Welcome aboard To this learning session. Guiding Factors: Participate & Learn Explore need to modify.
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Insight into Self Behavior
Branch & leaves Visible from distance / Fast Changing
Visible from Distance / Fast Changing
I Attitude Visible if we go Close /
Influenced from Environment
Trunk Visible if we go Close / Slow Changing
Slow Changing
Thoughts Invisible / Very Slow Changing
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ROOT
Invisible / Very slow Changing
Role of thoughts in life Life is an extension of thoughts & they make us feel good
or bad
Just like a robot, body is the servant of mind & obeys its command. Thinking is must to design action plan.
Thinking & thoughts are necessary for: Creative solutions of problems Identifying area of contribution To think positively & act more effectively Thus thinking skill serves as driving skill
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Need to Manage Thoughts If you can change how you think, you will change how you Act. If you can change how you act, you will change what you Do. If you can change what you do, then you will change what you Get. If you can change what you get, you will change where you are Going. If you can change where you are going, you will change your Life. So, Change your thinking and change your Life.
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A crackpot A water bearer in China had two large pots, each hung on the ends of a pole which he carried across his neck. One of the pots had a crack in it, while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water. At the end of the long walk from the stream to the house, the cracked pot arrived only half full. For a full two years this went on daily, with the bearer delivering only one and a half pots full of water to his house. Of course, the perfect pot was proud of its Utility perfect for which it was made. But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own flaws, and miserable that it was able to accomplish only half of what it had been made to do. www.apshubham.com
A crackpot • After 2 years of what it perceived to be a bitter failure, it spoke to the water bearer one day by the stream. "I am ashamed of myself, and because this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back to your house." The bearer said to the pot, "Did you notice that there were flowers only on your side of the path, but not on the other pot's side? That's because I have always known about your flaw, and I planted flower seeds on your side of the path, and every day while we walk back, you've watered them. For two years I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate the table. Without you being just the way you are, there would not be this beauty to grace the house" Moral: Each of us has our own unique flaws. We're all cracked pots. But it's the cracks and flaws we each have that make our lives together so very interesting and rewarding. You've just got to take each person for what they are, and look for the good in them. www.apshubham.com
Traits of Negative People
Find it difficult to maintain good & lasting relations. Always feel Bitterness & resort to Resentment. Cause Stress for self & others and lead a purposeless life. Resist change considering it to be uncomfortable & stressful.
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To Come out of Negative We Need to be We must try
Less critical Less destructive. Less dogmatic. Less sharp in reactions. Reduce laziness. www.apshubham.com
Not to get offended easily. Not to be passive. Not feel helpless. Not to give up easily.
To be and remain Positive
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Positive attitude: turning problems into opportunities One day a farmer's donkey fell into a well. The farmer frantically tried to rescue. With no relief, the farmer regretfully concluded that as the donkey was old, and as the well needed to be filled in anyway, he should give up the idea of rescuing, and simply fill in the well. Hopefully the poor animal would not suffer too much. The farmer asked his neighbors help, and before long they all began to shovel earth quickly into the well. When the donkey realized what was happening he wailed and struggled, but then, to everyone's relief, the noise stopped. After a while the farmer looked down into the well & was astonished by what he saw. The donkey was still alive, & progressing towards the top of the well. The donkey had discovered that by shaking off the dirt instead of letting it cover him, he could keep stepping on top of the earth as the level rose. Soon the donkey was able to step up over the edge of the well, and he happily trotted off. Life tends to shovel dirt on top of each of us from time to time. The trick is to shake it off and take a step up. www.apshubham.com
Tips to Manage Thoughts: Our mind is a Garden, we are the Gardner. Weed out the waste, Maintain the Good & Bring in the new. Be a Self-Starter & use Goals as Motivator.
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POSI IVE in a Work Environment
How to Stay
Link Fear of Loss & Hope of Gain with goals for sure success. Control Dislikes & avoid loss of credibility. www.apshubham.com
Insight into Innovation & Creativity Innovation is the implementation of new ideas at the individual, group or organizational level
Creativity is the development of ideas about products, practices, services, or procedures that are novel and potentially useful to the organization www.apshubham.com
Innovation 'Innovation' is the successful exploitation of new ideas. It is the process that gets us new products, new services, new ways of running the business or even new ways of doing business.
