Personal

What is the REAL problem? STRATEGY

Education Work
Clues & causes BENEFITS
DATA ANALYSIS Society
Questions
Unstructured problems Thinking Skills
Broad view CONTEXTUAL Learning
Context PROBLEM SOLVING
PROBLEM DEFINITION Visualization
Idea file INTRODUCTION
Time-out OVERVIEW Whole-brain thinking Creative problem solving
INCUBATION Creativity
Notebook
Case study Applications
ACTIVITY
Guidelines
Creativity
RESOURCES DEFINITIONS Creative problem solving
Advantages & disadvantages Problem
Stages Complex
TEAMWORK
Interaction rules TEAM DEVELOPMENT
MEMORY & BRAIN Powerful
Skills evaluation
Neurons
Information --> Ideas
Verbal
Rules:
1. Quantity VERBAL BRAINSTORMING Mathematical
2. Wild ideas
IDEA GENERATION, MENTAL LANGUAGES
Sensory
3. No criticism BRAINSTORMING, & TEAMWORK Visual
more people Practice
Brain writing
less interaction Pay attention!
OTHER MEHODS VISUALIZATION & MEMORY
Interactive MEMORY HELPS Observation
Idea trigger Force-fitting Attitude and life-style
RESOURCES Visualizing action tasks
Synthesize better ideas. Association
Rules: Substitution
VISUALIZATION
CREATIVE IDEA EVALUATION Story link
1. Quality
2. Practical ideas Memory pegs
3. No criticism SKETCHING Thinking aid
Context + common sense
Physical brain
Risks + consequences HISTORY
Values + bias Good judgment
CREATIVE PROBLEM Behavior

Ethics + whistle blowing

RANKING IDEAS SOLVING ANALYTICAL
Data, Facts, Logic

Learning from failure

Criteria
CREATIVE EVALUATION, JUDGEMENT,
Analytical --> Checklists 1. Structure
& CRITICAL THINKING 2. Detail
Creative --> Positive uncertainty DECISION MAKING SEQUENTIAL 3. Discipline
Use the six mindsets CREATIVE THINKING 4. Plans
1. Authority
2. Own opinion
TRADITIONAL MODEL
3. Context
4. Commitment

Whole-brain
CRITICAL THINKING CREATIVE Values
process
with creative
NEW MODEL PROBLEM THE FOUR-QUADRANT INTERPERSONAL
Symbols
Communication
problem solving BRAIN MODEL OF THINKING
SOLVING PREFERENCES
Feelings
RESOURCES

PUTTING People + Benefits

Selling principles
IDEAS INTO Reasons for opposition
C-QUADRANTS THINKING SELLING PLAN
ACTION Working for acceptance Vision
Context
IMAGINATIVE Future
Format
Innovation
Time Schedule
Do it! Risk assessment B-QUADRANTS THINKING WORK PLAN
Who, what, where, why? SOLUTION IMPLEMENTATION
WHOLE BRAIN Creative problem-solving mindsets
Monitoring plan
Supportive climate
What have you learned? FINAL EVALUATION Benefits
ORGANIZATIONS
Planning & goals
Research results
Urgent versus important
TIME MANAGEMENT RESOURCES
Procrastination
Filing hints
Creativity
RESOURCES & EXAMPLES Intelligence
FALSE ASSUMPTIONS Get quadrant A facts.
Play
Myths Ask: what if
calculator
One answer--> Many options Be more creative!
Communication tool
HABITS Isolation --> Context
Visualizer/simulator COMPUTERS &
Symbolic manipulation CREATIVE THINKING
Rules --> Reasons Practice good quadrant B thinking.
MENTAL BARRIERS Negative --> Interesting Be courteous!
MATHEMATICAl
APPLICATIONS ATTITUDES Fear of failure --> Take risks, learn Plan for creativity!
APPLICATIONS Ambiguity --> Get more info
Interference
HARD Supportive Be positive and caring!
WORK Listening COMMUNICATION & CREATIVE
ENCOURGE CREATIVITY Mental toughness Encourge quadrant C thinking.
Good communication PROBLEM SOLVING
E-mail
Environment Turn failure into success!
RESOURCES Analysis of negative thinking
Develop a soft quadrant D focus.
Use the whole brain