How to Cultivate Creativity Using Design Thinking

Learn how to frame problems creatively in order to generate innovative solutions at your company. Rekindle all forms of your thinking: emotional, kinesthetic, and visual to explore new avenues for problem-solving. Use design thinking to change the process of ideation and collaboration in your meetings and projects.

Syllabus

Introduction.
Design Thinking started at Stanford.
Design Thinking is a process.
Design Thinking is about Mindsets.
What is this creativity problem?.
Were you more creative as a child?.
the brain and neural darwinianismº.
the "BOX" and schemas.
Recent findings on Creativity.
Liberating ideas.
Train yourself to get stuck.
Train yourself to brainstorm well.
When you think about brainstorming I want you to think like a jazz player.
Jazz ensemble = brainstorming group.
It's partly a 10,000 hours problem.
We use a lot of Improv games.
idea selection is a critical step.
Brainstorming will transform you.
#3: Space creates behavior.
#3: Create creative spaces.
#3: "Raw" space is the most powerful!.
#3: Creative space suggestions.
Take-aways.
Question? Please submit your questions through Q&A.