101 Activities For Teaching Creativity And Problem Solving

Sculptures Handout

Imagine you are in a group using Sculptures to improve communication within an orga-

nization (Faafeng, 1986). Part of the sculpture you create involves a string stretched

between two objects. The string reminds one group member of a communication network

within the organization. He then thinks of a way to alter a communication line in a novel

way. Other group members join in and refine and elaborate on his idea, including such

ideas as giving everyone “walkie-talkie” type cell phones for more instantaneous com-

munication and reducing the number of intermediate people as communication networks

because they might slow down message transmittal.

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