Boost your creativity

Pre-class assignment/topic to write

• Take the creativity quiz. How creative are you? Share your result. Do you find anything surprising about your results? Elaborate your answer.

• When do you think you are most creative? What factors do you think contribute to creativity?

• Do you think creativity can be acquired? Why or why not?

Articles (optional)

• The secret to creativity

• 5 waysto improve your creative thinking

Conversation starters

• Use the assignments as conversation starters

• Share a few tips to boost your creativity (source)

  • Preparation – becoming immersed in problems and issues that are interesting and that arouse curiosity.

  • Incubation – allowing ideas to turn around in your mind without thinking about them consciously.

  • Insight – experiencing the moment when the problem makes sense, and you understand the fundamental issue.

  • Evaluation – taking time to make sure that the insight provides sufficient value to outweigh the various costs involved in implementation.

  • Elaboration – creating a plan to implement the solution, and following through.