1. Big Brain Thinking! Unleashing Creativity & Innovation!

2. Session Takeaways:

3. “The human mind, once stretched by a new idea, never goes back to its original dimensions.” Oliver Wendall Holmes

4. The Value of Creative Thinking & Innovation

5. To set the tone for some creativity…. • ”Anyone who!”

6. Creativity: Do only “special people” have it?

7. Group Activity: 2 Captions! Workbook Page 2

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9. How the Mind Works: Pattern Recognition System

10. Do you see gray dots in the corners?

11. Do the circles appear to be moving?

15. Count the Passes http://www.theinvisiblegorilla.com/videos.html

16. The Mind: Pattern Recognition • Countless examples of engineers/scientists who run tests, create a pattern about what the data is telling them. It gets reinforced each time they see data that fits the pattern. If data doesn’t fit the pattern, do they create new patterns? Many times data that doesn’t fit is discarded or ignored because it “Must be a problem with the test method or instrumentation.” • Why should we care about how the mind functions and establishes patterns? It affects our creative thinking process as those patterns become established and difficult to change. Your awareness of this will help open your mind to creative thinking and new ideas, but old habits are hard to break. We have to consciously work to interrupt our patterns.

17. Workbook Page 3

18. What’s Your Thinking Style?

19. What’s Your Thinking Style?

20. Ask Yourself Two Questions:

21. The Whole Brain Model, The Ted Hermann Group Start Problem Solving Exploring Fix It Sell It Organizing Finish Teaching Workbook Page 3

23. So now we know our thinking style, what are other barriers to creativity and innovation?

24. Barrier: Conformity! http://youtu.be/VgDx5g9ql1g

25. Barriers to Creativity and Innovation • There is only one right answer • Logic! • Rules, rules, and more rules • No time for “Play” • It’s not my job • Fear of looking foolish or failing • Not having all the answers • I don’t think I am creative! WORKBOOK PAGE 3

26. Creativity on the fly! Group Story!

27. Creating a Culture of Innovation:

28. Your Mission! Design a Hip Concept Hotel

29. Idea Generation Tips, Tools, and Techniques!

30. Better Brainstorming/Mindmapping

31. Convergent vs. Divergent Ideas

32. Random Word Idea Generation Technique “Apartment:” Building...Build.... Hammer...Screwdriver....Fork..... “So thick, you have to use a FORK”

33. Idea Snowball Bucket The Five Senses: What does the problem look like, feel like, sound like… Genius Hour Toss the Koosh

35. Idea Generation:

36. What if…future focus

37. Convergent vs. Divergent Ideas

38. Example: Cultivating Creativity & Innovation!

39. Additional Resources: • Imagine: How Creativity Works, by Jonah Lehrer • Creativity, by Matthew Fox • Cracking Creativity: The Secrets of Creative Genius, by Michael Michalko • Disciplined Dreaming: A Proven System to Drive Breakthrough Creativity, by Josh Linkner Email: nelsonconsultingllc@gmail.com

40. Takeaways?

41. Big Brain Thinking! Unleashing Creativity & Innovation!