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Nicola
Creative Thinking – the theory
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Attention…..Escape……Movement
Movement Play imaginatively with this suggestion and generate ideas from
it without judgement or criticism. Encouraging mental
movement.
“Let’s try to generate at least 10 ideas for ways to manage
patients arrivals in outpatients without a receptionist or a desk”
Attention Looking closely, observing with fresh perspective and really
noticing current rules and assumptions.
“patients who come to outpatients must first come to reception”
Escape Challenge or block an existing rule is encouraging escape from
the current mental valley.
“the Trust has made it illegal to have a receptionist and a desk in
outpatients”
Creative thinking Warm Ups
WARM UP 1
You have 1 minute to fill in the circles with as
drawn ideas as possible (the sheet is 2 sided)
Ready Steady….
HOW MANY?
Did anyone do 40?
WARM UP 2
You have 2 minutes to think of as many
alternative uses of the household object on your
table
Ready Steady….
DEBRIEF • Fluency – how many uses you can come up with
• Originality – how uncommon those uses are (e.g.
“sim card tool” is more uncommon than “holding
papers together”)
• Flexibility – how many areas your answers cover (e.g.
cufflinks and earrings are both accessories, aka one
area)
• Elaboration – level of detail in responses; “keeping
headphones from getting tangled up” would be worth
more than “bookmark”
WARM UP 3
You have 4 minutes to turn the shapes you have
been given into a picture. Uncommon subject
matter, implied stories, humour, and original
perspective all earn high marks.
Ready Steady….
DEBRIEF
• Uncommon subject matter
• Implied stories
• Humour
• Original perspective
Nicola
Brainstorming and Multivoting
BRAINSTORMING………. “Generate a wide variety of ideas from ALL participants
WITHOUT criticism or judgment.”
Brainstorming
Successful
brainstorming:
•Encourage creativity
• Involve everyone
•Generate excitement
and energy
•Levels out hierarchy
Brainstorming Steps
1. Review the topic, clarify as needed
2. Take a minute or two of SILENT thinking
3. Go around the table for each person to give
an idea.
4. After the first round, members can pass.
5. Once one member passes, let all members of
the group shout out ideas.
When ideas start to flow…let them come!
Brainstorming cont.
-Go for Quantity….NO DISCUSSION at this
stage.
-NO CRITICISM of ideas…not even a groan or a
grimace….or even ‘that’s a great idea’!
-Build on each others ideas
-Encourage wild ideas.
-One conversation at a time.
-Write ALL ideas on flipchart for all to see
Brainstorming - Practice.
In your group.
- allocate a facilitator.
- 10 minutes
Generate at least 20 different ways to recycle
junk mail.
Affinity Grouping and Multivoting
• Affinity grouping is a brainstorming method in
which participants organise their ideas and identify
common themes. In the brainstorming all ideas
need to be recorded on Post ITs and posted up
onto the flip chart.
• Multi-voting is a structured series of votes by a
team, in order to narrow down a broad set of
options to a few.
1. Clarify and remove duplicates.
2. Start by choosing two ideas.
3. Agree with the group whether they are related.
If they are related put them together.
4. At the end of the exercise there should be less
than 10 groups of post it notes.
5. Give a short descriptive header to each group.
Affinity Grouping
Multi-voting Steps
-Number each idea.
-Each person can have 1/3rd of the ideas to vote on.
eg if 21 ideas were generated, each person gets 7 votes. They can not
vote on one idea more than once.
-Tally votes.
-Eliminate ideas with few votes.
- If this identifies 3 -4 ideas to work with stop here.
Otherwise repeat with the remaining items.
Selection Criteria
Add some criteria to help the voters
Suggestions might be depending on the change -
Ideas that can be started fast
The change is reasonably low cost
The effort is small compared to the impact
The idea can be tested without getting ‘permission’
from others
Is the most creative!
Multi-voting Steps
Voting methods:
-Colored sticky dots
- Individually write choices on piece of paper
-Go to the list and indicate your choice w/marker
-A show of hands as each number is called out.
-Remember selection criteria
Creative Team Practical
Balloon Sculptures
Instructions
1. One balloon for each member of the team. Blow
the balloons up, leaving an inch or more at one
end to give enough room to twist the balloon into
the sculpture without bursting it.
2. Work together to build a balloon sculpture that
represents your team.
3. You have 8 minutes. Ready steady…..
DEBRIEF
• What they have learned about other
participants that you didn't know before?
• How they think this activity will benefit future
teamwork?
• Nominate a representative from the team to
present the finished sculpture to the room and
discuss what the final design represents.
Summary
• Creativity involves breaking established patterns
• Warm up exercises can help
• Brainstorming – broad idea generation
• Multi voting – narrowing down options
• Team creativity – joint problem solving helps with
team building and learning