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What is Creative Thinking?

“Creative thinking - aims to produce

something new and useful, something
better than before, which may be
carried through to a valuable, beneficial,
and productive result.”
-- Samm S. Baker (1964)
What is Creative Thinking?

Creative thinking is “finding a fresh

valuable new association, making the
irrelevant relevant.”
-- Prof. Sidney Parnes

Creative thinking is the generation

of creative ideas
(or ideation).
Follow these Four
Steps to Build
Creative
Thinking Skills
Abilities!
 STEP 1 – Be Curious!

• Play

• Suspend Judgment

• Ask (lots) of questions

 STEP 2 – Make Connections!

• Talk to People in Different Fields

• Try something (anything) New

• Step sideways and See another angle

 STEP 3 – Challenge Yourself!

• Take risks!

• Accept Failures

• Question assumptions!
 STEP 4 – Cultivate your IDEAS!

• Give Ideas time to grow!

• Consider all Possibilities!

Understanding the Power of Perception

“Perceptive Thinking”
deals, generally,
with changing perceptions
so that creative analysis can be
undertaken to study or assess the
situation, problem or an existing
invention.
 Understanding the Power of Perception

Perceptive thinking – being aware and

conscious, alert and observant, intuitive
and insightful, open and uninhibited,
discerning and penetrative, sensitive
and receptive, keen and sharp, incisive
and wise.
John & Marsha were playing in the water when they were attacked by
an intruder. The two appeared to have struggled fiercely against
the attacker that seem to have come from nowhere. Their bodies
were horribly cut & lacerated & Marsha’s head was almost
detached from her body.
The residents below the apartment noticed the unusual dripping of
water coming from the upper room that prompted them to call the
police.
When the police came & barged into the room, they saw the two
bodies gruesomely mutilated and trails of blood can be been seen
from the room to the kitchen window.
The police noticed that the window pane was open but no valuable
items were taken out from the master’s bedroom.
Understanding the Power of Perception
 Understanding the Power of Perception

Perceptive Thinking Tools

C&S
PMI
RAD
CAF
AGO
 Understanding the Power of Perception

Perceptive Thinking Tools

APC
OPV
KVI
FIP
DOCA
Perceptive Thinking Tools

PMI

CAF

FIP
 Plus, Minus, Interesting (PMI)

PMI helps the students to:

• See both sides of an argument
• View things from a different point of
view
• Think broadly about an issue
• Suspend judgment
• Work as individuals, in pairs or as a
member of a group
PMI - How can I do it?

Plus Minus Interesting

(+) (-) (i)
 Consider All Factors (CAF)

• Useful in choosing, deciding or planning

• List down all the factors and pick out the
ones that matters most
• Be sure that all factors have been
considered before making a decision
• Concentrate on the not obvious ones
 First Important Priorities (FIP)

• Gather as many ideas as possible first and

then to start picking out priorities.
• Different people may have different priorities
in the same situation.
• Each person should be able to explain why
they have chosen something as a priority. The
ideas not chosen as priorities should not be
ignored. They also need to be considered—
but after the first priorities.
 Inventive Thinking

• Must draw upon previous knowledge,

skills and experience
• Recognize areas where new learnings
must be acquired in order to understand
or address the problem
• Apply, analyze, synthesize and evaluate
using creative and perceptive thinking
and problem solving
Workshop Using
PMI, CAF, FIP
 Workshop Using
PMI, CAF, then FIP

Improve a
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 References

• Textbook on Technological Creativity and

Invention Development
• A Guide for Creative Thinking by Brian Tracy
• Creative Thinking Slides taken from
www.slideshare.com
• The Creative Method and Systems
Workshop Edition by Jason Theodor
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