{"id":433,"date":"2017-11-02T20:23:44","date_gmt":"2017-11-02T14:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lensq.com\/?p=433"},"modified":"2017-11-02T20:23:44","modified_gmt":"2017-11-02T14:53:44","slug":"creative-problem-solving-course-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lensq.com\/index.php\/2017\/11\/02\/creative-problem-solving-course-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Creative Problem Solving- Course Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

Creative Problem Solving<\/a>
\nCreated by: University of Minnesota
\nOne day, while I was struggling to find a technical solution to a problem, I heard the most feasible solution from a high level manager. That was when it striked me that it is not subject matter expertise which is going to take you to the top but creative problem solving does. <\/span>
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\nAs always, once I set my eyes on something, I feel restless till I do something about it. That was when I decided to take up this course.<\/span>
\n <\/p>\n

Did this course cure my curiosity?<\/span><\/h6>\n

 
\nI was excited in the beginning when the speaker told me that the course is all about practicals. After finishing the first week, I was all set to execute my plan on how to eat creatively. Unfortunately I could not execute till date. But then, they show you the assignments submitted by other students which gives you even more creative ideas. The most creative idea I liked was, one of the students put the food he prepared in to an empty toothpaste tube and kept eating the entire day. Even though I did not execute them, it turned on my creativity faucet by looking at ideas like this. <\/span>
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\nCreativity exercises mentioned in the course:<\/b>
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  • Eat differently<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Generate 10 different ways to use an object<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Talk differently<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Give differently<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

     
    \nApart from the practicals, there was a lot of theory which made a few weeks boring. A part of the theory was required to set the basics right. I felt most of it boring because I already knew about it. In order to just increase the lecture time, they even told how to click pictures.<\/span>
    \n <\/p>\n

    The main take away for me from the course is<\/span><\/h6>\n

     <\/p>\n

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    • Start with divergent thinking and end with convergent thinking<\/span><\/li>\n
    • If you are stuck with a problem, list its attributes to think creatively<\/span><\/li>\n
    • When your mind fails to think creatively, look outside for inspiration.<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Write 10 different ways to use an item daily<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Maintain an idea journal<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Diversify your knowledge<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

       
      \nIf I have to sum up the course in one sentence, it is the quote by Linus Pauling,<\/span>
      \n 
      \n\u201c<\/span>The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas<\/i><\/b>\u201d<\/span>
      \n 
      \nWhy should you do this course?<\/b>
      \n <\/p>\n

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      • You have no idea about how creativity works<\/span><\/li>\n
      • You think that creativity is required only for artists<\/span><\/li>\n
      • You want to do something different<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

         
        \nDo you have to be creative to start this course?<\/b>
        \n 
        \nNo, the course material is put in layman terms that anyone can talk it with no difficulty at all.<\/span>
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        \nHappy doing creative problem solving!<\/span>
        \n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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