1. Who is in your group? Conor Brennan Gary Meredith Chong Liu Xiao Han Liyi Wei

2. What was the topic you were discussing? Canceling Christmas

3. How was it in the canteen? Slightly more disruptive

4. How was it in the classroom? Easier to focus More pressure

5. What creativity techniques did you choose? PMI CAF -> FIP Random words CNS -> Pestle Attempted Six Hats for a 5mins

6. For each technique how did you decide to use that one? PMI: Decided because short a quick and easy to use After we created a summary CAF: Thought might be useful to focus in the groups thinking when used with FIP Random Words: We thought it would offer some new ideas, but it didn’t use it successfully as

7. For each technique how did you decide to use that one? Six Thinking Hats, we lost focus as its quite complicated and didn’t lend itself to the short amount of time we had left at this point CNS (Pestle): Good summary or overview. Focused the group. Useful for the type of statement we had.

8. Which technique(s) proved most effective? PMI was most useful

9. Which technique(s) proved least effective? Random words / Key Words

10. PMI: Positives Less Stress Save Money More Work Days Less Shopping Rush Shops open more often Avoid annoying kids Earlier Exams What ideas reasons/ alternatives/etc. did you come up with ?

11. PMI: Minus People wouldn’t get together No Gifts No Santa No Sales, No Double Pay No Break Less Sales, Less money gov receipts What ideas reasons/ alternatives/etc. did you come up with ?

12. PMI: Interesting Santa Retired New Years Bigger Better Possible replacement Holiday Festivals Less waste generated from presents What ideas reasons/ alternatives/etc. did you come up with ?

13. CAF: What would we do instead of Christmas? FIP’ed it: 1. Family 2. Holiday and also Hobbies 3. Do some college work 4. Volunteer or charity work 5. Create your own festival 6. Plan your year 7. Give yourself a big present 8. Protest against Christmas being cancelled What ideas reasons/ alternatives/etc. did you come up with ?

14. Random Words: From winnie pooh the word was home Didn’t work because never got beyond consolidating those words the few words we did get were: Kitchen Family Tv Party What ideas reasons/ alternatives/etc. did you come up with ?

15. Six thinking hats led us to doing a CNS/Pestle What ideas reasons/ alternatives/etc. did you come up with ?

16. Short TermMedium TermLong Term P Political parities unpopularChange in GovPeople get over it E Less taxes, less spendingHigher unemployment S Less family InteractionSelf-centredOrgan donations drop T Not as many gadgets, gimmicks Products more focused on real problems Less innovation, more deliberate purchases L Less petty crime E Less wasteLess carbon, pollutionBetter World

17. What decision did you come to about the topic? Didn’t have enough time.