exercising that creativity muscle

This assignment will give you a chance to begin exercising that creativity muscle.

Consider the paperclip.

Find someone to work with you to complete the first part of this exercise. It could be someone from this class or a family member, friend or co-worker. Try to find someone who will be engaged in the exercise.

1.  With a partner, generate a list of at least 20 things you could do with a paperclip.

2.  On your own, sort and name your list of ideas into at least 4 categories.

3. Generate 2-3 new ideas in at least three of the categories. Mark these ideas as NEW.

After completing the above activity please answer the following questions to further explore your experience:

1. What was most helpful about this exercise?

2. What was most challenging?

3. Could this type of activity transfer into another area of your life? Be sure to explain your answer.  

4. How would you rate the value of this exercise? What did you learn?

5. What are one or two most important ideas that emerged from this activity?