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This document discusses creative thinking and its importance. It defines creative thinking as the ability to develop unique and original solutions to problems. Creative thinkers brainstorm many diverse ideas and experiment with different perspectives to solve issues. Employers value creative thinking as it allows employees to develop innovative solutions, improve processes, and address complex challenges. The document provides examples of how creative thinking skills like analytical abilities, innovation, and collaboration can benefit workplaces. It also offers tips to improve creative thinking, such as limiting options, changing routines, challenging existing approaches, and finding outside inspiration.

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Creative Thinking

This document discusses creative thinking and its importance. It defines creative thinking as the ability to develop unique and original solutions to problems. Creative thinkers brainstorm many diverse ideas and experiment with different perspectives to solve issues. Employers value creative thinking as it allows employees to develop innovative solutions, improve processes, and address complex challenges. The document provides examples of how creative thinking skills like analytical abilities, innovation, and collaboration can benefit workplaces. It also offers tips to improve creative thinking, such as limiting options, changing routines, challenging existing approaches, and finding outside inspiration.

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MODULE 4 Sem: VIII SUB: Product Design and Development

Creative Thinking
Creative thinking is the ability to come up with unique, original solutions. Also known as
creative problem-solving, creative thinking is a valuable and marketable soft skill in a wide
variety of careers.
Creative thinking is all about developing innovative solutions to problems. Creative thinkers
brainstorm not only a large number of ideas but also a variety and range of them.
Once they’ve brainstormed their ideas, creative thinkers will experiment with them. They look
at ideas from multiple perspectives and examine how their solutions fit into the scope of what
they’re working on. Creative thinkers aren’t afraid to take risks and try new ideas. In fact, this
ability to develop, test, and implement original solutions makes them a valuable asset to just
about any workplace. At work, creative thinking may look like:
• Holding an interactive brainstorm to gather initial thoughts on a project
• Evaluating a current process and offering suggestions on how to improve it
• Researching other ways to market a product and leading experiments on new marketing
channels
• Developing an innovative way to reach out to prospective clients
• Identifying a unique opportunity to promote the company brand and developing a
strategy to do so

Creative Thinking Examples


Creative thinking includes the process of innovative problem-solving — from analysing the
facts to brainstorming to working with others. Examples of these skills include analytical skills,
innovation, and collaboration.

Analytical Skills
Analytical skills are problem-solving skills that help you sort through facts, data, and
information to develop rational solutions. These skills aid you in the first part of the creative
thinking process as you brainstorm and start to generate ideas.
Analytical skills include:
• Data analysis
• Research
• Forecasting
• Reporting
• Interpreting
• Communication

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MODULE 4 Sem: VIII SUB: Product Design and Development

Innovation
Innovation is the ability to come up with something new; however, you don’t need to develop
the first flying car to be an innovative thinker. “Something new” at work might mean a method
you haven’t tried before or experimenting with an unfamiliar process. Innovators in the
workplace aren’t afraid to step away from tradition and explore something original, even if it
might fail.
Innovation skills include:
• Risk-taking
• Brainstorming
• Imagining
• Critical thinking
• Ambition
• Resilience

Collaboration
Creative thinking doesn’t have to happen alone; you might have your most creative ideas when
bouncing your work off others. Collaboration skills ensure you consider multiple perspectives
and ways of thinking when you develop and refine ideas.
Collaboration skills include:
• Written and verbal communication
• Active listening
• Empathy
• Feedback
• Inclusivity

4 Ways to Improve Creative Thinking


1. Put Yourself in a Box
Creative thinking is about “thinking outside the box,” but putting limitations on your problem-
solving can help you think more freely and innovatively. For example, if someone tells you to
make dinner, you may struggle to come up with a meal you don’t always cook. Yet if they ask
you to make a hot dinner with three specific ingredients and two spices, you’ll more likely
come up with something original.
Putting yourself inside a box, whether that’s by telling yourself you need to include three charts
in your presentation or giving yourself a strict word count for an article, can help expand your
thinking.

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MODULE 4 Sem: VIII SUB: Product Design and Development

2. Switch up Your Routine


Routine can be a great productivity booster, but it also can get in the way of your creativity. So,
switch up your routine for one project, day, or even an hour. This can be something as small as
where you’re physically sitting when you do your work or something as big as your process
for approaching projects. Challenging yourself to do something different will help you find
creative ways to adapt to your new environment.

3. Challenge What’s Currently Working


Think about how you might expand or improve upon a current process. What would you do if
you had more resources, whether that’s time, money, or another expert? What would you do if
you had fewer resources? If this project was taking place at a different time of year? If the
target audience was different? Imagining these different potential scenarios will force you to
problem-solve and adjust for various (very possible!) circumstances.

4. Find Inspiration
Creative thinking doesn’t happen in a bubble. It’s vital to ask for others’ opinions, ideas, and
feedback. Creative thinkers consider multiple perspectives and are curious about how others
think. Ask your colleague about their work processes, whether it’s how they research for a
client deliverable or how they approach meeting an external buyer.

Why Is Creative Thinking Important?


A soft skill like creative thinking will always be valuable to employers, whether you’re looking
for a marketing job or trying to land a career in finance. Employers need employees who can
develop and experiment with new ideas to help them solve complex problems.
“Many employers seek candidates that are analytical and outside-the-box thinkers which are
iterations of creative thinking skills,” Garcia says. “Thus, creative thinking, creative problem
solving, innovative thinking, and analytical skills are all valuable in the current workplace —
these skills are especially important in our ever-changing workplaces with new emerging
technologies.”

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