Creativity in MotionCreativity Seminar
BSCOM/4352/19/2018Shannon Sorenson
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
Scientific Creativity: Based on factsArtistic Creativity: skill and talent
Understanding Creativity and Applying it to Problem Solving SolutionsCreativity is affected by many factors that in many cases are beyond a person’s control.
Creativity is a distinguishing characteristic of human excellence in every area of behavior. —E. Paul Torrance
Problems and Why People Struggle with Thinking Outside the Box
Where does thinking outside the box fail?What are traditional approaches and are they helpful or hinder
The main point of this activity is to focus on the fact that we tend to stick too much to the rules even though there were too few rules in this activity and how making too many assumptions greatly hinders our ability to think creatively and come up with new, out of the box solutions to solve problems.
Activity #1Creative Thinking- Paper Aeroplanes
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UnderstandingLack of & better understanding Fully experience of problemRedefining the problemMental & Emotional BlocksHandling of stressorsOpenness
Potential Creative Blocks
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Teaching Creativity
Question Everything
Activity Time: Game #225 items…
The objective is to demonstrate that creativity is more likely to flourish under unstructured than under structured supervision.
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Creativity; innate or learned behavior
References
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