...Creativity and the Creative Process Denethri Arbor Instructor: Emily Benson ENG 125 Introduction to Literature December 16, 2013 Whether expressed as an awe-inspiring painting, a perfectly executed sculpture or an artfully expressive phrase, humanity throughout history has demonstrated a driving internal desire to discover some form of creative outlet. Studying several of these expressions throughout several culture around the world and throughout history illustrates that these instances of spontaneous, creative expression are usually associated in some way with exploring human experience. Even though they don't often speak directly to the concept of creativity or its development, it is clear that these artists of various types have engaged in a great deal of thought and practice in order to hone their skills and most accurately convey the ideas in their heads. Whether it is intended as a matter of discussion or are simply expressing their innovative spark, evidence of the human mind's impulse to create something new exists in every creative pursuit you may care to mention, from fine art to graffiti, from scribbles on a napkin to polished prose or poetry. “Creativity involves thinking that is aimed at producing ideas or products that are relatively novel, and that are, in some respect, compelling … is neither wholly domain specific nor wholly domain general ... [and] is not as highly rewarded in practice as it is supposed to be in theory” (Kaufman & Sternberg, 2006:...
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...The creative process has four stages, which are searching for challenges, expressing the particular problem or issue, investigating it, and producing a range of ideas. When one is searching for challenges one would explore, discover, and understand. We might believe that something is done a certain way because of common or past practices and overlook challenging the norm. So, we try to use our imagination by using techniques dealing with collaboration and eliminating options with creativity. The second stage deals with expressing the particular problem or issue is a stumbling block. Having insight about a problem allows ones vision and gaps that need to be fixed or corrected. Stage three is investigating the problem or issue deals with reviewing past experiences, observe the issue, and research. The last stage deals with producing ideas allow them to be manifested by evaluating to see whether the new process is better than the old. The personal challenges from the textbook, Ruggiero provided six specific techniques: 1. Being observant. 2. Look for the imperfections in things. 3. Note you’re own and others' dissatisfactions. 4. Search for causes. 5. Being sensitive to implications. 6. Recognize the opportunity in controversy The personal challenge that some have from a leadership aspect is being dictated how to manage a team, which is a problem that I fine unacceptable. People in management should have some intellect on how and what their role is. It could be viewed...
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...The Creative Process/Solving a Problem PHL/458 January 5, 2012 This paper will cover the stages of the creative process, and a personal problem that had to be resolved. The techniques to use to build curiosity was used in the process of solving this problem and two resolutions have to be found that can help improve the problem at hand, following a conclusion. “There are four stages to the creative process, which are searching for challenges, expressing the particular problem or issue, investigating it and producing a range of ideas” (Ruggiero, 2009,). The first stage is searching for challenges and it refers to the small issues or problems that people sometimes often overlook. This stage is about forming a habit of constantly searching for challenges, as stated in the University of Phoenix e-book the Art of thinking a person can only be in a response to challenges that you perceive. Expressing the problem or issue is the second stage and the objective is to find the best expression or problem that one would yield the most helpful ideas. A different expression opens different avenues of thought, it is best to consider as many expressions as possible. The third stage is investigating the problem or issue and it focuses on obtaining information necessary to deal effectively with the problem or issue. Individuals search their past experience and observations for information on the current problem at hand. The four stages are producing ideas, and these stage objectives...
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...Demonstrative Communication Tom Johnson BCOM/275 October 7, 2013 Sally Walters Demonstrative Communication Demonstrative Communication can be summed up as a non-verbal communication which includes facial expressions, body language and the use of signs to communicate. Non-verbal can be such things as eye contact or tone of voice. Body language is very useful communication by giving a facial expression or certain types of body posture. Signs can be used to tell someone to stop or be quite. “Communication is an exchange of information via verbal or written messages and is the process of sending and receiving messages.” (Communication.2010: Cheesebro. And Rios, 2010). For any communication to take place there must be a sender and a receiver. Without a sender and receiver there can be no communication between two parties. Communication is an integral part of my job at UPS. There is communication between employees, supervisors and the management team. One prime example I can think of that has happened at work was between me and another co-worker a few years back. I walked into work and said good morning to everyone like I do everyday. One co-worker wasn’t there yet so as soon as she walked in I gave her a big smile and her reaction was a nasty little frown. Considering I was the sender, the smile was a way of communicating to my co-worker that it was nice to see them. It was a positive affirmation of how are you doing today. The response...