The Elephant & seven blind men
Once, long ago, seven blind men and their teacher went to “see� an elephant The teacher directed each of them to different parts of the elephant
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Types of Innovation • Business Model Innovation: involves changing the way business is done in terms of values. • Process Innovation: involves the implementation of a new or significantly improved production or delivery method. • Product Innovation, Innovation involves the introduction of a new good or service that is new or substantially improved. This might include improvements in functional characteristics, technical abilities, ease of use, or any other dimension. • Service Innovation, Innovation is similar to product innovation except that the innovation relates to services rather than to products www.apshubham.com
Even Experts can be Wrong • That’s an amazing invention, but who would ever want to use one of them?” (US President Rutherford B. Hayes, after participating in a trial telephone conversation between Washington & Philadelphia in 1876). • “Television won’t be able to hold onto any market it captures after the first six months. People will soon get tired of staring into a box every night (Darryl F. Zanuck, Head of 20th Century Fox, 1946) • “I think there is a world market for about five computers (Thomas J. Watson Sr., Chairman of IBM, 1943) www.apshubham.com
Requisites for Innovation A culture that contains symbolic rules. Culture
A person who brings novelty into the symbolic domain. A field of experts who recognize and validate the innovation. Person
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Elements of Creativity Experts
Components of Innovative personality Tolerance of Ambiguity: Provides time for difficult problem aspects to be resolved. Perseverance: Facing obstacles for creative products to occur. Openness to New Experiences: Willingness to try new ideas. Willingness to Take Risks: No pain no gain. Courage & Belief in oneself: Creative ideas need independence of Judgment and Self-esteem to grow. www.apshubham.com
Creative Thinking An innate talent that you were born with and a set of skills that can be learned, developed, and utilized in daily problem solving A creative solution has three attributes:
It is new (otherwise it would not be creative). It is useful, in that it solves the problem (otherwise it would not be a solution). It is feasible, even with real world constraints like money and time. www.apshubham.com
Myths about Creativity 1. The smarter you are, the more creative you are
2. The young are more creative than the old 3. Creativity is reserved for the few – the flamboyant risk takers 4. Creativity is a solitary act 5. You can’t manage creativity
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Stages of Creative Thought Orientation: Defining the problem Preparation: Gaining as much information as possible Incubation: The problem, while not appearing to be actively worked on, is still “cooking” in the background Illumination: The “a-ha” experience; rapid insight into the solution Verification: Testing and critically evaluating the solution
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Stages in the Creative Process
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A Creative Person… One whose thoughts or actions set up a new domain. Is Smart having tendency to be more creative. Usually have a above average knowledge & interests. Have openness to try & Experience. Value independence & have a preference for complex things. Display creative productivity, new inventions, insightful discoveries, artistic works, revolutionary paradigms. Have flexibility, non-stereotypical behaviors, & nonconforming attitudes. www.apshubham.com
Steps to enhance personal creativity Accept that you can be creative. Question traditional assumptions. Expand your problem-solving styles. Employ creativity techniques. Practice thinking in new ways. Explore when your creative thinking is best.
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Creativity Killers Excessive focus on extrinsic motivation. Limits set by superiors Critical evaluation Close, controlling supervision Competition in a win-lose situation Control of decision making Control of information www.apshubham.com
Creativity Enhancers Encourage risk taking Provide autonomy Encourage productivity “sweat equity” Supportive supervision, climate, and work group Participative leadership.
Tools for Creating New Ideas
Attribute Listing Tools for Creating New Ideas
Brainstorming Visioning
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Creative Thinking Techniques • Brainstorming Rules Expressiveness: Say whatever ideas come to mind without focusing on constraints. Non-evaluation: No criticism allowed; all are valuable. Quantity: Produce as many ideas as possible. Building: Expand on other people’s ideas.
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It’s Time to say…
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Creative Fun
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How things can be handled differently?
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The Creative Idea to Enhance the Sales
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Innovation to Contribute For the Development
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Team Work of Creative People
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How we see and react to situations and people?
