The Six Thinking Hats as a tool for creativity and innovation
The Six Thinking Hats for creative problem solving
1. Author
Edward de Bono (born May 19, 1933, Malta), British psychologist and writer, physician and inventor, founder...
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...
Rawlinson brainstorming
Rawlinson brainstorming technique
Author: J. G. Rawlinson, 1970
This technique does not emphasize group interaction. It is especially useful for untrained groups because there is no...
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...
Brainwriting pool (BP)
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...
Wildest Idea Technique
Generating truly outrageous and fantasy ideas
Types of Brainstorming
The underlying application of this tool is to discover breakthrough ideas for process, product, or service improvements.
This...
“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...