Category

CreativityTechniques

AtoZ
ThisAtoZofCreativityandInnovationTechniques,providesanintroductiontoarangeoftoolsand
techniquesforbothideageneration(Creativity)andconvertingthoseideasintoreality(Innovation).Like
mosttoolsthesetechniquesallhavetheirgoodandbadpoints.Iliketothinkofthesecreativityand
innovationtechniquesastoolsinatoolboxinmuchthesamewayasmytoolboxathomeforDIY.Ithasa
saw,spanner,hammer,knifeandallsortsofotherthingsinit,theyareallveryuseful,butyouhavetopick
therighttool(creativity/Innovationtechnique)foreachjob.Thissitewilltryandprovidealittleguidance
alongwitheachtooltoletyouknowwhetherit'sbestusedforcuttingpaperorputtinginnails.
Forthefuture,theaimistoalsohavesubcategorieswhichwillidentifyTechniquesfor
ProblemDefinition(/Category:Problem_Definition)includingproblemanalysis,redifinition,andall
aspectsassociatedwithdefiningtheproblemclearly.
IdeaGeneration(/Category:Idea_Generation)Thedivergentprocessofcomingupwithideas.
IdeaSelection(/Category:Idea_Selection)Theconvergentprocessofreducingallthemanyideas
intorealisticsolutions
IdeaImplementation(/Category:Idea_Implementation)Turningtherefinedideasinreality.
Processes(/Category:Processes)Schemesandtechniqueswhichlookattheoverallprocessfrom
starttofinish(oratleast3oftheabove4areas)..
SpecialthankstotheOpenUniversityfortheirkindpermissiontousematerialfromtheirpublication
B822.

Subcategories
Thiscategoryhasthefollowing5subcategories,outof5total.

I
IdeaGeneration(/Category:Idea_Generation)
IdeaImplementation(/Category:Idea_Implementation)
IdeaSelection(/Category:Idea_Selection)

P
ProblemDefinition(/Category:Problem_Definition)
Processes(/Category:Processes)

Pagesincategory"CreativityTechniques"
Thefollowing192pagesareinthiscategory,outof192total.

7StepModel(/7_Step_Model)

A
AdaptiveReasoning(/Adaptive_Reasoning)
Advantages,LimitationsandUniqueQualities(/Advantages,_Limitations_and_Unique_Qualities)
AIDA(/AIDA)
AlgorithmofInventiveProblemSolving(/Algorithm_of_Inventive_Problem_Solving)
AlternativeScenarios(/Alternative_Scenarios)
Analogies(/Analogies)
AnonymousVoting(/Anonymous_Voting)
ARIZ(/ARIZ)
AssumptionBusting(/Assumption_Busting)
AssumptionSurfacing(/Assumption_Surfacing)
AttributeListing(/Attribute_Listing)

B
BackwardsForwardsPlanning(/Backwards_Forwards_Planning)
Bodystorming(/Bodystorming)
BoundaryExamination(/Boundary_Examination)
BoundaryRelaxation(/Boundary_Relaxation)
BrainSketching(/BrainSketching)
Brainstorming(/Brainstorming)
Brainwriting(/Brainwriting)
Browsing(/Browsing)
Brutethink(/Brutethink)
BugListing(/Bug_Listing)
BulletProofing(/BulletProofing)
BunchesofBananas(/Bunches_of_Bananas)

C
CardStoryBoards(/Card_Story_Boards)
CartoonStoryBoard(/Cartoon_Story_Board)
CATWOE(/CATWOE)
CausalMapping(/Causal_Mapping)
Charrette(/Charrette)
CherrySplit(/Cherry_Split)
Chunking(/Chunking)
CircleofOpportunity(/Circle_of_Opportunity)
CircleTime(/Circle_Time)
Clarification(/Clarification)

