“And one ought to consider that
there is nothing more difficult to pull
off, more chancy to succeed in, or
more dangerous to manage, than the
introduction of a new order of
things.”
Creative Thinking during
Changing Times
Demystifying the Creative
Process
A mathematician said creativity is…
A composer said creativity is...
 Some theorists have said creativity is...
 Creativity = Novelty & Social Feasibility
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Creativity: Some notes on the
creative process
Van Oech’s Explorer, Artist, Judge &
Warrior, as roles in the process
 Guilford’s Switchback Thinking by
dynamically Converging & Diverging
 Wallis’s Stages of the creativity process
 The 5-S route to greater creativity
 Homework: Tell us your CPS Story
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Creativity: The goal of the
process is Aha! & Eureka!
Creativity: Blocks and
Blockbusting
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“The real voyage of
discovery consists
not in seeking new
landscapes, but in
having new eyes.”
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Joe’s Resistances to
Change as Blocks
What could some
Cultural and
Environmental
Blocks be?.…
What could some
Perceptual Blocks
be?...
Creativity: Blocks and
Blockbusting
Let’s try out your creative vision…
 …Beyond Heaven & Hell
 …You choose Whitch?
 …It’s all in a Word
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Creativity: Blocks and
Blockbusting
The Minute Man
 The Mona Lisa
Complex
 Stewing vs. Doing
 Assaulting the
Mountain
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The Void
 Walking the Plank
 Intrinsic
Motivation
 The Dark Sea,
The Ship of Self,
The Lighthouse
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Creativity: Blocks and
Blockbusting
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Here’s a summary of
the Conceptual
Blocks that Inhibit
Creative Problem
Solving...
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...Constancy
...Commitment
...Compression
...Complacency
…From your
experience?
Creativity: Blocks and
Blockbusting
 “It
is a fatal fault to reason
whilst observing, though so
necessary beforehand and so
useful afterwards.”
Creativity: Blocks and
Blockbusting
The IX test for creative thinking
 Idea Generation = Withholding
Judgement by “Brainstorming”.
 Having a Creative Whack Attack by
Roger van Oech.
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Creative Thinking during
Changing Times
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Today’s Feedback?
Moving on to
Teambuilding and
Leadership...Here’s
the Homework
What are you going to
Stop, Continue, Start
between now and
next time?