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Creativity, Innovation & Design

Creativity at the Individual and Team Levels

=> Creativity Tools

Prepared by Dr Gerrit de Waal

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About tools…

ADOPT and ADAPT as required

Innovation tools are structured aids to help manage the innovation

process

Source: de Waal, G.A., Knott, P. (2013). Innovation tool adoption and adaptation in small technology-based firms. Special Issue, International Journal of Innovation Management, 17(3) (June 2013), 1-19

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Creativity Tools

Creativity techniques are methods that encourage creative actions, whether in the arts or sciences. They focus on a variety of aspects of creativity, including techniques for idea generation and divergent thinking, methods of re-framing problems, changes in the affective environment and so on.

https://www.fsb.unizg.hr/brodogradnja/UZIR-Essay-Sremec-Mario.pdf

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Techniques for generating ideas Brainstorming: The process of generating new and unusual ideas/solutions by engaging in freewheeling group discussion

 Set a time limit  Refrain from judgment/criticism  Encourage weird and wacky ideas  Aim for quantity  Build on others’ ideas  Stay visual  Allow one conversation at a time

Image source: https://www.shopify.com/partners/blog/brainstorming-process

New thinking Set certain constraints / rules

Provide a ‘new box’

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Techniques for generating ideas Mind mapping: A graphical representation of ideas and concepts

https://www.mindmapping.com/mind-map.php

Brainstorming With Mind Maps in a Group

https://www.youtube.com/wat ch?v=O0lEj2d-ipE

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Techniques for generating ideas Reframing problems: 5 + 5 = ? vs ? + ? = 10

Challenge assumptions: Taking our ingrained assumptions about life/work and consciously challenging them to come up with new ways of thinking

Combine and Connect: Taking dissimilar ideas/products and combining/connecting them in new and meaningful ways

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Brand new 2020 release

Available online in our library

https://rmit.primo.exlibrisgroup .com/view/action/uresolver.do? operation=resolveService&pac kage_service_id=269919743000 01341&institutionId=1341&cust omerId=1330