ClassicBrainstorming(/Classic_Brainstorming)
CognitiveAcceleration(/Cognitive_Acceleration)
CollectiveNotebook(/Collective_Notebook)
Comparisontables(/Comparison_tables)
ComponentDetailing(/Component_Detailing)
ConceptFan(/Concept_Fan)
ConsensusMapping(/Consensus_Mapping)
ConstrainedBrainWriting(/Constrained_BrainWriting)
ContradictionAnalysis(/Contradiction_Analysis)
ControllingImagery(/Controlling_Imagery)
CrawfordSlipWriting(/Crawford_Slip_Writing)
CreativeProblemSolvingCPS(/Creative_Problem_Solving__CPS)
Criteriaforideafindingpotential(/Criteria_for_ideafinding_potential)
CriticalPathDiagrams(/Critical_Path_Diagrams)

D
Decisionseminar(/Decision_seminar)
Delphi(/Delphi)
DialecticalApproaches(/Dialectical_Approaches)
DimensionalAnalysis(/Dimensional_Analysis)
DisneyCreativityStrategy(/Disney_Creativity_Strategy)
DOIT(/DO_IT)
DoNothing(/Do_Nothing)
Drawing(/Drawing)

E
EscapeThinking(/Escape_Thinking)
EssayWriting(/Essay_Writing)
EstimateDiscussEstimate(/EstimateDiscussEstimate)
Exaggeration(/Exaggeration)
Excursions(/Excursions)

F
FREEWriting(/FREEWriting)
Factorsinsellingideas(/Factors_in_selling_ideas)
FalseFaces(/False_Faces)
FishboneDiagram(/Fishbone_Diagram)
FiveWsandH(/Five_Ws_and_H)
Flowcharts(/Flow_charts)
FocusGroups(/Focus_Groups)

Focusing(/Focusing)
ForceFieldAnalysis(/ForceField_Analysis)
ForceFitGame(/ForceFit_Game)
FreeAssociation(/Free_Association)
Fresheye(/Fresh_eye)

G
Gallerymethod(/Gallery_method)
GapAnalysis(/Gap_Analysis)
GoalOrientation(/Goal_Orientation)
GreetingsCards(/Greetings_Cards)

H
HelpHinder(/HelpHinder)
HeuristicIdeationTechnique(/Heuristic_Ideation_Technique)
HexagonModelling(/Hexagon_Modelling)
Highlighting(/Highlighting)

I
IdeaAdvocate(/Idea_Advocate)
IdeaBox(/Idea_Box)
IdealFinalResult(/Ideal_Final_Result)
ImageryforAnsweringQuestions(/Imagery_for_Answering_Questions)
ImageryManipulation(/Imagery_Manipulation)
ImaginaryBrainstorming(/Imaginary_Brainstorming)
ImplementationChecklists(/Implementation_Checklists)
ImprovedNominalGroupTechnique(/Improved_Nominal_Group_Technique)
Interpretivestructuralmodeling(/Interpretive_structural_modeling)
IshikawaDiagram(/Ishikawa_Diagram)

K
KeepingaDreamDiary(/Keeping_a_Dream_Diary)
KepnerandTregoemethod(/Kepner_and_Tregoe_method)
KJMethod(/KJMethod)

L
Laddering(/Laddering)
LateralThinking(/Lateral_Thinking)
Listing(/Listing)

ListingProsandCons(/Listing_Pros_and_Cons)

M
MetaplanInformationMarket(/Metaplan_Information_Market)
MindMapping(/Mind_Mapping)
MorphologicalAnalysis(/Morphological_Analysis)
MorphologicalForcedConnections(/Morphological_Forced_Connections)
MultipleRedefinition(/Multiple_Redefinition)

N
NAF(/NAF)
NegativeBrainstorming(/Negative_Brainstorming)
NLP(/NLP)
NominalGroupTechnique(/Nominal_Group_Technique)
NominalInteractingTechnique(/NominalInteracting_Technique)
Notebook(/Notebook)

O
ObserverandMergedViewpoints(/Observer_and_Merged_Viewpoints)
Osborn'sChecklist(/Osborn%27s_Checklist)
OtherPeoplesDefinitions(/Other_Peoples_Definitions)
OtherPeoplesViewpoints(/Other_Peoples_Viewpoints)

