Activating Creativity

Matrix of the main creativity techniques I. Three pillars of  activating creativity 1. Classical Brainstorming (Alex Osborn).        A widely known method is where a group generates ideas...

The Six Thinking Hats for creative problem solving 1. Author Edward de Bono (born May 19, 1933, Malta), was a British psychologist and writer, physician and...

Round-Robin brainstorming, the verbal and written versions Spencer Kagan (1992) popularized the use of the terms Roundrobin (to refer to an spoken turn-taking strategy) and...

Gallery method as the brainstorming technique  The Gallery method is the technique developed by the Battelle Institute and improved by Van Gundy, 1981 and others. In...

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,...

SCAMPER –Creative tool for ideation and problem solving SCAMPER is an acronym from: Substitute Combine Adapt Modify Put Eliminate ReverseAuthor: Bob Eberle, education administrator History:   In 1953 Alex F. Osborn in his book...

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...

Rawlinson Brainstorming: Unleashing Creatity for Problem-Solving and Innovation 1. Core Definition Rawlinson Brainstorming is a structured group creativity technique designed to generate a high volume of...

Brainwriting pool This variation of brainstorming was developed by the Battlle Institute of Frankfurt, Germany. The brainwriting pool is an idea-generating tool in which new...

Generating truly outrageous and fantasy ideas Types of BrainstormingThe underlying application of this tool is to discover breakthrough ideas for process, product, or service improvements. This...

Lotus Blossom - 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...

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...