WELCOME

TO THE WORLD OF

CREATIVE

SKILLS

A REASONABLE MAN ADAPTS HIMSELF TO THE WORLD;

AN UNREASONABLE MAN ADAPTS THE WORLD TO HIMSELF. SO ALL THE PROGRESS DEPENDS ON THE UNREASONABLE MAN - George Bernard Shaw

This programme aims at making you unreasonable

PERFORMANCE vs SYSTEMS
High

PERFORMANCE

Unreas-onable
Reasonable (Analytical) 0%
(Creative)

Low

SYSTEMS

100 %

CREATIVE SKILLS
I Positive Traits II Mental Blocks III Lateral Thinking IIII Problem Solving

CREATIVE SKILLS
I Positive Traits

II Mental Blocks III Lateral Thinking IIII Problem Solving

PROBLEMS
Situations that call for extra efforts
Sudden deviations / Unexpected happenings

Things that are blocking our way Situations with no ready-made solutions Lack of resources Things not going as per your wish
Confusing situations Situations where there are risks involved Situations where we dont have control

PROBLEM
A PROBLEM IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT I HAVE AND WHAT I WANT
Symptoms: BOTHERATION / UNEASINESS / WORRY / ANGER / FEAR / SADNESS / TENSION / IRRITATION

BRAINS
RIGHT
Imagination Music Rhythm Colour Humour Daydreaming

LEFT
Logic
Analysis

Language
Number

Reasoning
Reading

Writing

NATURE OF PROBLEMS
1 How much you have to pay income tax? 2 Which is the capital of India? 3 How much does the shirt cost? 4 How did it happen?

CLOSE-ENDED Definite number of RIGHT answers

1 What are the different ways by which we can reduce income-tax? 2 How can terrorism be eliminated? 3 How to bring down the electricity bill? 4 How can we increase customer satisfaction? 5 How to make India an honest country?

OPEN-ENDED As many answers - No RIGHT or WRONG - More or less appropriate

Which is more in number Open-ended or Close-ended ?

Among the problems, how many of them are of your own creation ?

ARE YOU LAZY?

LEFT ORIENTED
Love structure, systems, orderliness, rules etc. Want data / proof Source is important Like stability Focus on what (words) Left Thumb up

RIGHT ORIENTED
Get a kick in breaking rules Go by gut feelings Content (Not insisting on evidence) Love changes Focus on how (body language, tone etc.) Right thumb up

Right-eyed

Left-eyed

LEFT ORIENTED
Good memory

RIGHT ORIENTED
Absentminded

Love competition
Choose to be a physician Make good team members Prefer algebra Digital (Right / Wrong) Yes, but

Thrive on freedom
Explorer Soloists Prefer geometry Analogue Yes, and

WHAT IS CREATIVITY?
* CONCEIVING OF NEW IDEAS
* A TOOL FOR SURVIVOL * LOOKING WHERE ALL HAVE LOOKED AND SEEING WHAT NO ONE HAS SEEN * CONSCIOUS ESCAPE FROM ROUTINE * SHAKING HANDS WITH TOMORROW

WHAT IS CREATIVITY?
* RELATING OF UNRELATED THINGS * DOING WHAT OTHERS HAVE NOT DONE * LISTENING FOR SMELLS

* EXPECTING THE

UNEXPECTED

* MAKING YOUR OWN PRODUCT OBSOLETE

WHAT IS CREATIVITY?
* NOT ACCEPTING THE EXISTING AS BEST * CHALLENGING ACCEPTED THINGS * DYNAMIC TENSION BETWEEN OPPOSING FORCES * BRINGING OUT PRODUCTS THAT CONSUMERS DIDNT KNOW THEY NEEDED