Transcript 2013 Summer Council of Presidents

AASCU – Summer Council
Meeting the Challenge of Change:
Creative Thinking Skills for the 21st
Century
Gerard J. Puccio, Ph.D.
International Center for Studies in Creativity
Buffalo State - State University of New York
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Let’s Do Some Math
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Flake Tools
Handaxe
Creative Explosion
Insights from Evolution
• Change is Constant –
Everything is a Prototype
• Creative Thinking is a
Survival Skill – Need
Novel Solutions
• Creativity is Natural &
Innate
Natural Creativity
Deliberate Creativity
• Generate novelty
-Fluency
-Originality
-Flexibility
-Elaboration
Area of
Discovery
Area of Familiarity
DIVERGENT
THINKING
Area of
Discovery
CONVERGENT
THINKING
• Explore novelty
• Select & develop
the best option
• Make the strange
familiar
Area of
Discovery
Area of Familiarity
Deliberate Creativity:
Guidelines for Divergent Thinking
Area of
Discovery
Divergent Thinking
Guidelines:
- Defer Judgment
- Go for Quantity
- Make Connections
- Seek Novelty
Divergent Thinking Warm-Up
How to improve a bathtub?
Area of
Discovery
Area of Familiarity
Dynamic Balance:
The Core to the CPS Process
Area of
Discovery
Divergent Thinking
Guidelines:
- Defer Judgment
- Go for Quantity
- Make Connections
- Seek Novelty
The Real Question
What are all the ways AASCU
can support you in times of
change?
Area of
Discovery
Area of Familiarity
Dynamic Balance:
The Core to the CPS Process
Area of
Discovery
Divergent Thinking
Guidelines:
- Defer Judgment
- Go for Quantity
- Make Connections
- Seek Novelty
Converging
• Work like Bob Hope
• Dot Voting
– Simple with one color dot
• 10% of total number of ideas generated -- give “dots” to
everyone and have them put them on those ideas that meet
criteria
– Blue sky voting
• 2 colors of dots (Green & Blue)
– Green Light Idea  Short term, easily implementable, easy
to support with existing resources (identify appropriate
criteria)
– Blue Sky Idea  Novel idea that has potential, perhaps a
longer time horizon for implementation, may require new
resources or support systems
Converge on AASCU Ideas
• Select one Green Light Idea
• Select one Blue Sky idea
How do you want your ideas
evaluated?
1. Plusses
POINT
Developing – Green 1a
• Strengths, Good Points, Positives, Pluses
2. Opportunities
• Future Spin-offs, Possibilities, Novel Aspects
• What if thinking
3. Issues
• Weaknesses, Trouble Spots, Minuses
• Phrased in "How to...”, “How might…”What might…” statements
• What if thinking
4. overcome concerns through New Thinking
• Prioritize concerns
• Generate Ideas to Overcome Main Concerns
5.Does your idea change?
• Refine, keep or kill
(Miller, Vehar & Firestien, 2001)
Evaluating a new wheelbarrow
design?
Point
Plusses
• The hopper has a lot of space
• The handle seems reinforced
• The wheelbarrow won’t tip over
• The wheels give it more stability
• It’s easy to maneuver
Potentials
• It might make gardening easier
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It might reduce the number of accidents
It might replace the traditional wheelbarrow
It might cost less to produce
It might be used for storage
Concerns
Overcoming Concerns
• How to make wheelbarrow easier to
maneuver?
• How to make it more attractive?
• What might be ways to make
the grip more comfortable?
• How to improve traction?
• How to identify buyers?
• How to strengthen center of gravity?
• How to strengthen center of gravity?
