The document summarizes a conference discussing creative thinking and idea generation. It discusses exercises used at the conference to encourage participants to come up with new ideas and products using limited random ingredients. These "skunkworks" style activities are meant to foster discovery of new combinations just as a cook experimenting in the kitchen may discover a new dish. The document also discusses other workshops and techniques to enhance creativity, such as mind mapping, systems thinking, and brainstorming sessions to address problems in megacities.

1. Summarized by Prof Jorge from REE
conference in Bangkok Feb. 1-3, 2012

2.  Tina Sellig of Stanford U asked the
participant the following:
l. What are the uses of I.D
2. What if it was a means of introducing
self to others;
3. How would you design the
introduction
device (the new meaning of I.D)

3.  Using limited resources (and even
“skunking”) new dish (products) are created
and the best venue is the kitchen.
 “A new dish being discovered by a cook is
more beneficial to humanity” than a new
star discovery.
 The exercise he gave used strawberries, bell
pepper, chocolate, ingredients from a ref, to
prepare a meal that tastes sweet and salty;
what can you prepare?

4.  There are other workshops that enhance
creativity at Aalto Ventures Program
 Atmosphere - unlimited calls and internet
 Something similar to MIT bits and atoms and
D School of Stanford

5.  Somewhat similar to Mind Mapping by Tony
Buzan,
 Concerns are Green Movement;
 Very much influenced by systemic thinking of
Peter Senge, (Fifth Discipline)
 Good for integrative thinking covering
diverse stakeholders and ideas;
 APPs: have a cartolina paper, put a central
idea on the paper, write bubbles and link
when possible

6.  Let other groups look into the paper and
write their ideas;
 Then look for common themes;
 Ask somebody to write a paragraph on the
recurrrent theme;
 Prioritize

7.  The problems confronting the megacities are
large and diverse are looked into;
 The major trends are listed down: pollution,
traffic, energy, waste removal, landscaping,
design, liveabality, health, food supply;
 Groups are asked to write down various ideas on
each of the above topics, not less than 50;
 Top 5 are listed down and specific
recommendations/actions are written down.
 WHAT ARE GREAT WAY TO GERMINATE MANY MANY
DIVERSE IDEAS