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 are to generate ideas to decide what action to take. People often unconsciously limit their ideas to common response and blocks out the uncommon. Individuals also have to fight temptation to stop producing ideas too soon.
The personal challenge chosen is a problem Tanya Fleming had at her job working at Wyndham Garden Hotel in Columbus, Georgia. Tanya worked her way through three