152 101 Activities for Teaching Creativity and Problem Solving 101 Activities for Teaching Creativity and Problem Solving. Copyright © 2005 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Reproduced by permission of Pfeiffer, an Imprint of Wiley. www.pfeiffer.com Parts Purge Handout Suppose you want to improve a table lamp. First, list major attributes and subattributes: • Name: table lamp • Parts: base, bulb, cord, shade, switch • Shapes: round, cylindrical, pleated • Functions: illuminates, heats, collects dust • Material: cloth, metal, rubber Next, free-associate using one or more of the attributes. For example: • Table lamp: lantern, cow, tipsy, shed, fire, Chicago • Base: acid, soda, water, bottle, drink • Switch: spank, paddle, ping pong, table, games • Illuminates: lights, sky, stars, rockets, gravity • Metal: heavy, light, air, breath, oxygen Finally, use these free associations to generate ideas to improve a table lamp: • A lampshade with shutters to create different lighting effects (from “lantern”) • A lamp with a swivel base to allow reading light adjustments (from “tipsy”) • Lampshades with panoramic pictures of major cities (from “Chicago”) • A lamp with video games built in (from “games”) • A magnetically levitated lamp (from “gravity”) • A hovercraft lamp that can be moved easily around a large table (from “air”) 06 VG 119-166b 10/5/04 5:03 PM Page 152 TLFeBOOK [...]... tales and repeat Steps 3 and 4 above 101 Activities for Teaching Creativity and Problem Solving Copyright © 20 05 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc Reproduced by permission of Pfeiffer, an Imprint of Wiley www.pfeiffer.com 186 101 Activities for Teaching Creativity and Problem Solving TLFeBOOK Fairy Tale Time Handout Suppose you’re a divisional manager in a medium-size manufacturing firm You and Jim Oversee—one of... much analysis and criticism (whether internal or external) can be detri101 Activities for Teaching Creativity and Problem Solving Copyright © 20 05 by John Wiley & mental to creative activities Since there obviously is no “correct” way to draw the Sons, Inc Reproduced by permission of Pfeiffer, an Imprint of Wiley www.pfeiffer.com 174 101 Activities for Teaching Creativity and Problem Solving TLFeBOOK... restaurant, the entrée on the boat, and dessert back at the restaurant Figure 7.2 Sample Doodles 101 Activities for Teaching Creativity and Problem Solving Copyright © 20 05 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc Reproduced by permission of Pfeiffer, an Imprint of Wiley www.pfeiffer.com 176 101 Activities for Teaching Creativity and Problem Solving TLFeBOOK 38 Essence of the Problem Background An essence is something... from this exercise? • What ideas were generated, and which ones were most interesting? 101 Activities for Teaching Creativity and Problem Solving Copyright © 20 05 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc Reproduced by permission of Pfeiffer, an Imprint of Wiley www.pfeiffer.com 182 101 Activities for Teaching Creativity and Problem Solving TLFeBOOK Exaggerate That Handout Suppose, for example, you want to attract... FOR ALL ACTIVITIES, REMIND PARTICIPANTS TO DEFER JUDGMENT WHILE GENERATING IDEAS 101 Activities for Teaching Creativity and Problem Solving Copyright © 20 05 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc Reproduced by permission of Pfeiffer, an Imprint of Wiley www.pfeiffer.com 168 101 Activities for Teaching Creativity and Problem Solving TLFeBOOK 36 Brain Mapping Background Make an outline for how to make a ham sandwich... “Rapunzel,” “Hansel and Gretel,” “Little Red Riding Hood,” “Tom Thumb,” “Sleeping Beauty,” “Snow White,” and “Rumpelstiltskin” 184 101 Activities for Teaching Creativity and Problem Solving TLFeBOOK Handout • Fairy Tale Time Handout Time 60 minutes Related Activities • A Likely Story [ 15] • Tabloid Tales [47] • Super Heroes [80] Procedure 1 Distribute the Fairy Tale Time Handout and copies of the fairy... exercise? • What ideas were generated, and which ones were most interesting? 101 Activities for Teaching Creativity and Problem Solving Copyright © 20 05 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc Reproduced by permission of Pfeiffer, an Imprint of Wiley www.pfeiffer.com Free Association Activities: “Blue Skies” TLFeBOOK 179 Essence of the Problem Handout Consider the problem of reducing vandalism in factory lunchrooms One... room and invite the workers to participate in its reconstruction Finally, “defacement” might suggest literally taking the faces away from the lunch room and eliminating it altogether 101 Activities for Teaching Creativity and Problem Solving Copyright © 20 05 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc Reproduced by permission of Pfeiffer, an Imprint of Wiley www.pfeiffer.com 180 101 Activities for Teaching Creativity and. .. different colors of sticking dots (1⁄2” diameter) and one pad of 4 x 6 Post-it® Notes 101 Activities for Teaching Creativity and Problem Solving Copyright © 20 05 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc Reproduced by permission of Pfeiffer, an Imprint of Wiley www.pfeiffer.com Free Association Activities: “Blue Skies” TLFeBOOK 173 Handout • Doodles Handout Time 45 minutes Related Activities • Picture Tickler [17] • Rorschach... Teaching Creativity and Problem Solving Copyright © 20 05 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc Reproduced by permission of Pfeiffer, an Imprint of Wiley www.pfeiffer.com 170 101 Activities for Teaching Creativity and Problem Solving TLFeBOOK 5 Tell them to draw a box or other more appropriate shape around this concern For instance, if your concern is employee tardiness, you might draw a clock around the problem . 152 101 Activities for Teaching Creativity and Problem Solving 101 Activities for Teaching Creativity and Problem Solving. Copyright © 20 05 by John Wiley & Sons,. hovercraft lamp that can be moved easily around a large table (from “air”) 06 VG 119-166b 10 /5/ 04 5: 03 PM Page 152 TLFeBOOK . Pfeiffer, an Imprint of Wiley. www.pfeiffer.com Parts Purge Handout Suppose you want to improve a table lamp. First, list major attributes and subattributes: • Name: table lamp • Parts: base, bulb,