The Creative PlatformA didactic for sharing and applying know

ledge in interdisciplinary and intercultural groups

Christian Byrge

Aalborg University, Creativity laboratory

The ”free space” to indulge oneself into a creating activity w

ith other people

Example of unlim

ited application of know

ledge

Horizontal thinking

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Horizontal thinking

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A burger that tells you if it

is to old to eat

Horizontal thinking

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Horizontal thinking

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The Creative Platform

•Creativity is uninhibited application of know

ledge

•Ideas are know

ledge in action

The Creative Platform

DiversifiedKnowlegde

Concentration

Motivation

Confidence

Creativity is unlimited application of know

ledge

Kindergarten

Pillar #1 Confidence

•The fear of m

aking mistakes

•The fear of m

aking the wrong choise

•The fear that it w

ill never work

•The fear of losing face

•The fear of feeling pain

•The fear of not being in control

•The choice of the safe ”NO

…”

•The use of the discouraging ”YES BUT…

”

The fear is in your mind

•Get drunk

•Get head over heels in love w

ith someone

•..or anything that w

ill engages you in the present

•E.g. a 3D case

Pillar #1: Confidence

IDEAS have a life

Mem

bers do NOT have a life

Responsibility for process is by the facilitatorProcess NO

T to be discussed

Keep focus away from

group mem

bers using play

Pillar #1: Confidence

Social activities are controlled throughsm

all exercises

Do not comment or discuss - build on ideas

New ideas are buildt on the know

ledge of prior ideas

Headache, toilet, smoke etc - LEAVE w

ithout notice

Pillar #2: Concentration

Pillar #2: Concentration

Vertical Thinking

Pillar #2: Concentration

ONE TASK - O

NE DEADLINE

Pillar #2: Concentration

Parallel Thinking

Pillar #2: Concentration

Allowance to focus

Psychology= 7 (+/- 2)

Neurology= 2000/400B

CONTRO

L THE PROCESS 100%

Allows them

to focus 100% on getting the experince

of developing new ideas

This is a person focusing on the task

Pillar #3: M

otivation

•Hypothesis: Concentration + Confidence = M

otivation

•Real allow

ance to celebrate success and failure (intrinsic motivation)

•NO

allowance for rew

ards, feedback, prices etc. (extrinsic m

otivation)

Pillar #4: Diversified

Knowledge

•Access to diverse know

ledge (regardless of problem area)

•Not children (lacks layers of know

ledge)

•Any kind of know

ledge or experience is considered KNO

WLEDGE

The Creative Platform

DiversifiedKnowlegde

Concentration

Motivation

Confidence

Creativity is unlimited application of know

ledge

Responses•

...a releif to be allowed to concentrate for several

minutes at a tim

e

•...I can now

see that it is more difficult to get a good

idea than I though before, but now I know

how to do it

•...I could have avoided a m

inor depression in my group

work, had I just know

n these tools before

•...W

e produced more than double in the sam

e period of tim

e

In Alaska, during ice storm

s along the coastlines, there are m

ajor problems concerning rem

oving ice from pow

er lines

•There are a lot of bears in Alaska; m

aybe we can use them

somehow.

•Yes, w

e could make them

climb the poles, thus m

aking the power lines vibrate, so

that the ice will fall off.

•…and if w

e place fresh meat on the top of each pole, this w

ill attract bears, and make them

climb the pole to get the m

eat.

•Yes, and let’s bring the fresh m

eat in helicopters to the top of the poles.

•Hey, w

hat about we let helicopters hover over the pow

er lines. Their hovering will

vibrate the ice off the lines, thus solving the entire problem.

•Then w

e need stockpiles of gasoline in the area for the helicopter.

•Hey, w

hat about pouring gasoline on the wire and burn the ice aw

ay?

•Yes, or w

e could wrap heating elem

ents around the wires to heat it off?