The theory & concept of creativity

Theory of Creativity

Boden, (1994) has indicated the creativity:

• Creativity is a matter of mapping and exploring structured conceptual spaces that have various dimensions, limits, pathways, and levels.
• Sometimes creative ideas emerge through in-depth exploration of an existing conceptual space.
• Deeply creative ideas transform and sometimes profoundly alter conceptual spaces.
• Exploration through complex spaces  requires a great deal of effort.
• Transformation of the space presuppose a meta representation of the lower-level constraints used.

We can said that creativity is:

Concept of Creativity 

Creativity Thinking

Creativity Tools

You can use the creativity tools to improve your creative ability.

2 types of tools for problem solving: 

Thinking outside of the box and Six Thinking Hats Theory

2 types of tools for creative thinking: 

 Star-bursting and Reverse Brainstorm

1. Thinking outside of the box

Sources: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPQN0qrQ0AI

It is think differently, unconventionally, or from a new perspective. Idea generation or problem solving that is not constrained by self-imposed limits or conventional barriers. Being free or breakthrough thinking, it creates new paradigms and explores non-logical and uncommon ways and solutions.

2. Six Thinking Hats Theory

People can use Six Thinking Hats in meetings or on your own. In meetings it has the benefit of blocking the confrontations that happen when people with different thinking styles discuss the same problem.

White Hat:
With this thinking hat, we focus on the data available. Look at the information we have, and see what we can learn from it

Red Hat:
'Wearing' the red hat, we look at problems using intuition, gut reaction, and emotion. Also try to think how other people will react emotionally

Black Hat:
Using black hat thinking, look at all the bad points of the decision. Look at it cautiously and defensively, it highlights the weak points in a plan that allows we to eliminate them, alter them, or prepare contingency plans to counter them.

Yellow Hat:
The yellow hat helps you to think positively. It is the optimistic viewpoint that helps we to see all the benefits of the decision and the value in it

Green Hat:
The Green Hat stands for creativity. This is where you can develop creative solutions to a problem. It is a freewheeling way of thinking, in which there is little criticism of ideas

Blue Hat:
The Blue Hat stands for process control. This is the hat worn by people chairing meetings. When running into difficulties because ideas are running dry, they may direct activity into Green Hat thinking.




3. Star-bursting

Sources: http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newCT_91.htm

Star-bursting is a form of brainstorming that focuses on generating questions rather than answers. It can be used iteratively, with further layers of questioning about the answers to the initial set of questions. We can used star-bursting to develop the new idea from green hat of six thinking hats.

To use the star-bursting technique, you start out by drawing a six-sided star, then write the topic of the idea or problem in the middle and the words "who," "what," "where," "when," "why" and "how" on each point. Then address each word in the star-bursting.

4. Reverse Brainstorm

Reverse brainstorming solves the problems of direct questioning and the singular approach by exploring multiple factors in reverse.

With reversal brainstorming, you take a potential problem, such as "How can we satisfy our customers?" and change it to "How can we dissatisfy our customers?" Asking the reverse questions is another way to look at a difficult problem and identify solutions by thinking up the opposite effects of what you really want.

There are five steps in the Reverse Brainstorming Process:

1. Identify the problem plainly and write it down.
2. Reverse the issue. For example, instead of asking “How can I help?” ask, “How can I  make it worse?”
3. Brainstorm to figure out all possible reverse solutions. Reject nothing. Criticize nothing.
4. Flip the reverse solutions to create real fixes for the actual issue.
5. Evaluate these solutions and decide if a real solution can be formed.