1. Creativity
Dr. Robert Alan Black

2. Creativity Dr. Robert Alan Black Turn Your Workplace into a
C.r.E.8.N.G! environment.
Dr. Robert Alan Black

5. Introductions

7. Since 98 ACRE & Globe

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9. Alan

10. Black!

11. My life’s…
passion
purpose

12. S.P.R.E.A.D.
C,r,e,8,n,g,
&
Creative Thinking

13. I do this through Keynote speeches, Workshops, Training Programs,
& Consulting.
Creativity: a Gift, an Attitude, a Process, a Strategy

15. Productive Leading
Skills of

16. ! Creativity Let s Begin ’ Turn Your Workplace into a
C.r.E.8.N.G! environment. ! ’
Let s Begin

17. Creative Thinking Inside, Outside, Along side, Under, Over, with a New
or No Box at All!

18. We can measure levels of
creative thinking
by examining:

19. Flexibility Elaboration Originality E. Paul Torrance
We can measure creative thinking levels
by examining:
Fluency
Flexibility
Elaboration
Originality
E. Paul Torrance

20. Creativity
G.A.P.S.!

21. Creativity
a Gift,
an Attitude,
a Process,
a Strategy

22. G - Gift

23. 5 to 10%
10 to 15%
75 to 85%

24. A-Attitude

25. P-Process/es

26. S-Strategy/ies

27. Creativity Dr. Robert Alan Black Turn Your Workplace into a
C.r.E.8.N.G! environment.
Dr. Robert Alan Black

28. Cre8ng Communities

29. S.P.R.E.A.D. SUPPORTING PROMOTING RECOGNIZING ENCOURAGING APPLYING
DEVELOPING

30. Warm-up to Create

32. What might the
next two letters be?
O T T F F _ _

33. Connect these 9 dots w/ 4
or less straight lines…

34. Classic Answer

35. Possible Solutions One or NO “straight lines” A wide crayon
Pour paint on it
Spray paint on it
Squash paper up
Line around world
Dip in can of paint
Cut dots out & line up
Spiral from center out
Wide paint roller/brush
Fold drawing until overlap
Write in cursive “4 straight lines”
Possible
Solutions
3 lines

36. Quickest way to Create or Innovate? Breaking Paradigms or simply
Re-examine
Re-state
Re-invent the problem.

37. Cre8v
W A R M - U P S

38. Cre8v W A R M - U P S Window Tent Roof top Logo Envelope Game board
4 triangles
Symbol for duct
Top of a pyramid
“x” marks the spot
Under side of pyramid
Close up view of fence
Tent
Logo
Game board
Ceiling light
4 arrow heads
Decorated box
Display shelf unit
2 overlapping triangles
…….?????????

39. Cre8v ?
W A R M - U P S

40. Cre8v ?
W A R M - U P S

42. Use the Box
Break the Box ?
No Box
New Box
Virtual Box

43. Warm-Up Exercises
Why do them?

44. Warm-Up Exercises
To open up a group or team's creative thinking Warm-Up Exercises are very helpful.
The exercises help to loosen up paradigms, mindsets, and points of view brought to a creative thinking session.

45. a. look beyond the obvious
Some goals of
Warm-Up Exercises are to
encourage people to:
a. look beyond the obvious
or known answers
(“correct” answers)
b. stretch thinking
c. breakout of establish thinking
d. look for multiple possibilities

46. e. take on many
different perspectives
f. practice producing
a variety of potential solutions
g. to take a few risks and play
W/ ideas & possible solutions
h. get discussion going
I. raise interest level