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Alan (Robert Alan Black, Ph.D., CSP)

Who am I?

47 Jobs since 1960

Summer of 1977Summer of 1977

76 to 78 Volunteer w/Gifted76 to 78 Volunteer w/Gifted

Since 1998 wandering around globe

1960 - today!47 in 51

1 day to 27+ yrs

Winner of the Employee of the month award

320 months in a rowsince June 1984

Freelance Writer

LicensedArchitect

Interior Designer

CollegeProfessor

Creative Thinking Consultant

Cartoonist

TelevisionNews writer

& editor

Signage &GraphicsDesigner

Since 98

Who are U?

Who Are You?

Are You Curious?

Do you have lots of Ideas?

Do you Day Dream?

Do you laugh a lot?

Do you imagine things?

Do you ask lots of questions?

Who Are You?See possibilities

Self- knowledgeable

Self-actualizing

Self-disciplined

Sense of destiny

Sensitive

Severely critical of…

Specific interests

Synthesize correctly

Tolerant of ambiguity

Adaptable

Curious

Divergent thinker

Energetic

Fantasize, able to

Flexible thinker

Fluent

Future oriented

Humor

Idealistic

Imaginative

Independent

Ingenious

Learning, always

Non-conforming

Not motivated by money

Observant, highly

Open-ended

Original - uniqueness

Passionate about their work

Perceive world differently

Question asker

Circle, check, markall of the following traitsthat fit you now.

What?

Questions we ask…

What Else?What Else?

How? Questions we ask…

HowHowElse?Else?

w/Serious

Mix Fun

creative people spend

20 minutes looking at a orange juice box

because it says "concentrate."

Creativity is Your ChoiceRobert Alan Black, Ph.D., CSP (1983)

Daily make the choiceto be Creative in much to most of what you do.

Are you a

Drawing Outside of the LinesDrawing Outside of the Lines

Broken CrayonsBroken Crayons

What is it?

WhatMightit be?

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Water bottle

Other uses for a...

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Changing toolsChanging tools

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ForcedRelationships

Animal (a-z) Product

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CreativeThinking

ToolsS.C.A.M.P.E.R.

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- Substitute - Combine- Adapt- Magnify, Minify- Put to Other Uses- Eliminate- Reverse

1. Play it safe

2. Know your limitations : pigeonhole yourself

3. It's just a job, keep your mouth shut

4. Show you're the smartest guy in the room, make skepticism your middle name

5. Be the tough guy, demand to see the data

6. Respect history, always give the past \ the benefit of the doubt

7. Stop the madness before it can get started

1. Play it safe

2. Know your limitations : pigeonhole yourself

3. It's just a job, keep your mouth shut

4. Show you're the smartest guy in the room, make skepticism your middle name

5. Be the tough guy, demand to see the data

6. Respect history, always give the past \ the benefit of the doubt

7. Stop the madness before it can get started

Uncreative

Uncreative

8. Been there, done that. Use experience as a weapon

9. Keep your eyes closed... your mind too

10. Assume there is no problem

11. Underestimate your customers

12. Be a mentor, give sound advice to people who for you

13. Be suspicious of the "creatives"

14. When all else fails, act like a grown-up

8. Been there, done that. Use experience as a weapon

9. Keep your eyes closed... your mind too

10. Assume there is no problem

11. Underestimate your customers

12. Be a mentor, give sound advice to people who for you

13. Be suspicious of the "creatives"

14. When all else fails, act like a grown-up

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Contact information

Robert Alan Black, Ph.D., CSPCre8ng People, Places & PossibilitiesP. O. Box 5805Athens, Georgia 30604

alan@cre8ng.com alan_cre8ng@yahoo.comhttp://www.cre8ng.com/