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...Chapter Twelve CREATIVE STRATEGY AND THE CREATIVE PROCESS Objectives To show how advertising strategies are translated into creative briefs and message strategies that guide the creative process. The chapter examines the characteristics of great advertising, styles of thinking, the nature of creativity, its importance in advertising, and the role of the agency creative team. We discuss how research serves as the foundation for creative development and planning, and we review common problems and pitfalls faced by members of the creative team. (p. 370) After studying this chapter, your students will be able to: 1. Discuss the meaning and the importance of creativity. 2. Identify the members of the creative team and their primary responsibilities. 3. Tell how to differentiate great advertising from the ordinary. 4. Explain the role of the creative brief and its affect on the artistic expression in an ad or commercial. 5. List the principal elements that should be included in a creative brief. 6. Explain the purpose of the message strategy and how it differs from the creative strategy. 7. Define the four roles people play at different stages of the creative process. 8. List several techniques creatives can use to enhance their productivity. Teaching Tips and Strategies This chapter introduces students to the creative process. Students are amazed when I explain to them that a 30-second commercial can take days to shoot in some cases...
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...Creative Process in Aircraft Troubleshooting Trevor G. Bryant PHL458 December 3, 2012 Donald Linville Creative Process in the Aircraft Troubleshooting World In all my years in the Air Force nothing made me more excited than troubleshoot an aircraft weapons system malfunction. Discovering what caused the problem, where that particular problem was on the aircraft and coming up with the final solution gave me such pride in what I did on a daily basis. What was best was when I was working on the A-10A aircraft. This was not the high tech computer heavy aircraft in today’s Air Force. This was a “hard-wired” jet that had little to no digital capabilities. To troubleshoot these took time tracing faults through wires and reading wiring diagrams and schematics. I spend many times inside a Hardened Aircraft Shelter with a multi-meter and a book in front of me, checking for voltage and continuity in wires. It came natural to me and I never thought of the processes that I used to accomplish the troubleshooting. As I look back on these times, I was definitely using a creative process to fix these ailing aircraft, and it was very simple in the way things flowed. Troubleshooting Defined Basically troubleshooting is finding a way to fix a know problem. Webster Dictionary defines a troubleshooter as “a person skilled at solving or anticipating problems or difficulties” or “a skilled worker employed to locate trouble and make repairs in machinery and technical equipment” (Marriam-Webster)...
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...Solving Problems with the Creative Process Throughout the times of our lives we are all subjected to problems or issues that we must deal with. Some are things that occur to us that we need to fix, while others occur around us that we wonder how the outcome could be different. The key to handling problems and issues is how and in what way we handle them. Being a critical and creative thinker, while implementing the steps of the creative process, can make a world of difference in the outcome of what we are handling or a change in the way that others look at the problem or issue in the future. Not only making things different for ourselves but also changing things for others around the country or even across the world. There are four stages to the creative process: searching for challenges, expressing the particular problem or issue, investigating it, and producing a range of ideas. In the first stage you are meeting challenges in an imaginative, original, and effective way. While searching for challenges you need to ensure that you are not looking at one specific time, but that you are constantly on the lookout for challenges. It’s importance is reflected in the fact that you can be creative only in response to the challenges that you perceive (Ruggiero, 2009.) There are six techniques that can be helpful to you in this stage: be observant, look for imperfections in things, note your own and other dissatisfactions, search for causes, be sensitive to implications...
