaching and consulting to clients of all levels of organizations - Vice President to
Employees beginning their careers.
Widely travelled Sri Ravindra Kumar is a multilingual leader and Spiritual Mentor with a
wide experience in multi-cultural and global environment. Reading, music,creative
presentations and development of human resources are his areas of special interest.
“How would your life change if you could tap into your full potential? What one thing do
want most for your life but feel unable to reach it? How would you like to set goals and
create a blueprint or roadmap to not only reach your goal, but sustain it? Come and
Discuss with R Ravindra Kumar He will Show you You Can do in life.”
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3. What I have to offer ..
To build your Dream ?
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4. CREATIVE THINKING

5. “There is no doubt that
creativity is the most important
human resource of all. Without
creativity, there would be no
creativity, there would be no
progress, and we would be
forever repeating the same
patterns.” Edward de Bono

6. YES
YES

8. CEO SURVEY STATISTICS
SURVEY CONDUCTED
AMONG THE 50 CEOs OF
THE TOP BUSINESS
ORGANISATIONS OF THE
WORLD ON LEADERSHIP
QUALITIES .

9. HOW SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE VALUE IT ?
HIGHEST PERCENTAGE ATTRIBUTED TO CREATIVITY

10. 15 %
NURTURE
14 %
NATURE

11. MANAGERIAL CREATIVITY
• Managerial creativity is that every small step taken by the managers
to improve the work they do.
• Creativity is a process of developing and expressing new ideas that
are likely to be useful.
• Creativity is about the generation and sharing of ideas.
• Creativity is about the generation and sharing of ideas.
• Creativity is not the monopoly of some special people.
• Everyone has the ability to be creative in their own fields.
• All of us can use creativity in our day to day work.
• We can discover and develop our creativity by learning to think
freely.
• Creativity means generating ideas without any inhibitions.

12. NEED FOR CREATIVITY
• Many times constraints, boredom, monotony of our jobs
frustrates us.
• Let us not look constraints in a negative way.
• Let us look at them as triggers for new ideas.
• Let us look at them as triggers for new ideas.
• Creative thinking can help us:
 To conquer the constraints.
 And to break ourselves free.
Creativity is a proCess of liberating ourselves from
the routine.

13. NEED FOR CREATIVITY contd.
• In the present day of complex and volatile global
environment, an organization having rapid adaptability
only succeed.
• The best practices of success of yesterday are no more
valid and following of those practices can push the
valid and following of those practices can push the
organization towards disaster.
• There are several examples of the organizations which
became so charmed with, or paralyzed by, the status
quo that they failed to notice the winds of change and
faded into oblivion.
Contd.

14. EXAMPLES OF FAILED ORGANIZATIONS DUE TO LACK
OF CREATIVITY

15. NEED FOR CREATIVITY contd.
• A successful organization of today is aware that the work
processes are changing at a much faster pace these days
and it has to face the challenges of rapidly changing
technology, globalization, uncertainty, unpredictability,
and turbulence.
and turbulence.
• Harnessing creativity is critical for the success of the
organization in maintaining its competitive advantage as
well as in its survival.
• Management of such organization unleash the talents of
its employees and also harness all these diverse talents
to yield a useful and cohesive result.

16. WAYS TO OPTIMIZE CREATIVE FACULTIES
• Enhance your ability to generate ideas .
• Use your imagination to become creative .
• Find the root cause of the issues .
• List out the possible solutions without applying any
• List out the possible solutions without applying any
mental blocks.
• Don’t be afraid of thinking .
• Short listing of ideas which appear workable .
• Discussing the ideas with the team members.

17. BARRIERS TO CREATIVITY
• Mental blocks
• Assumptions
• Beliefs
• Presumptions
• Presumptions
• Habits
• Negative attitudes
• Need to confirm to norms
• Fear of unfamiliar situations
• Feeling of helplessness
• Single track outlook

18. WAYS TO OVERCOME MENTAL BLOCKS
OUT OF BOX THINKING
BELIEF OF “CAN DO”.
SHEDDING RIGIDITY
STOPPING THE CHATTER

19. How Creative are we ?
TAKE A REALITY CHECK

20. PUZZLE 3
There is blood on the
ceiling of my
bedroom.
There has been no
murder or killing of
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murder or killing of
any person.
Nobody has played any
trick on me.
Can you suggest a logical
explanation?

21. Solution To Puzzle 3
A mosquito bit me.
It later landed on my
bedroom ceiling.
I climbed on the bed
and I swatted it on my
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and I swatted it on my
ceiling.
(So the blood is my
own as well as the
mosquito's).

22. Puzzle 4
One Person is driving the
car.
Later two people are
found dead in same car,
which is locked from
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which is locked from
the inside and has not
given any lift.
There's a lot of blood.
There has been no foul
play like a crime ,
suicide or accident.
Can you explain??

23. Solution to Puzzle 4
One of the dead
people is a
woman;
the other is the
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the other is the
baby she's just
given birth to.
She died in
childbirth.

24. Puzzle 5
A black man dressed all in
black, wearing a black
mask, stands at a
crossroads in a totally
black-painted town.
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black-painted town.
All of the streetlights in town
are broken.
There is no moon.
A black-painted car without
headlights drives straight
toward him, but turns in
time and doesn't hit him.
How do you explain this?

25. SOLUTION TO PUZZLE 5
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It's
daytime;
the sun is
out
IT’S DAYTIME AND SUN IS OUT

26. Puzzle 6
A man rides
into town on
Friday. He
stays one
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stays one
night and
leaves on
Friday. How
is this
possible?

27. Solution To Puzzle 6
Friday is a horse
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Friday is a horse
FRIDAY

28. The Experience: Step 1
• In your groups, solve this problem:
– Cut a piece of paper to look like the shape shown on
the next slide.
the next slide.
– There are only two rules:
• You are only allowed to make ONE cut with the scissors
and
• It must be a straight cut.
– You have seven minutes to complete the task.
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29. The Desired Shape
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30. The Solution
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31. Observation and Reflection: Step 2
• Was the task completed?
• What helped you to achieve the task?
• What got in the way?
• What got in the way?
• How did your group members work as a team?
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32. LEARNINGS & TAKEAWAYS
• Get over your mental blocks
• Use your imagination
• Ideate freely keeping aside constraints
• Learn to think unthinkable
• Learn to think unthinkable
• Generate plenty of ideas
• Use and practice simple creativity techniques
• Evaluate ideas practically
• Select workable ideas
• Sell your ideas to stakeholders with confidence.

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40. Have employees participate in the
agency’s social media campaign.
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41. Target “influencers” including editors,
bloggers, consultants and PR pros in the
agency’s target markets.
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42. Keep up with changes in social media
platforms.
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R. Ravindra
Ravindra Kumar
Kumar
Chief Mentor
UTOPIA’S
MASTER of POSSIBILITIES
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