2. It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.” A thought to start with... Charles Darwin, ‘The Origin of the Species’
3. Today’s Agenda…. Understanding Creativity Creativity and Business? Creative Problem Solving How can we be more creative Process & Practice Discussions
11. Wikipedia says… Creativity is a mental and social process involving the generation of new ideas or concepts, or new associations of the creative mind between existing ideas or concepts.
14. Starting from any point, draw four continuous lines (without lifting the pen) so that each of the nine dots has at least one line running through it.
20. "Describe how to determine the height of a skyscraper with a barometer."
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22. Answer too or 3 Or if the sun is shining you could measure the height of the barometer, then set it on end and measure the length of its shadow. Then you measure the length of the skyscraper's shadow, and thereafter it is a simple matter of proportional arithmetic to work out the height of the skyscraper.
23. Answer too or 4 But if you wanted to be highly scientific about it, you could tie a short piece of string to the barometer and swing it like a pendulum, first at ground level and then on the roof of the skyscraper. The height is worked out by the difference in the gravitational restoring force T = 2π√(l / g).
24. Correct answer? If you merely wanted to be boring and orthodox about it, of course, you could use the barometer to measure the air pressure on the roof of the skyscraper and on the ground, and convert the difference in millibars into feet to give the height of the building
33. How can we be more creative?? Write down on your worksheets page 3 what you should do to be more creative?
34. The creative Problem Solving Process Step 1: State what seems to be the problem. The real problems may not surface till all the facts have been gathered.
42. Have a look at the picture below. It shows a person holding a block of wood. Now, what will happen to the piece of wood when the person lets go of it?
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44. Closing notes… “When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth. So what the hell, leap.”