THE CARROT, THE EGG Good old lessons in teamwork from an age-old fable The Tortoise And The Hare
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AND THE COFFEE BEAN
A SMALL TRUTH TO MAKE LIFE 100%
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A Peacock in the Land of Penguins Adapted from a book by BJ Gallagher Hateley & Warren H. Schmidt
Check how much you can see?
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This is surely simple
What we see also varies
Enjoy The Illusions
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Playing with matches
One triangle (with another one super-imposed over it.)
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Playing with matches
Two triangles
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Playing with matches
Three triangles
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Playing with matches
Four triangles
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Playing with matches
Six triangles
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Playing with matches
Eight triangles
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Pl try to do this
A C
B A B
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C
See how simple is this
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Now try this
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4 SQUARES • The fig shows 4 squares-A,B,C&D. • 1/4th of squares A,B&C is shaded. 1. Divide Unshaded portion of ‘A’ into TWO equal & identical parts. 2. Divide Unshaded portion of ‘B’ into THREE equal & identical parts.
3. Divide Unshaded portion of ‘C’ into Clues FOUR: equal & identical parts.
The solution is not in the form of triangles. The solution lies in the problem itself. 4. Divide ‘D’ into SEVEN equal & identical parts. Clues : The solution is not in the form of triangles.
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See this figure?
ď ś Divide the figure below into as many pieces as you can by making four straight cuts with a long knife
• Cuts & pieces
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New Challenge
A company manufactures glassware. The last step of the process is to wrap glasses individually in used newspapers and then place them in a specially designed box. The box is then sealed. Management notices low productivity with this last step, observing that workers occasionally stop to read the newspapers? What can management do to increase productivity?
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Solve the problem
• Remove three sticks to leave four
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Welcome to An Experiential Session on “Innovative Thinking” By: Mr. Balendu Bajpai Presented by: A P Shubham Services www.apshubham.com
Description of Human Endowments Sr. no
Self awareness
Conscience
Independent will
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Stand apart from our selves.
It connects us with wisdom of ages & Heart.
It is the ď Ą Is Our Capacity to Power to Act. envision a future state.
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Examine our Is a guiding system We are thinking. that tells us when Product of our we move contrary choices. to the Principles.
To create some thing in our mind.
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Our motives.
We are reason- able to respond else then our moods and tendencies.
To solve problems synergistical ly.
4
Our history etc.
We have will power to act upon self
Through this we can improve our
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Creative Imagination
Synergized use of the endowments is must for Personal Leadership. They help to achieve Human Freedom: The power to choose. The power to Respond. The Power to change. Between stimulus and response there remains a space. Between that space lies our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom. www.apshubham.com
Characteristics of Creative People
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Personality Traits of Creative People Persistence Self-confidence Independence Attraction to complexity Tolerance of ambiguity Intuitiveness Have broad interests Are energetic Drive to achieve Love their work www.apshubham.com Take risks
Domain-Specific Knowledge Develops Via
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Education
Experience
Training
Contextual Knowledge
Creativity Enhancers
Focus on intrinsic motivation Creativity goals Developmental feedback Supportive supervision Healthy competition Participative decision making
Hire creative people Enriched, complex jobs Provide resources Clear organizational goals Instructions to be creative No punishment for failure Recognize and reward www.apshubham.comcreativity
Workforce diversity Internal and external interaction Diverse teams skilled at working together Supportive climate Autonomy
Organizational culture the promotes innovation Flexible, flat structures Close interaction and relationships with custome Encourage risk taking
BARRIERS THAT GET IN OUR WAY
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Time
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Why change? Usually don’t need to be creative Habit Routine Haven’t been taught to be creative
Conceptual Blocks
Formal education often produces…
“right answers”, analytical rules, or thinking boundaries
Experience in job teaches…..
proper ways of doing things, specialized knowledge, and rigid expectation of appropriate actions
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Individu als lose the ability to experim ent, improvi se, and take mental detours
How Can Organizations Foster Creativity? Hire creative & diverse workforce
Create the right org. culture
Provide resources esp. time
Set creativity goals
Design complex & challenging jobs
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Recognize & reward creativity
“Be Creative!�
EXERCISES
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