Forwarded from:-http://www.mycoted.com/creativity/techniques/Creativity TechniquesBelow are listed a number of creativity techniques to help with creative thinking. Like most tools these creativity techniques all have their good and bad points. I like to think of these creativity techniques as tools in a toolbox in much the same way as my toolbox at home for DIY. It has a saw, spanner, hammer, knife and all sorts of other things in it, they are all very useful, but you have to pick the right tool (creativity technique) for each job. We will try and provide a little guidance along with each tool to let you know whether it's best used for cutting paper or putting in nails.There are at least 200 different creativity techniques and tools available, listed below are some of these. Special thanks to the Open University for their kind permission to use material from their publication B822.If you have knowledge of any other creativity techniques then please let us know - we'd like to make a full set available for all to use.A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y ZATopAlternative Scenarios Analogies Analysis of Interactive Decision Areas (AIDA) Anonymous voting Assumption surfacing Attribute listing (and variants) BTopBackward Forward Planning Boundary examination Boundary relaxation Brainstorming Brain sketching Brain Writing Brain writing 6-3-5 Brain writing game Brain writing pool Browsing Brutethink Bug listing Bullet proofing Bunches of bananas CTopCard story boards Cartoon story board CATWOE Causal mapping Charrette Cherry Split Circle of Opportunity Clarification Classic Brainstorming Collective notebook (CNB) Comparison tables Component detailing Concept Fan Consensus mapping Constrained brain writing Contradiction Analysis Controlling imagery Crawford slip writing Creative problem solving (CPS) Criteria for idea-finding potential Critical path diagrams (CPD) DTopDecision seminar Delphi DO IT Dialectical approaches Dimensional analysis Drawing ETopEssay writing Estimate-discuss -estimate Exaggeration (magnify or minify) Excursions FTopFactors in 'selling' ideas False Faces Fishbone diagram Five W's and H Flow charts for action planning Focus groups Focusing Force-field analysis Force-fit game Free association 'Fresh eye' and networking GTopGallery method Gap analysis Goal orientation Greetings cards HTopHelp, hinder Heuristic ideation technique (HIT) Highlighting ITopIdea advocate Imagery for answering questions Imagery manipulation Imaginary Brainstorming Implementation checklists Improved nominal group technique Interpretive structural modeling JTop  KTopKeeping a dream diary Kepner and Tregoe's method  KJ-method LTopLaddering Lateral Thinking Listing Listing pros and cons MTopMetaplan information market Mind mapping Morphological analysis Morphological Forced Connections Multiple redefinition NTopNegative brainstorming Nominal group technique (NGT) Nominal-interacting technique Notebook OTopObserver and merged viewpoints Osborn's checklist Other people's definitions Other people's viewpoints PTopPaired comparison Panel consensus Paraphrasing key words Personal balance-sheet Phases of integrated problem solving (PIPS) Pictures as idea triggers Pin cards PMI (Plus, Minus, Interaction) Plan Do Check Act (PDCA) Plusses, potentials and concerns Potential-problem analysis (PPA) Preliminary questions Problem-centred leadership (PCL) Problem inventory analysis (PIA) Problem Reversal Progressive hurdles Progressive revelation Provocation QTopQ-sort Quality circles RTopRandom stimuli of various kinds Rawlinson Brainstorming Receptivity to ideas Reframing values Relational words Relaxation Reversals Role storming STop7-Step Model SCAMMPERR SCAMPER Sculptures Search conference Sequential-attributes matrix Similarities and Differences Simple rating methods Simplex Six Thinking Hats Slice and Dice Snowball technique Soft systems method Stakeholder analysis Sticking dots Stimulus analysis Story writing Strategic assumption testing Strategic choice approach Strategic management process Strategic Options Development and Analysis (SODA) Successive element integration Super Group® Super heroes SWOT Analysis Synectics Systematized Direct Induction (SDI) TTopTechnology Monitoring Think Tank TILMAG Transactional planning Trigger Sessions Trigger method TRIZ UTopUsing 'crazy' ideas Using experts VTopValue brainstorming Value engineering Visual brainstorming Visualising a goal WTopWho are you? 'Why?' etc. - repeatable questions Wishing Working with dreams and images
