The Creative Thinking Competency

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The Creative Thinking Competency

• Paradigms
• Creative Thinking Process
• Creative Thinking Tools
• Problem Solving Decision Making
• TQM and Continuous Improvement

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Paradigms
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A PARADIGM Is a ___________ or a _________
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PARADIGM

• A PARADIGM Is a Set of Rules That Do Two Things
• 1. Establish _____________
• 2. Provide Rules for Success for Solving Problems
  Within These Boundaries

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• We Distort Data to Fit Our PARADIGMS......We
  Suffer From the ____________ Effect.

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The PARADIGM Effect

• What May Be Perfectly Obvious to One Person With
  One Paradigm May Be Totally Imperceptible to
  Someone With a Different Paradigm.

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The PARADIGM Effect

• 1. Blinds Us to New Opportunities.
• 2. Obscures Effective Strategies.
• 3. Blinds Each of Us to Creative Solutions to
  Difficult Problems

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Two Industries

• 1. The Watch/Making Industry

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Two Industries

• 1. The Watch/Making Industry

2. The Motion Picture Industry
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Paradigm Paralysis

• The belief that there is and can only be one
  way to do things, and that there is no other or
  better way.

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Joel Barkers Three Paradigm Roles

• 1. Paradigm ________________
• 2. Paradigm ________________
• 3. Paradigm ________________

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Paradigm Shifters

• Are Generally Outsiders
• The People Who Dont Practice Your Paradigm, Who
  Create a Paradigm Shift.

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The Paradigm Shift

• A Revolutionary New Way of Thinking About Old
  Problems
• A Dramatic Collective Change in Our Perception.

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Paradigm Shift Question

• What today is impossible to do that, if it
  could be done, would fundamentally changewhat
  you can do?

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Paradigm Pioneers

• Those practitioners of the old paradigm who
  _________________ to the new paradigm early in
  its development - Even though the evidence
  provided by the new paradigm does not prove that
  they should be doing this. Paradigm pioneers are
  high risk takers who _________________________
• __________________ .

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Paradigm Settlers

• Those Practitioners Who ________ the Paradigm
  Pioneers Once It Has Been Proven to Be Safe.
  Settlers Are ______ Risk Takers Who Wait for
  Maps Loaded With Detail.

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Time
Paradigm

• P. Shifters P. Pioneers P. Settlers

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The Future Belongs to Paradigm Pioneers

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Three Characteristics of the Paradigm Pioneer

• Know the concept is a ______________ .
• Have the guts to act on what you believe to be
  true
• Be in it for the long haul

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You Can Become a Paradigm Pioneer by

• 1.
• 2. Breaking Your Own Rules of Success
• 3. Reading Beyond Your Boundaries
• 4. Being Ready for Failure

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Conventional Vs. Unconventional Wisdom

• If It Ain't Broke,don't Fix It!

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Unconventional Wisdom Says

• If It Ain't Broke...BREAK IT!!

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More Unconventional Wisdom

• 1. Ride the Wave of Change.
• If Youre not riding the wave of change. . .
• Youll find yourself beneath it.

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More Unconventional Wisdom

• 2. Put Fire in Your Heart.
• 3. Stoke It, Dont Soak It.
• 4. When You Think of Limits, You Create Them.
• 5. Try Easy.
• 6. Speed Kills! ... (Slowly)
• 7. If You Dont Mess With Your Success,
  Someone Else Will

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More Unconventional Wisdom

• 8. Success Is a Springboard, Not a
  Pedestal.
• 9. The Best Time to Change Is When You
  Dont Have To.
• 10. Playing It Safe Is Dangerous.
• 11. Sacred Cows Make the Best Burgers.

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More Unconventional Wisdom

• 12. Get in the Habit of Breaking Your
  Habits.
• 13. Strange Bed Fellows Make Great
  Partners.
• 14. If You Dont Make Waves, Youll Drown.
• 15. The Biggest Mistake Is Not Making Any.

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More Unconventional Wisdom

• 16. Thinking About What You Dont Want to
  Happen Will Increase the Odds That It Will...
• Picture Perfect.
• 17. Todays unthinkable is tomorrows
  convention. S. Hawking
• 18. Play, to Win.
• 19. He or She Who Laughs, Lasts.