101 Activities For Teaching Creativity And Problem Solving

Before trying a free association technique, think a little about how we generate ideas. Try to get into the appropriate mind-set ...

36. Brain Mapping Background Make an outline for how to make a ham sandwich. Go ahead and try it. Finished? O.K. Your outline ma ...

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Tell them to draw a box or other more appropriate shape around this concern. For instance, if your concern is employee tardines ...

172 101 Activities for Teaching Creativity and Problem Solving Brain Mapping Handout If you’ve never seen a Brain Map before, th ...

37. Doodles Background You’ve probably heard the expression “That’s usin’ the ol’ noodle!” It means, of course, that you were ab ...

Handout Doodles Handout Time 45 minutes Related Activities Picture Tickler [17] Rorschach Revisionist [18] Ideatoons [26] Dra ...

symbols, there should be little hesitation in drawing them. Much the same can be said about preliminary ideas in the formative s ...

176 101 Activities for Teaching Creativity and Problem Solving Doodles Handout Suppose your problem is how to attract more custo ...

Free Association Activities: “Blue Skies” 177 38. Essence of the Problem Background An essence is something concentrated that re ...

178 101 Activities for Teaching Creativity and Problem Solving For each participant: one sheet each of three different colors o ...

Emphasize how this technique differs from all of the others in that it is designed to remove the obstacles we often face by beco ...

Essence of the Problem Handout Consider the problem of reducing vandalism in factory lunchrooms. One group member believes that ...

Free Association Activities: “Blue Skies” 181 39. Exaggerate That Background Have you ever stretched the truth? Come on, now—be ...

Related Activities Law Breaker [50] Problem Reversals [51] Turn Around [52] Procedure Distribute the handout, review it with ...

Free Association Activities: “Blue Skies” 183 Exaggerate That Handout Suppose, for example, you want to attract more internation ...

40. Fairy Tale Time Background Story telling is an ancient art dating back to when humans first communicated with words. It has ...

Handout Fairy Tale Time Handout Time 60 minutes Related Activities A Likely Story [15] Tabloid Tales [47] Super Heroes [80] ...

Variation If time is available, ask the participants to write their own fairy tales and repeat Steps 3 and 4 above. 186 101 Ac ...

Free Association Activities: “Blue Skies” 187 Fairy Tale Time Handout Suppose you’re a divisional manager in a medium-size manuf ...