Creative problem-solving: Difference between revisions

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If a creative solution has a broad application – that is, uses that go beyond the original intent –, it may be referred to as an innovative solution, or an [[innovation]] (some innovations may also be considered an [[invention]]).

{{quoteblockquote|text="All innovations [begin] as creative solutions, but not all creative solutions become innovations."<ref name=fobes1993>{{cite book|first=Richard|last=Fobes|title=The Creative Problem Solver's Toolbox: A Complete Course in the Art of Creating Solutions to Problems of Any Kind|year=1993|ISBN=0-9632221-0-4}}</ref> |author=Richard Fobes}}

== Techniques and tools ==

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* '''Brainstorming:''' Brainstorming is an idea generation method invented by '''[[Alex Faickney Osborn|Alex Osborn]]''' and further developed by '''Charles Hutchison Clark''', Brainstorming aims to encourage the generation of new and unusual ideas in a group of people, [[Alex Faickney Osborn|Alex Osborn]] based his development of brainstorming on the Indian technique Prai-Barshana, which has been around for about 400 years, he named brainstorming after the idea of ​​this method, namely “using the brain to storm a problem”.

* '''Creative Thinking:''' Coming up with ideas, especially innovative ideas, needs creativity and can be supported by certain [[Creativity techniques|creativity techniques.]]. The creativity process is usually applied through a person, product, process, and place. Thus, creativity means that a creative person develops great ideas and novel products through a creative process in a creative environment.

[[Creativity|Creativity processes]] use these influencing factors as they support the search for ideas, problem solving and evaluation, and selection of ideas via rules, a group of people, and a creative process. The workshops are therefore based on creative idea generation techniques that follow individual steps.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2022-03-11 |title=Idea Generation Techniques, Definition, Approach & Workshop |url=https://digitalleadership.com/blog/idea-generation/ |access-date=2022-03-16 |website=Digital Leadership |language=en-US}}</ref>

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# Interdisciplinary team

# Iterative process

# Creative environment. In the design thinking process, the '''customer’scustomer's needs'' are first determined through an iterative process and a question is defined, then creative solutions and ideas are generated through brainstorming and visualized via prototypes for user feedback.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-08-09 |title=What is Design Thinking? Definition, Explanation & Process |url=https://digitalleadership.com/blog/design-thinking/ |access-date=2022-03-16 |website=Digital Leadership |language=en-US}}</ref>

* '''Complex Opportunity Recognition Techniques:''' [[Business opportunity|Opportunity Recognition]] describes the identification of opportunities to generate growth for companies. The different idea generation techniques of opportunity recognition are based either on the market, the company, or the company’scompany's environment,<ref name=":1" /> In order for this approach to be suitable for young companies, it must fulfill the following attributes:

# Not too resource-intensive

# Suitable for workshops

# High growth potential

# Don’tDon't require existing structures or certain age of the company

== See also ==

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== External links ==

* [http://www.problemistics.org/courseware/front.page.html Problematic: the art and craft of Problem Dealing]{{spaced ndash}}courseware on problem-finding and problem-solving

* [https://digitalleadership.com/blog/idea-generation/ Idea Generation] – Article on idea-genrationgeneration techniques and idea generation workshops.

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