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USING CREATIVITY ACTIVITIES
Introduction
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Being creative is seeing the same thing as everybody
else, but thinking of something different” e.g. Guttenberg
took the wine press and the die/punch and produced a
printing press
Creativity is also the action of combining previously unconnected
elements together…
Creativity is the ability to generate novel and useful ideas
and solutions to everyday problems and challenges
So why use creativity techniques?
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They help you to generate ‘new’, fresh ideas
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Can provide a fresh perspective
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Enable you to share and build on other people’s ideas
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They also encourage new ways of thinking - which we need
to move towards sustainability
Creativity and Sustainability
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You can’t solve problems with the same thinking that created
them. ” Albert Einstein
We need creative solutions to think beyond current unsustainable
activities
We need people who are:
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creative
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intuitive
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spatial thinkers
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pattern seekers
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communicators
Sustainability, at its core, requires a change in thinking
and a change in behaviour
What are creativity techniques?
Creativity techniques encourage us to think differently
about problems and encourage new ways of thinking
Two rules of creativity
1.Do not criticise other peoples ideas
2.Suspend your judgement - do not criticise your own ideas
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