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    This document provides an overview of creative problem solving. It begins with defining the purpose as developing awareness and skills for creative problem solving. It then lists the learning objectives, which include defining creative problem solving, exploring ways to be more creative, and knowing the creative problem solving process. The document outlines the workshop, which will cover what creative problem solving is, barriers to thinking creatively, tools and techniques like brainstorming, and applying the learning. It then defines creative problem solving and discusses the creative problem solving process in 7 steps. Finally, it provides tools to encourage ideas generation.

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    CREAT IV E

    PRO BL EM SO LVI NG

    Optimist International 1
    CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING

    ❚ Introductions
    ❚ Purpose
    ❚ Learning Objectives

    Optimist International 2
    CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING

    PURPOSE:

    To develop the awareness and the


    skills necessary to solve problems
    creatively.

    Optimist International 3
    LEARNING OBJECTIVES

    1. Define creative problem solving.


    2. Be familiar with common mental blocks to creative
    thinking process.
    3. Explore ways to be more creative.
    4. Know the steps to the creative problem solving
    process.
    5. Be familiar with: Brainstorming,
    Mind mapping and Multivoting
    6. Apply tools to solve a problem.

    Optimist International 4
    Workshop Outline

    ❚ A. What is creative problem solving?


    ❚ B. Why don’t we think creatively more
    often?
    ❚ C. How can we be more creative?
    ❚ D. What is the creative problem solving
    process?
    ❚ E. What are some other specific creative
    problem solving tools and techniques?
    ❚ F. Application of learning.

    Optimist International 5
    CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING

    What is creative
    problem solving?

    Optimist International 6
    Some Additional Thoughts

    ❚ The creative person uses information to form new


    ideas.

    ❚ The real key to creative problem solving is what you


    do with the knowledge.

    ❚ Creative problem solving requires an attitude that


    allows you to search for new ideas and use your
    knowledge and experience.

    ❚ Change perspective and use knowledge to make the


    ordinary extraordinary and the usual commonplace.
    Optimist International 7
    DEFINITION

    Creative problem solving is -

    Optimist International 8
    DEFINITION

    “Creative problem solving is - looking


    at the same thing as everyone else and
    thinking something different.”

    Adapted from a famous quote from a former


    Nobel prize winner, Albert Szent-Gyorgi.

    Optimist International 9
    EXERCISE

    Optimist International 10
    A SOLUTION

    Optimist International 11
    LET’S TALK ABOUT:

    ❚ Why don’t we think creatively more often?

    ❚ What are the barriers that get in our way?

    Optimist International 12
    BARRIERS THAT GET IN OUR WAY

    ❚ Time
    ❚ Why change?
    ❚ Usually don’t need to be creative
    ❚ Habit
    ❚ Routine
    ❚ Haven’t been taught to be creative

    What are some other barriers that get in our way?


    Optimist International 13
    MENTAL BLOCKS

    Mental blocks are


    reasons (attitudes)
    why we don’t
    “think something
    different.”

    Optimist International 14
    MENTAL BLOCKS

    1. The _______ answer. 6. That’s not my _____.


    2. That’s not _________. 7. ________ ambiguity.
    3. __________ the rules. 8. Don’t be _________.
    4. Be ______________. 9. __________is wrong.
    5. ________ is frivolous. 10. I’m not __________.

    Optimist International 15
    MENTAL BLOCK # 1

    ❚ The right answer.


    Only one?

    Optimist International 16
    MENTAL BLOCK # 2

    ❚ The right answer.


    ❚ That’s not logical.

    Optimist International 17
    MENTAL BLOCK # 3

    Why rules should be


    ❚ The right answer. challenged:
    ❚ That’s not logical. ❚1. We make rules based
    on reasons that make a lot
    ❚ Follow the rules. of sense.
    ❚2. We follow these rules.
    ❚3. Time passes, and
    things change.
    ❚4. The original reasons
    for the generation of these
    rules may no longer exist,
    but because the rules are
    still in place, we continue
    to follow them.
    Optimist International 18
    MENTAL BLOCK # 4

    ❚ The right answer.


    ❚ That’s not logical.
    ❚ Follow the rules.
    ❚ Be practical.

    Optimist International 19
    MENTAL BLOCK # 5

    ❚ The right answer.


    ❚ That’s not logical.
    “When do
    ❚ Follow the rules.
    you get
    ❚ Be practical. your best
    ❚ Play is frivolous. ideas?”