• Make it a longer handle
• Push down instead of lift up
• Attach and extend braces on sides of barrow
• Attach Segway technology to it
• Make it heavier near the handles
• Create a rail system for it
Point Application
• Select a “blue sky” idea (blue dot) from the brainstorming
activity on How to build a creative culture at Sheridan
• Run through the Point
– Pluses – what do you like about the idea
– Opportunities– what might happen if we implement this idea
– Issues– What are potentials issues, weaknesses, problems (phrase
as a How To or HMW)
– New Thinking to Overcoming Concerns – Select top 1-2
concerns that could prevent us from moving forward and generate
ideas to overcome these concerns
– Does your idea change – Refine, keep or kill
Some Sample Uses for Point
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Evaluating a proposed idea
Providing feedback
Capturing lessons learned from a project,
assignment or event
Conducting performance reviews
Developing a product concept
Improving team effectiveness
Taking It Forward
Creative Leadership: Skills that Drive
Change published by Sage
www.buffalostate.edu/creativity
Thank You & Good Luck!!
Unused Slides
Trends
8. Education
recognizes
creative thinking
as essential 21st
century skill
Hierarchy of Thinking: Bloom’s
Taxonomy in the 21st Century
Original Terms
New Terms
• Evaluation
• Creating
• Synthesis
• Evaluating
• Analysis
• Analyzing
• Application
• Applying
• Comprehension
• Understanding
• Knowledge
• Remembering
(Based on Pohl, 2000, Learning to Think, Thinking to Learn, p. 8)
Workplace Basics
Carnevale, A. P., Gainer, L. J., & Meltzer, A. S. (1990) Workplace basics.
• The Foundation
Knowing how to learn
• Competence
Reading, writing, and
computation
• Communication
Listening and oral
communication
• Adaptability
Creative thinking and
problem solving
• Personal Management
Self esteem, goal setting,
motivation, personal and career
development
• Group Effectiveness
Interpersonal skills, negotiation,
team work
• Influence
Organizational effectiveness and
leadership
Beyond Workplace 2000
Effective performance in the workplace beyond 2000 requires three
foundational skills:
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Basic Skills (Reading, writing, arithmetic and mathematics,
speaking and listening)
• Thinking Skills (Thinking creatively, making
decisions, solving problems, seeing things in the
mind’s eye, knowing how to learn, and reasoning)
• Personal Qualities (Individual responsibility, self-esteem,
sociability, self-management, and integrity).
(Boyett & Boyett, 1994; based on SCANS report)
Workplace Skills for the New
Millennium
• Knowing more about the
world
• Thinking Outside the
Box
• Becoming smarter about
new sources of
information
• Developing good people
skills
21st Century Skills:
Learning for Life in Our Times
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Learning and Innovation Skills
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Critical thinking & Problem Solving
Communication & Collaboration
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Creativity & Innovation
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Digital Literacy Skills
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Information Literacy
Media Literacy
Information & Communication Technologies
Career & Life Skills
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Flexibility & Adaptability
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Initiative & Self-Direction
Social & Cross-Cultural Interaction
Productivity & Accountability
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Leadership & Responsibility
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Trilling & Fadel (2009)
The New Commission on Skills
of the American Workforce
“Creativity, innovation,
and flexibility will not
be the special province
of an elite. It will be
demanded of virtually
everyone who is making
a decent living, from
graphic artists to
assembly line workers,
from insurance brokers
to home builders.”
Tough Choices or Tough Times (2008)
How well do schools prepare
students to join today’s world?
“Most educational
efforts emphasize
convergent
thinking, and
therefore may do
very little, if
anything, for
creative potential.”
Runco (2007)
“Our schools, on the whole, are
hostile to ideas. Too often,
our tests ask students to come
up with the one right answer,
and the curriculum, pegged to
the tests, penalizes the
creative student rather than
rewarding him or her for the
unexpected but thoughtful –
or even brilliant – response.”
Tough Choices or Tough Times (2008)
International Center for
Studies in Creativity
Buffalo State – State University of New York
Fast Facts
• Founded 1967
• Offer MS in Creativity
• Certificate in Creativity
and Change Leadership
• Program for Distance
Learners
• Nearly 400 alumni