Open Brainstorms
Name Some Creativity Techniques and the Experts Behind Them
I previously started a brainstorm where people could give their creativity tips. For this brainstorm I'd like to ask people to name their favourite specific techniques. Also, where possible, please name the expert who devised the technique and, as an option, name the books where you read of the technique. The aim of this exercise is to provide a resource of both techniques and authors for those of us who'd like to research and improve our creativity.
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Brainstorm Info
| Creator: | UKJohn |
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| Created: | about 1 year ago |
| Activity: | about 1 year ago |
| Users: | 3 |
| Ideas: | 13 |
Top Brainstormers
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| ThinkCubologist | 8 |
| UKJohn | 4 |
| rakbak | 1 |
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look at clouds... they have no shapes really and help neutralize the mind and thats when ideas can begin to flow inward....
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Mind Mapping - a technique for mapping out ideas, thoughts (note taking etc.) from Tony Buzan
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Six Thinking Hats - from Edward De Bono -- WHITE HAT – Data and Information
RED HAT– Feelings, Intuition
BLACK HAT– Caution, Negatives
YELLOW HAT – Optimistic
GREEN HAT – Growth, New Ideas
BLUE HAT – Big Picture, Overview
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Lateral Thinking -- the inventor of the term - Edward De Bono
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Knowbrainer -- an accelerated creative thinking process from Gerald Haman
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Whack on the side of head - creative techniques from Roger Von Oech (he also has a card deck called the WhackPack)
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Combinatory Play - first mentioned in a letter by Einstein -- but Poincare, Hadamard and Koestler have all mentioned this technique for combining ideas to form new ideas (also mentioned by Andrew Hargadon)
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SCAMPER - Initial questions came from Alex Osborn (Creative Pioneer) – combined into mnemonic by Bob Eberle
SUBSTITUE – What component can I substitute for something else?
COMBINE – What can I combine this with to form something new?
ADAPT – What can adapt or copy from another method?
MODIFY / MAGNIFY – What can I modify, magnify about this?
PUT TO OTHER USES – What other uses can I put this to?
ELIMINATE – What can eliminate from this?
REARANGE – What if I rearranged the components
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ThinkCubation - process to improve innovation projects - Kes Sampanthar (yes that's me!)
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Asking "What if...?" Roger von Oech
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Provocations (thought experiments). Edward de Bono
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The Escape Method (for challenging assumptions). Edward de Bono
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Random Word Technique. Author: Edward de Bono