CREATIVE THINKING

Laterally Thinking (Right Brain)

- Unorthodox or illogical methods



Vertical Thinking (Left Brain)

- Processes of logical method.

- Traditional Thinking



The Principles of CREATIVE THINKING



VERTICAL LEFT BRAIN

• Rigid


• Analyical


• proceed ahead by sequential stes, each steps justified.


• Judgement at each stop to weed out 'wrong


• Traditional


• concerned with proof

LATERAL RIGHT BRAIN

• Fluid


• Provocative


• Can make JUMPS


• not sequential


• Breaking out of the prison of OLD IDEAS.


• Concerned with change

Obstacles to Creative Thinking

1. Norms & Conventions


2. Time Pressure


3. Fear of Making MISTAKES


4. Worry over anticipated consequnences


5. Lack of CONFIDENCE


6. Belief in ON RIGHT ANSWER


7. Emotional Blocks


8. Lacking in Verbal Skills


9. FEAR of RESPONSIBILITIES

UPDATED: 31 JULY 2008

Some WAys to FOSTER CREATIVE THINKING

• Principles of Brainstorming


• Mind Mapping Technique

WHAT is BRAINSTORMING??



- A term given when group of people meets to generate new ideas around a specific area of

interest.

- An effective wat to generate lots of ideas and then determine which ideas best solves the

problem.

- Effective with larger groups of people.

- Perfomed in a relaxed environment.

- All the ideas are noted down.

- Important not to criticize

- Ideas are evluated only when the brainstorming sessions are over.



PRINCIPLES OF BRAINSTORMING.

1. POSTPONE and hold your JUDGEMENT of ideas.


2. ENCOURAGE wild & exaggerated or crazy IDEAS.


3. QUANTITY counts at this stage NOT QUALITY.


4. BUILD ON the IDEAS put forward by others.


5. Every person and EVERY IDEAS HAS EQUAL worth.

PROCEDURES to follow:

- Team members will make contributuions in turn.
- Only one idea will be contributed at each turn.
- A member may decline to contribute during a particular round, but will be asked to contribute at each round.
- Participants should not provide explainations of ideas during brainstorming. This will slow down the process and allow premature evalution of ideas.

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CAUSE & EFFECT

( A CAUSE is anything that is responsible for bringing about something else which is the EFFECT.)
(Knowing the cause of our problem will help us to find the solutions.)

USING RELEVANT INFORMATION
Relevant or irrelevant information
(To make sound or good decisions, the selection of relevant information is important.)(Relevant information is useful and can lead us to our goals.)