Ralph Rollins Sept 05 Exploring Creativity Creativity & Personal Development

Ralph Rollins Sept 05 This Session Creativity is?Creativity is? Do we need it (creativity)?Do we need it (creativity)? Do organisations need to be creative?Do organisations need to be creative? How do we create?How do we create? How can organisations become creative ?How can organisations become creative ?

Ralph Rollins Sept 05 Creativity is? If you had to describe creativity: How would you do it? What would you say it is? In groups of 3-4 members spend minutes to come up with your agreed understanding of what creativity is.

Ralph Rollins Sept 05 Creativity Suggests that: Creativity is marked by the ability or power to create, to bring into existence, to invest with a new form, to produce through imaginative skill, to make or bring into existence something new. Suggests that: Creativity is marked by the ability or power to create, to bring into existence, to invest with a new form, to produce through imaginative skill, to make or bring into existence something new. Webster's Dictionary

Ralph Rollins Sept 05 Creativity Carl Rodgers (psychologist and writer) -- The emergence of a novel, relational product, growing out of the uniqueness of the individual.Carl Rodgers (psychologist and writer) -- The emergence of a novel, relational product, growing out of the uniqueness of the individual. Henry Miller (writer) -- The occurrence of a composition which is both new and valuable.Henry Miller (writer) -- The occurrence of a composition which is both new and valuable. John Haefele (Entrepreneur) -- The ability to make new combinations of social worth.John Haefele (Entrepreneur) -- The ability to make new combinations of social worth. Newell, Simon, & Shaw (Logic theorists) -- A special class of problem solving characterised by novelty.Newell, Simon, & Shaw (Logic theorists) -- A special class of problem solving characterised by novelty.

Ralph Rollins Sept 05 Creativity H. H. Fox (scientist) -- Any thinking process in which original patterns are formed and expressed.H. H. Fox (scientist) -- Any thinking process in which original patterns are formed and expressed. E. Paul Torrance (educator, academic, creativity investigator) --Fluency, flexibility, originality, and sometimes elaboration.E. Paul Torrance (educator, academic, creativity investigator) --Fluency, flexibility, originality, and sometimes elaboration. Rollo May (writer, philosopher) - Creativity is the process of bringing something new into being...Rollo May (writer, philosopher) - Creativity is the process of bringing something new into being... Roger von Oech - Creative thinking involves imagining familiar things in a new light, digging below the surface to find previously undetected patterns, and finding connections among unrelated phenomenaRoger von Oech - Creative thinking involves imagining familiar things in a new light, digging below the surface to find previously undetected patterns, and finding connections among unrelated phenomena

Ralph Rollins Sept 05 From these thoughts, other writings and your own experience you can make your own mind up about what creativity and the creative process are. I like Henry Miller's idea of something new and useful being the product of creativity. Creativity But, is something new good enough?

Ralph Rollins Sept 05 Creativity & Managing Organisations What is it about the world today, and probably into the future, that is making creativity the focus of so much attention?

Ralph Rollins Sept 05 Creativity & Managing Organisations Again in your groups, produce a list of reasons: why creativity is a key activity that managers should actively promote within organisations.

Ralph Rollins Sept 05 Creativity & Managing Organisations Is creativity something that naturally occurs within organisations?Is creativity something that naturally occurs within organisations? Is creativity something that can be organised?Is creativity something that can be organised? Or is creativity an individual experience?Or is creativity an individual experience?

Ralph Rollins Sept 05 Creativity & Managing Organisations How might a manager successfully promote creativity? Now we have an understanding of what creativity is, why it is important and maybe why creativity has not always been the main focus within organisations. How would you do it if you were a manager?

Ralph Rollins Sept 05 Construction Project Firstly: Decide who from your group will be the Project Manager and who will to the Scribe. Then: Read the project brief & Plan and execute the project. Remember : You need to keep a record of the process.