    Optimist International 20
    MENTAL BLOCK # 6

    ❚ That’s not my area.

    Optimist International 21
    MENTAL BLOCK # 7

    ❚ That’s not my
    area.
    ❚ Avoid ambiguity.

    AMBIGUITY

    Optimist International 22
    MENTAL BLOCK # 8

    ❚ That’s not my
    area.
    ❚ Avoid ambiguity.
    ❚ Don’t be foolish.

    Optimist International 23
    MENTAL BLOCK # 9

    ❚ That’s not my
    area.
    ❚ Avoid ambiguity.
    ❚ Don’t be foolish.
    ❚ To err is wrong.

    Optimist International 24
    MENTAL BLOCK # 10

    ❚ That’s not my
    area.
    ❚ Avoid ambiguity.
    ❚ Don’t be foolish.
    ❚ To err is wrong.
    ❚ I’m not creative.

    Optimist International 25
    BEING MORE CREATIVE

    How can we be more creative?


    Jot down at least 3 ideas that come to
    your mind.

    Optimist International 26
    Golden Rules of Creative Thinking

    1. Start small trying to discover new ways to be


    creative, ___________.
    2. __________ to abandon the old, obsolete ways
    of doing things and explore new ways.
    3. It is not possible to change the way we think
    about everything. ________ in which to try
    creative thinking techniques.
    4. Understand that creative thinking requires
    __________, but it is worth it!
    5. Remember that creative thinking is both _______
    and__________!!!
    Optimist International 27
    Golden Rules of Creative Thinking
    (Continued)

    1. _________ on what you can reasonably do. Trying


    to do too many things at once compromises the
    effort and may take away from the results.
    2. _________creative thinking for today as well as
    tomorrow.
    3. Include other people in the creative thinking process
    with you. __________fosters creative thinking.
    4. Include _______ and ______ in your creative
    thinking process as well as ___________.
    5. Keep ________________.

    Optimist International 28
    CREATIVE PROBLEM
    SOLVING PROCESS

    STEP 1. State what appears to be


    the problem.

    The real problem may not surface until facts


    have been gathered and analyzed.
    Therefore, start with what you assume to be
    the problem, that can later be confirmed or
    corrected.

    Optimist International 29
    CREATIVE PROBLEM
    SOLVING PROCESS

    STEP 2. Gather facts, feelings


    and opinions.
    ❚ What happened?
    ❚ Where, when and how did it occur?
    ❚ What is it’s size, scope, and severity?
    ❚ Who and what is affected?
    ❚ Likely to happen again?
    ❚ Need to be corrected?
    ❚ May need to assign priorities to critical
    elements. Optimist International 30
    CREATIVE PROBLEM
    SOLVING PROCESS

    STEP 3. Restate the problem.

    The real facts help make this possible,


    and provide supporting data.
    The actual problem may, or may not be
    the same as stated in Step 1.

    Optimist International 31
    CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING PROCESS

    STEP 4. Identify
    alternative solutions.

    Generate ideas. Do not


    eliminate any possible
    solutions until several
    have been discussed.

    Optimist International 32
    CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING PROCESS

    STEP 5. Evaluate alternatives.


    ❚ Which will provide the optimum
    solution?
    ❚ What are the risks?
    ❚ Are costs in keeping with the
    benefits?
    ❚ Will the solution create new
    problems?
    Optimist International 33
    CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING PROCESS

    STEP 6. Implement the decision!


    ❚ Who must be involved?
    ❚ To what extent?
    ❚ How, when and where?
    ❚ Who will the decision impact?
    ❚ What might go wrong?
    ❚ How will the results be reported and verified?
    Optimist International 34
    CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING PROCESS

    STEP 7. Evaluate the results.

    ❚ Test the solution against the desired results.


    ❚ Make revisions if necessary.

    Optimist International 35
    10 Questions To Encourage Ideas

    2. What if…?
    3. How can we improve…?
    4. How will the Optimist Member and/or
    the community benefit?
    5. Are we forgetting anything?
    6. What’s the next step?

    Optimist International 36
    10 Questions To Encourage Ideas

    2. What can we do better…?


    3. What do you think about…?
    4. What should we add?
    5. What should we eliminate?
    6. What other ideas do you have...?
    Optimist International 37
    TOOLS & TECHNIQUES

    BRAINSTORMING

    Purpose:
    To generate a large
    number of ideas in a
    short period of time.

