This document discusses creative thinking and provides strategies to improve one's creativity. It defines creativity as the ability to imagine new ideas by combining or changing existing ideas. Critical thinking is related to but distinct from creative thinking. The document encourages practicing techniques like dreaming, asking questions, avoiding rigid thinking, and maintaining a positive attitude to strengthen creative abilities. It also includes interactive exercises to apply creative thinking skills.
2. How many of you think you are a creative thinker?
3. ? We all are creative thinker!
? How? What do you do when you have to tighten something and you
don’t have a screw driver?
? You use
? Knife
? Your nails
? Anything that can solve your purpose
? What is this? Nothing but a new way to solve a problem and that too
little differently!
13. Torrance Test of Creativity – By Ellis Paul Torrance
USE
STARTING SHAPES
COMBINE
COMPLETE
The test predicts your Fluency, Flexibility, Originality &
Elaboration
You can use same shape multiple times
15. What will happen to the block of wood when the
person lets go of it?
16. The block will drop down as it is drawn to
earth by gravity
as long as the person is on earth
18. And it will go nowhere (or a little bit
sideways?!) if the person is in space.
19. Outcome
Solving real problems is a two step process:
Problem Model Solution
In order to generate potentially fruitful ideas, and
thereby make it more likely that you solve your
problem, make sure you represent the problem in
the right way.
20. What do you all see?
Let’s do this one by one!
21. Halving
? The image below show squares in half:
? Can you think of more ways to split a square into two halves?
22. Back to School - Let’s do some drawings
Remember – Creativity is measured by: Fluency, Flexibility, Originality & Elaboration
Remember
Creative
Thinking
25. ? The ability to imagine or invent
something new
? The ability to generate new ideas by
combining, changing, or reapplying
existing ideas
? The attitude to accept change and new
ideas, a willingness to play with ideas
and possibilities, a flexibility of outlook
(Harris, 1998)
26. Critical versus Creative Thinking
? They are not the same, but are
closely linked
? Critical thinking is the active and
systematic process of
communication, evaluation,
reflection and analysis, meant to
foster understanding, solve
problems, support sound decision-
making and guide action
? Creative thinking synthesizes
intuition, sensations, memories and
feelings such that they can take on
a reality that can be tested within a
critical thinking framework
You can be a critical thinker without being a creative thinker!
You cannot be a creative thinker without being a critical thinker!
27. Can I be a Creative Thinker?
? Practice Dreaming
? Make use of 6 “W” – Question!
? Be a curious child
? Avoid saying– That’s not my area!
? Don’t take things for granted
? Try linking things – Like note your
random ideas and then take ideas from
your around and try to link them all
? Spend more time on the problems you
see
? Always live with positive attitude
? Read Fictions
28. Now when you know how to be a creative
thinker! Let’s quickly do last 2.
30. Fill this in 60 Seconds!
1. The _______ answer.
2. That’s not _________.
3. __________ rules.
4. Be ______________.
5. ________ is frivolous.
6. That’s not my _____.
7. ________ ambiguity.
8. Don’t be _________.
9. __________is wrong.
10. I’m not __________.
Only one i.e. right!