– 6b. Creative tools

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Creativity Tools

Creativity templates have been constructed to stimulate and challenge the minds of the group to take different perspectives on a situation, and to see what … Read more

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SCAMPER

SCAMPER is a really useful tool (or more accurately, a checklist) for exploring creative possibilities and opportunities around a solution or situation. The word SCAMPER … Read more

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TRIZ

TRIZ is a powerful means of stimulating and focusing creativity, in all fields, based on a complete analysis of all human innovation. – – – … Read more

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Reversal

The creativity of the human mind is excellent at making progress back toward something it understands and fairly hopeless at making progress away from its … Read more

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Brainstorming

Brainstorming is probably the best known, the most-used, and the most misused tool in creative work within organisations. Essentially it is a free-form technique for … Read more

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Effects Database

The Effects Database is a useful tool for applying the principles of TRIZ quickly and easily to problems and idea generation. It has been created … Read more

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Rules of Brainstorming

Ensure people understand the following simple set of rules of brainstorming before they start: Defer judgment Go for volume Stay focused/on topic Capture every idea … Read more