Creativity is the ability to think
outside the box, taking a new path in order to produce something new and
valuable to the society.
Problem solving is finding an answer
or a means to deal with a mystery or something that is difficult to understand
or handle.
Creativity has to do with the use of
imagination in order to bring something into existence or cause something to
happen. In dealing with a problem, being creative is a key so as to be outstanding
in your result. A problem can be solved without the impact of creativity, one
will still arrive at the same solution arrived by others. For you to get an
outstanding solution to a problem, you have to apply what is called CREATIVE PROBLEM SLOVING.
Research on reasoning and logical
thinking, has offered insights into how creative problem solvers effectively think
and approach problems. One mark of creativity is the ability of a creative problem
solver to break out of conventional
schemas when the occasion demands it and engage in divergent thinking. A creative
problem solver has to be able to apply concepts from domain to another
unrelated domain in a pattern that gives way to new insights. Creative people
are seen as deviants, intellectual rebels because they refuse to be constrained
by the norms and traditional approaches which people of the society follow and
end up getting same result.
Alex Osborn and Sid
Parnes in the 1940s, first developed creative problem solving together with the
term "brainstorming.", they
developed the Osborn-Parnes Creative Problem Solving Process. This model
remains a valuable approach to problem solving.
Creative Problem Solving
has four core principles
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Defer or suspend judgment
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Focus on "Yes, and," rather than
"No, but
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Ask problems as questions.
- · Divergent and convergent thinking must be balanced
As a creative problem solver, you are to
ask yourself the following question for you to stimulate divergent thinking:
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What the problem
is all about?
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What is the cause
of the problem?
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What has been the
effect of the problem on the society?
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What method would
work?
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Are there new
ways to this?
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How else could it
be if modified?
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What will be the
effect of the result on the society?
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Will the solution
be valuable to the society?
As a creative problem solver you have
to be able to explore the vision, gather date, formulate logical questions,
explore new ideas, and formulate solutions before you finally come up with a
plan
Creative solutions to problem sometimes
is gotten through what is called insight learning, there is a sudden pop up in
our mind through a flash of insight, after a temporary give up. It is as if the
problem is been worked on at a subconscious level.
Often times one of the best way to
creative solution is by insight learning, in insight learning new internal and
external stimuli activates a different perspective to the problem.
Finally be a creative problem solver
not a conventional problem solver so as to make a valuable impact in the
society
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