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...“Post production is a real creative process”. In your own experience, how did post production enable you to explore media practices in your coursework? The brief for the task in the preliminary task was to create a short extract in which there are two lines of dialogue, an opening of a door at some point, all the while keeping to the 180’ rule and ensuring continuity is constructed. In the final piece the brief was slightly different as it was to construct an opening to a horror production, establishing both character and genre. We did this through camerawork, editing, mise-en-scene, and sound. We decided to make our piece within the supernatural sub-genre, in which two teenage boys search an abandoned house to test the tales of hauntings that have taken place over the years. Normal conventions have been reversed as we have male victims (protagonists) with a female antagonist. Post production was an important aspect of this as editing enabled us to construct continuity and add certain effects in order to make our piece look as professional as possible. To create a professional feel we added a camera overlay with reduced opacity to the handicam shots in order to create a more realistic look as if someone were using a hand held camera. We did this both in our preliminary task along with our final piece as we like the effect it created. A specific example of when it was used is within our final piece in the handicam shot of Alex and Fin walking through the dark hallway...
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...Creativity comes in many forms and fashions to an individual, “being creative means combining knowledge and imagination” (Ruggiero, 2009, p. 98). Creative people can have numerous talents ranging from problem solving to an individual who is creative in the arts. Understanding creativity and where it comes from is rather difficult, as no one truly knows because creativity can come in a variety of ways. In some cases it can come in the form of a mistake or accident, such as the potato chip, corn flake, and microwaves. The application process in creativity is something that researchers are constantly studying and demonstrating in hopes of understanding the process. The creative process is made of four stages, the number seems to differ among some people because some stages list the stages as individuals and some combined. “The first stage searching for challenges or the essence of creativity is meeting challenges in an imaginative, original, and effective way” (Ruggiero, 2009, p. 105). For example on Fort Jackson the organization I work for deals with the storage and maintenance of weapons, and weapons parts. Physical Security is a major concern for the organization. Recently, the boss came to inform me of a Physical Security Inspection in two days. The new facility manager appointed me the new Physical Security Officer. I knew that I would not be able to pass an inspection with only two days on the job. The issue is that there was no program in place. What I did know...
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...societies. Here, however, we test whether creativity increases dishonesty. We propose that a creative personality and a creative mindset promote individuals’ ability to justify their behavior, which, in turn, leads to unethical behavior. In 5 studies, we show that participants with creative personalities tended to cheat more than less creative individuals and that dispositional creativity is a better predictor of unethical behavior than intelligence (Experiment 1). In addition, we find that participants who were primed to think creatively were more likely to behave dishonestly than those in a control condition (Experiment 2) and that greater ability to justify their dishonest behavior explained the link between creativity and increased dishonesty (Experiments 3 and 4). Finally, we demonstrate that dispositional creativity moderates the influence of temporarily priming creativity on dishonest behavior (Experiment 5). The results provide evidence for an association between creativity and dishonesty, thus highlighting a dark side of creativity. Keywords: creativity, ethics, morality, moral flexibility, unethical behavior Evil always turns up in this world through some genius or other. —Denis Diderot (1713–1784) The ability to generate novel ideas and think creatively about problems has long been considered an important skill for individuals as well as for organizations and societies. Creative thinking allows individuals to solve problems effectively (Mumford & Gustafson, 1988) and...
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...1 Welcome to Entrepreneurship and Business Dr Kenny Wong Meng Seng ELG 16 wong.mengseng@nottingham.edu.my 2 Entrepreneurship and Business • Core module for all 1st year undergraduate students in NUBS • Also be offered to students from all other schools at the University of Nottingham • Designed to raise student’s awareness and understanding of some of the key elements of entrepreneurial creativity, as well as entrepreneurship in practice. • Many fundamental principles underpinning successful entrepreneurship can be applied in a much wider variety of situations. • Improve their individual skills in terms of creative problem solving and organisational effectiveness. 3 Entrepreneurship and Business Module Sessions • Combination of lectures and mentored group work sessions. Venue: F1A15, on Wednesday in Semester 1, Time: 11:00 – 1:00 pm. • Mentored group work sessions will be held in separate sittings throughout the day in Four sessions specified in the timetable. It will be announced in Week 5. • Students will be asked to self-select their project teams to fit into one of these four sittings, during which they will work through group work in a mentored environment. Groups will not be allowed to change sittings during the course of the module. Course Time Table • Week 2: Wednesday 25th September 2013 – Lecture – – – – Module Introduction and Rationale Course structure and rationale The importance of an integrative learning approach Why study Entrepreneurship...