    Optimist International 38
    BRAINSTORMING

    Rules for Brainstorming:

    ❙ The more ideas the better!


    ❙ No discussion
    ❙ No idea is a bad idea
    ❙ Build on one another’s ideas
    ❙ Display all ideas

    Optimist International 39
    BRAINSTORMING EXERCISE

    How Do We Motivate Our Local


    Optimist Club Members?

    Ideas: Freely record your ideas as they come to your mind.

    Optimist International 40
    BRAINSTORMING GUIDELINES

    Remember 1. Practice question: How Do We


    Creative Motivate Our Local Optimist Club
    Thinking Members?
    Re-state the
    question to keep
    the process going

    2. Clarify understanding. Once all the


    What did ideas have been generated (it may
    you mean by take approximately 5 to 6 minutes),
    that?!!! review ideas offered.

    Optimist International 41
    BRAINSTORMING GUIDELINES

    Let’s
    combine
    ideas!!! 3. Combine items that
    are similar and/or
    eliminate duplicates.

    Are we 4. Completion.
    done yet?

    Optimist International 42
    TOOLS & TECHNIQUES -
    MULTIVOTING

    ❚ Purpose:
    To help a group of people make a decision
    with which they are comfortable.

    ❚ Definition:
    A way to vote to select the most important
    or popular items (alternatives) from a list.

    Optimist International 43
    MULTIVOTING

    oting
    Steps
    Multiv
    List
    1. Generate a list of items and
    1.
    2.
    3.
    number each item.
    4.
    5.
    6.

    2. If two or more items seem similar,


    they may be combined.
    ed
    Revis
    List
    1.
    2.
    3. If necessary, renumber the items.
    3.

    Optimist International 44
    MULTIVOTING Steps (Continued)

    4. Write down the numbers of the items you


    feel are the major cause of the problem.
    5. Share your votes by a show of hands.
    6. Eliminate those items with the fewest votes.
    7. Repeat steps 3 (renumber) through 6 on the
    list of remaining items. Continue this process
    until only a few items remain. If a clear favorite
    does not emerge, the group may discuss the
    items listed and make a choice.
    Optimist International 45
    MIND MAPPING

    ❚ Definition : A visual picture of a group of


    ideas, concepts or issues.

    ❚ Purpose :
    ❙ Unblock our thinking.
    ❙ See an entire idea or several ideas on one
    sheet of paper.
    ❙ See how ideas relate to one another.
    ❙ Look at things in a new and different way.
    ❙ Look at an idea in depth.
    Optimist International 46
    Think
    Mind Mapping Exercise freely!!

    ❚ Over-sized blank sheet of paper.


    1. Initial
    Tumble of Select word, phrase or problem statement
    ❚
    to serve as a focus for discussion.
    Ideas.
    ❚ Print it in the middle of the paper. Enclose
    t i v ating it in a box or oval.
    M o
    bers ❚ Let a word pop out of your mind.
    Mem
    Print it anywhere on the paper.
    ❚ Underline it and connect the line with the
    ds problem statement (or key phrase or word)
    Metho
    you are working.
    How
    ❚ Record the next idea and connect it to
    original focus point or the prior thought.
    ❚ Continue printing and connecting words.
    Optimist International 47
    Mind Mapping Exercise

    EXAMPLE

    rs

    Pe
    he

    o
    Pur Ot

    pl
    p o se

    e
    ng
    lp i

    urces
    He

    Reso

    ating
    Motiv ers
    Memb Results
    Fun
    s
    t h od

    g
    e
    M Ho rnin
    w
    Lea

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    Mind Mapping Exercise
    -- Helpful Hints

    A  Keep your printing


    large and easy to read.

      Feel free to use


    symbols and or pictures.

     Have some fun using


    different colors.

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    COMPLETED MAP

    ❚Draw over clusters of similar thoughts


    that are associated with the main focus
    point. Have fun using a different color
    highlighter with each cluster of words.
    ❚How do the variety of ideas relate to
    Have Fun one another?
    Drawing ❚Do you notice any common causes of
    Your Own
    Mind Map! the problem? What are the most important
    causes?
    ❚You are now ready to brainstorm
    solutions!
    Optimist International 50
    APPLICATION OF LEARNING

    What Are The Three Greatest Problems /


    Opportunities Your Club is Currently Facing?

    i.e. “How do you motivate your club members?”


    1.
    2.
    3.

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