P
PairedComparison(/Paired_Comparison)
PanelConsensus(/Panel_Consensus)
ParaphrasingKeyWords(/Paraphrasing_Key_Words)
PDCA(/PDCA)
PersonalBalanceSheet(/Personal_Balance_Sheet)
PicturesasIdeaTriggers(/Pictures_as_Idea_Triggers)
PinCards(/Pin_Cards)
PIPS(/PIPS)
PlussesPotentialsandConcerns(/Plusses_Potentials_and_Concerns)
PMI(/PMI)
PotentialProblemAnalysis(/Potential_Problem_Analysis)
PreliminaryQuestions(/Preliminary_Questions)
ProblemCentredLeadership(/Problem_Centred_Leadership)
ProblemInventoryAnalysisPIA(/Problem_Inventory_Analysis__PIA)
ProblemReversal(/Problem_Reversal)

ProductiveThinkingModel(/Productive_Thinking_Model)
ProgressiveHurdles(/Progressive_Hurdles)
ProgressiveRevelation(/Progressive_Revelation)
Provocation(/Provocation)

Q
QSort(/QSort)
QualityCircles(/Quality_Circles)

R
RandomStimuli(/Random_Stimuli)
RawlinsonBrainstorming(/Rawlinson_Brainstorming)
ReceptivitytoIdeas(/Receptivity_to_Ideas)
ReciprocalModel(/Reciprocal_Model)
ReframingValues(/Reframing_Values)
RelationalWords(/Relational_Words)
Relaxation(/Relaxation)
Reversals(/Reversals)
RoleStorming(/RoleStorming)

S
SCAMMPERR(/SCAMMPERR)
SCAMPER(/SCAMPER)
Sculptures(/Sculptures)
SDI(/SDI)
SearchConference(/Search_Conference)
SequentialAttributesMatrix(/SequentialAttributes_Matrix)
SimilaritiesandDifferences(/Similarities_and_Differences)
SimpleRatingMethods(/Simple_Rating_Methods)
Simplex(/Simplex)
SixThinkingHats(/Six_Thinking_Hats)
SliceandDice(/Slice_and_Dice)
SnowballTechnique(/Snowball_Technique)
SODA(/SODA)
SoftSystemsMethod(/Soft_Systems_Method)
StakeholderAnalysis(/Stakeholder_Analysis)
StickingDots(/Sticking_Dots)
StimulusAnalysis(/Stimulus_Analysis)
StoryWriting(/Story_Writing)
StrategicAssumptionTesting(/Strategic_Assumption_Testing)

StrategicChoiceApproach(/Strategic_Choice_Approach)
StrategicManagementProcess(/Strategic_Management_Process)
SuccessiveElementIntegration(/Successive_Element_Integration)
SuperGroup(/SuperGroup)
SuperHeroes(/SuperHeroes)
SWOTAnalysis(/SWOT_Analysis)
Synectics(/Synectics)
SystematicInventiveThinking(/Systematic_Inventive_Thinking)

T
TalkingPictures(/Talking_Pictures)
TechnologyMonitoring(/Technology_Monitoring)
ThinkTank(/Think_Tank)
Thinkx(/Thinkx)
Thril(/Thril)
TILMAG(/TILMAG)
TransactionalPlanning(/Transactional_Planning)
TriggerMethod(/Trigger_Method)
TriggerSessions(/Trigger_Sessions)
TRIZ(/TRIZ)
TugofWar(/Tug_of_War)

U
UnifiedStructuredInventiveThinking(/Unified_Structured_Inventive_Thinking)
UsingCrazyIdeas(/Using_Crazy_Ideas)
UsingExperts(/Using_Experts)

V
ValueBrainstorming(/Value_Brainstorming)
ValueEngineering(/Value_Engineering)
VisualBrainstorming(/Visual_Brainstorming)
VisualisingaGoal(/Visualising_a_Goal)

W
WhoAreYou(/Who_Are_You)
WhyWhyWhy(/Why_Why_Why)
Wishing(/Wishing)
WorkingwithDreamsandImages(/Working_with_Dreams_and_Images)

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