Classical Brainstorming
Brainstorming: essence, rules and steps
1. Author
Alex Osborn (May 24, 1888 Bronx, New York – May 5, 1966 Buffalo, New York). American сreativity theorist and advertising...
SCAMPER – Creative technique for ideation
SCAMPER –Creative tool for ideation
and problem solving
SCAMPER is an acronym from:
Substitute
Combine
Adapt
Modify
Put
Eliminate
Reverse
Author: Bob Eberle, education administrator
History: In 1953 Alex F. Osborn in his book...
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 1980s by business guru Rick Griggs. Later Michael...
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 1910-1916 to unravel the subconscious. He discovered...
“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...
Wishful Thinking – creativity technique for breakthrough innovation
Wishful Thinking as a tool
for Creative Problem Solving
1. Author
Arthur Van Gundy (May 24, 1946 – May 5, 2009) was an American communication professor, psychologist,...
TRIZ – method of enhancing creativity and generating breakthrough innovations
TRIZ - Theory of Inventive Problem Solving
Etymology and abbreviations
TRIZ is the Russian acronym for the "Theory of Inventive Problem Solving" (literally: "theory of the...
Lotus Blossom Technique
Lotus Blossom as a creative technique for generating new ideas
1. Authors
Thomas Eliot, Yasuo Matsumura, Michael Michalko
2. History
This method was first applied by Thomas Eliot...
40 Inventive Principles in classical and modern TRIZ
40 Inventive Principles for resolving
technical contradictions
Genrich Altshuller discovered forty patterns of inventive solutions, known as 40
Inventive Principles. (TRIZ – Theory of Inventive Problem Solving).
The analysis...
Five Why – interrogative technique
Five Why Method
1. Author: Sakichi Toyoda (1867 –1930), Japanese inventor and industrialist, who is referred to as the "King of Japanese Inventors".
2. History
The technique...
Electronic or online brainstorming
Online brainstorming (Brainlining)
Types of Brainstorming
Author: Peter Lloyd
1. Description
Electronic brainstorming or simply Online brainstorming (Brainlining) is the modern version of brainstorming. The word brainlining is...
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...