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...his research paper focuses on the integration of creative problem solving process and how it affects the academic performance of the students. Its primary purpose is to introduce new strategies into the realm of teaching that is both effective and interactive. This paper also made use of a quasi experimental design where two classes were selected, one as the experimental group and the other as control group. After more than two weeks of treatment, it was found out that creative problem solving has made a significant difference in the performance of both groups most especially to the experimental group where creative problem solving process was used. It was very evident in the result of the pretest and posttest results. This would simply imply that teacher centered learning concept or commonly known as traditional concept may still be effective but integrating creative problem solving is also very advisable since we are in an age of paradigm shift. This paper would be of great help to teachers for it will foster new kind of learning and to the students for it will address the concept of diversity of learners. Introduction Teaching offers a bright and rewarding career for those who can meet the intellectual and social challenges of the job. In our society teachers are given professional status as experts and professionals. They are expected to use “best practice to help students learn essential skills and attitudes. It is no longer sufficient for teachers to be warm and loving...
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...Activity: What's in the air experiment |Age Group: 3 year olds | Goal/Objective : Children learn the dangers of fire | Materials Needed: · plate · candle, & matches · play dough · jar & colored | Process and Teaching Strategies · Use playdough to stand candle up in the middle of the plate, then pour colored water around the candle. Teacher then lights the candle and talks to children about the danger of matches and fire. Put the jar over the candle and watch the flames disappear| How is this activity developmentally appropriate? It teaches children they should only handle with an adult | Resource II - Language and Literacy | Activity: Learning to write your name |Age Group: 3 year olds | Goal/Objective : help child write his/ her name | Materials Needed: · chalk · sidewalk· | Process and Teaching Strategies · Let the child see his/her name. Make marks everywhere. Provide a vertical writing surface. Give fingers a workout. Hunt for letters| How is this activity developmentally appropriate? It gives the child a chance to write and see their name spelled out | Resource II - Creative Arts | Activity: Foot Tracing|Age Group: 3 year olds | Goal/Objective : Team work | Materials Needed: · drawing paper· crayons· markers | Process and Teaching Strategies · Give each child a partner and take turns tracing each others foot | How is this activity developmentally appropriate? Gives the opportunity to interact with one another...
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...Determine the optimum method for stating the problem. You should state every solution from every angle to eliminate the complex from the simpler. Choosing the right solution is the most complicated part of this course, and you may find it more beneficial to determine which solution provides the best outcome after we reviewed more facts and suggestions offered. Ensure to collect and analyze all information to deal with the issue or problem at hand. Appropriate investigative ways incorporate thinking about experiences, obtaining any related information through recently experience, securing interviews with persons knowledgeable on the subject matter. Acquiring any information to help formulate a solution will only benefit you throughout the process. “Every time you address a problem and try to find solutions, stretch your mind a little, reach for thoughts a little more daring than you have entertained before Vincent (2009).” Brainstorming the problem allows you to offer up as many solutions regardless of how complex or simple they may seem. Take plenty of time to make suggestions for ideas and take each solution and critique each one to ensure you select the best one for the problem. “One predictable outcome of this effort is the listing of some outrageous or silly ideas Vincent (2009).” The solution that you select must be practical, resourceful, remedy the problem in its...
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...individual creativity to facilitate and enhance organizational innovation. In order to build and sustain an effective organizational culture conquered by creativity and innovation, organizations must effectively identify to maximize all creative wealth of their members, develop creative leaders and management teams and provide a kind of work environment that is highly supportive of creative expression. The focus on this paper is to examine the ways to foster creativity in decision-making since it can easily be seen and understood that fostering creativity is not an easy task as there are no easy formulas to make creativity happen. Introduction Creativity is significant in management research (Shalley et al., 2004) and it is well defined as the production of novel ideas, which are not only unique but also useful. They are deemed to be useful when “they have potential for direct or indirect value to the organization, either in the short or long-term” (Shalley et al., 2004). Ideas can always be generated by anyone, and are either a part of an individual’s job, or viewed as a valued extra-role behavior in low creativity required job tasks, for example in production workers (Unsworth, 2001). A significant gap may exist between the level of individual creative potential and the actual amount of individual creativity practiced within the organization, especially if organizational members perceive their working...
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