Creative Thinking

By Mr. NARENDRA SINGH

NSB SCHOOL Business
School
“Good decisions require
good thinking!”
Idea
Why Do We Use A Light
Bulb For An Idea?
 “Let there be light!”
 To see where there was dark before
 Light bulb = invention = idea
What is creative
problem solving?
 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.
 DEFINITION

“Creative problem solving is - looking at

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

Connect all nine dots with four (4) straight continuous

lines without your pen (or pencil) leaving the paper.
A SOLUTION
Creative thinking is not only with the things
like the discovery of electricity or the polio
vaccine, or the writing of a novel or the
development of color television.

Creative thinking is not reserved for certain

occupation nor is it restricted to super
intelligent people.
What is Creativity?

 An Ability.

 An Attitude.

 A Process.
 An Ability. Creativity is the ability to imagine
or invent something new. Creativity is not the
ability to create out of nothing (only God can do
that), but the ability to generate new ideas by
combining, changing, or reapplying existing ideas.
Some creative ideas are astonishing and brilliant,
while others are just simple, good, practical ideas
that no one seems to have thought of yet.
  A low-income family
devises a plan to send their son
to a leading university. That’s
creative thinking.
 An Attitude. Creativity is also an attitude: the
ability to accept change and newness, a
willingness to play with ideas and possibilities, a
flexibility of outlook, the habit of enjoying the
good, while looking for ways to improve it. We
are socialized into accepting only a small number
of normal things, like chocolate ice cream for
example. The creative person realizes that there
are other possibilities, like peanut butter and
banana sandwiches, etc.
  A family turns the street’s
most undesirable space into the
neighborhood beauty spot.
That’s creative thinking.
 A Process. Creative people work hard and
continually to improve ideas and solutions, by
making gradual alterations and refinements to their
works. Contrary to the mythology surrounding
creativity, very, very few works of creative
excellence are produced with a single stroke of
brilliance.
  A motivational leader
develops a plan which doubles
his Sunday evening attendance.
That’s creative thinking.
Examples of practical, everyday creative
thinking:
 Selling to the “impossible” customer
 Ways to simplify record-keeping
 Keeping the children occupied constructively
 Making employees really like their work
 LET’S TALK ABOUT:
 Why don’t we think creatively more
often?

 What are the barriers that get in our

way?
 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?

MENTAL BLOCKS

Mental blocks are

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

1. The _______ answer.

2. That’s not _________.
3. __________ the rules.
4. Be ______________.
5. That’s not my _____.
6. I’m not __________.
 MENTAL BLOCK # 1

1. The right answer.

Only one?
 MENTAL BLOCK # 2

2.That’s not logical.

 MENTAL BLOCK # 3

Why rules should be

3. Follow the rules. challenged:
❚1. We make rules based
on reasons that make a lot
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.
 MENTAL BLOCK # 4

4. Be practical.
MENTAL BLOCK # 5

5. That’s not my area.

MENTAL BLOCK # 6

6. I’m not creative.

 BEING MORE CREATIVE
How can we be more creative?

Jot down at least 3 ideas that come to

your mind.
 “Creative thinking is simply
finding new, improved ways to
do anything.”
How to strengthen creative thinking ability?

Believe it can be done.

Here is a basic truth: To do anything, we
must first believe it can be done. Believing
something can be done sets the mind in
motion to find a way to do it.
“When you believe something is
impossible, your mind goes to work for
you to prove why. But, when you
believe, really believe, something can be
done, your mind goes to work for you
and help to find the ways to do it.”
Any Questions???