Developing Creative Thinking

1. Developing Creative Thinking Health Reform Conference Kuwait March 2009 Presented by: Dr. Naji Bejjani

10. CREATIVETHINKING: WHATISIT?

11. Definitions Creative Thinking is … Unconventional Thinking Merging of Ideas which Have Not Been Merged Before Always new perspectives, and extending the frontiers of what’s possible

12. Interesting Quotes “Every organization must be prepared to abandon everything it does to survive in the future”Prof. Peter F. Drucker “The problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them”Albert Einstein

13. Think Of The Possibilities… The average human being thinks of about 100 new ideas/day!! If a team of “6” Nurses and Doctors Express All Their Ideas After 2 days … !!!1200 NEW IDEAS!!!

14. Creativity boosting techniques Creative Thinking skills Expertise Motivation Creativity

15. Creative Thinking skills Let’s start with the following premise: You’re alive, Therefore you’re creative.

16. Creative Thinking skills Unconventional. Uninhibited. Risk-taker. Always looks for new patterns and new combinations. Inventive. Extremely curious. Driven. Visionary: Michelangelo looked at a large piece of marble and decided to “chip away at everything that wasn't David”. ParticularIy intuitive. Rather individualistic (unfortunately …).

18. Motivation to be creative 2 Motivations: External: expressing your new ideas to others. Internal: Thinking of new ideas.

19. Barriers To Creativity

20. Motivation to be creative Manage it by: Providing challenges: stretching people’s skills in their jobs. Freedom to create: while clearly specifying goals. This yields a very valuable sense of ownership. Providing resources: mainly time – particularly time pressure - and money – but never enough.

21. Creativity boosting techniques: The most obvious ideas are often the most important ones, and, unfortunately, also the ones we are most unaware of.

22. Creativity boosting techniques: Always Create F-teams (F = future) with your P-teams (P = present): While the P-team deals with current work challenges, the Future team is literally always investigating and / or creating, the “next future” and preparing the institution for it. Re: Ken Blanchard: “Mission Possible”- 1997.

23. Brain Storming The Classic Creative Methods for Groups Mind Mapping Hierarchal Breakdown and Exploration

24. Absence Thinking Thinking About What is Not There Talk Streaming Talking, Talking and Talking Until Unblocking

25. Attribute Listing Listing Attributes of Objects and then Challenging them. Assumption Busting Challenging Unconscious Assumptions

26. Visioning Creating a Motivating View of the Future Wishing Stating Ideas as Wishes to Expand Thinking

27. Pausing Think More Deeply for a Minute Taking a Break When Creativity is Fading

28. 6 Thinking Hats • Prof. Edward de Bono: • World’s leading authority in the field of creative and conceptual thinking • Author of over 60 books translated to about 50 languages

29. Edward de Bono’s Six Thinking Hats Provides a framework for thinking: Facts – what do we already know? Emotions – how do we feel about this? Caution, bad points Optimism, good points Creativity, new ideas Process – thinking about thinking

30. Discipline Creativity Critical Thinking Positive Attitude Optimal Thinking

31. Thanks for your Time & Consideration Have a very creative life Naji Bejjani Health Reform Conference Kuwait – March 2009