The benefits of capacity seeing yourself through the eyes of others
Three hats are offered to two players – one white and two red.
They close their eyes and are told that each of them will...
Dream Journaling as a technique for finding creative solutions
Sleep And Dream Journaling as a technique for boosting creativity and finding
creative solutions
1. Authors
Patricia L. Garfield “Creative Dreaming” (1974, 1995), Stanley Krippner, Joseph Dillard...
Complete to the Whole
A farmer wants to divide his 17 horses among his three sons. According to farmer the oldest son should get half of the horses,the...
C. Jung’s “16 associations” test as a problem solving method
Exercise-test "16 associations"
1. Author and history
Carl Jung created and began to use the word association test in the 1910-1916 to unravel the subconscious. He...
Do The Opposite
A duke was hunting in the forest with his men-at-arms and servants when he came across a tree. Upon it, archery targets were painted...
Party detective story
A man walks into a party and pours some punch and ice into a cup.
He was really thirsty and drank it really fast. Then...
Egyptian coin. Mindfulness Challenge
An archeologist claims he found a Roman coin dated 46 B.C. in Egypt.
Note: Roman coins can really be found in Egypt
How much should...
Parable about Alexander the Great and Opportunity
Parable on Opportunity
One day Alexander the Great was going about town, just walking with his troops and roaming about the market. In one of...
Freewriting – Subconscious creative technique
Freewriting
1. Authors: Louise Dunlap, Peter Elbow, Natalie Goldberg and Mark Levy
2. History
Such writers as Nikolai Gogol, William Yates, Victor Hugo, Honore de Balzac, Anatole...
“What if?” – A powerful creativity and possibility thinking technique
"What if?" - creativity, possibility thinking and problem solving technique
1. Authors: Edward de Bono, Paul Sloane
2. History
The "What If...?" technique is rooted in Thought...
Role Playing as a Creative Problem Solving Technique
Role Playing
1. Authors. Rick Griggs, Michael Michalko.
2. History
Role Playing as a group brainstorming method invented during the 1980’s by business guru Rick Griggs. Later...
Survivorship bias and the flip side of things
During World War II, the Hungarian mathematician Abraham Wald, who worked in the SRG laboratory in New York, considered how to minimize bomber losses...
Edward Titchener – Founder of Structural Psychology
Edward Titchener
Edward Bradford Titchener
(11 January 1867, Chichester, Sussex, England - 3 August 1927, Ithaca, New York, USA) (aged 60)
Nationality: United Kingdom, USA
Category: Scientists
Occupation:...
Role Playing as a Creative Problem Solving Technique
Role Playing
1. Authors. Rick Griggs, Michael Michalko.
2. History
Role Playing as a group brainstorming method invented during the 1980’s by business guru Rick Griggs. Later...