Add Creativity To Decision Process Group 3 – Transformers
Jun 23, 2015
Add Creativity To Decision Process
Group 3 – Transformers
Creativity Innovation Need of innovation Factors affecting creativity Creative problem solving process Integrating creativity into decision process Rules to facilitate creativity Creativity measurement tools Greatest innovator Queries
Outline
Think out of the box Break established patterns Experimenting Making mistakes Risk taking ability Contagious Motivation Improves by practice
Creativity
…..intrinsic capacity or act of conceiving
something original or new.
Innovation is the spark that makes good companies great
Innovation is the creativity that adds value
Corporate behavior that’s comfortable with new ideas, risk, change and even failure
Innovation is doing new things Creativity is thinking up new things
Innovation…Innovation is simply implementation of something new
…Invention..creating of something that has never been made before and is recognized as the product of some unique insight.
Exhaustive downsizing Saturated reengineering Fierce competition Shorter life cycle of products Enhanced dynamics of market Diminishing returns Scarcity of resources High expectation of consumers
Need Of Innovation
The answer is NO
The challenge is to create an environment that will bring out the creativity of everyone.
Ex- 3M corporation 15% rule
Is Creativity A In-Born Personality Trait???
Amabile’s research identified some factors which stimulates creativity
1. Freedom2. Positive challenge3. Supervisory encouragement4. Work group supports5. Organizational encouragement6. Sufficient resources7. Facilitation and sharing of ideas
Environmental Stimulants to Creativity
Synectics corporation identified some factors which inhibits creative process
1. Competition rather than cooperation2. Lack of cross functional support3. Unwillingness to change4. Excessive workload5. Power centralization6. Newtonian Mechanical model7. Past education
Impediments to Creativity
Stresses on conformity rather than creativity Apathy for creative subjects Competitive grading system Outdated textbooks Teacher’s method of changing student behavior were:
Pain, Fear, Anxiety, Humiliation, Embarrassment and Physical discomfort
Bottle Neck –Traditional Education System
Creative Problem Solving Process
Vision Goals Situation analysis
◦ Macro ◦ Micro
Opportunities, Problems Alternative solutions Resources required Evaluation of alternatives Selection Action plan Implementation Measure Results
Integrating Creativity into Current Decision Process
Identify goal, wish or challenge
Gather Data
Clarify Problem
Generate Ideas
Select & Strengthen solution
Plan for action
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KUCHH NAISCOTCH WHISKY
Vision- To make brand “KUCHH NAI” No.1 in wine and spirits industry all over India
Goal- To increase the penetration of the product by creating a innovative marketing strategy
Situation Analysis-
1. Macro: PEST analysis Political: Different states, different regulations Economical: In direct propotion to recession Social: No more taboo Technological: Adoption of updated means
2. Micro: Whom to target? What will be the product line? Where to find workforce?
Opportunity & Problem-
1. Advertising the product in strictly regulated market2. Lobbying with govt. officials3. Check pilferage
Alternate Solutions-(Brainstorming)
1. Launch “KUCHH NAI” cigarettes2. Buy an IPL team3. Host “KUCHH NAI” award function4. Launch “KUCHH NAI” juices and shakes5. Keep initially prices very low6. Distribute free samples7. Appoint brand ambassadors8. Free offers, Ex- 1+1 or 2 glass
Resources- Capital, Strategy, Workforce, Land and Entrepreneur
Evaluation-
1. Launch “KUCHH NAI” cigarettes-102. Buy an IPL team-83. Host “KUCHH NAI” award function-64. Launch “KUCHH NAI” juices and shakes-95. Keep initially prices very low-76. Distribute free samples-67. Appoint brand ambassadors-58. Free offers, Ex- 1+1 or 2 glass-9
Selection-1. Launch “KUCHH NAI” cigarettes2. Launch “KUCHH NAI” juices and shakes3. Free offers, Ex- 1+1 or Buy 2 glass4. Buy an IPL team
Action & Implementation -1. Initially “KUCHH NAI” juices and shakes will be launched along
with “KUCHH NAI” scotch and whisky2. Followed by “KUCHH NAI” cigarettes.3. After 3-4 months, free offers will be provided4. IPL team will be bought at last, constraint to profit
Result
Osborn Parnes model stresses critical rules for each divergent stage:
Withholding judgment Judging shuts down idea generation. It requires understanding of
the functions performed by 3 section of brain.
1. Outer layer: Neo-cortex2. Middle layer: Limbic system3. Inner-most layer: Reptilian or brain stem The neo-cortex controls thinking, speaking, and problem solving.
Creativity occurs at this outer level. Because judging is a threat, the brain shifts from the neo-cortex, through the limbic, to the brain stem to assure social-psychological survival. This shift shuts down the creative process
Rules to Facilitate Creativity
Freewheeling The process should be freewheeling to take the participants
past the mental conformity blocks that they have learned in school or prior experience. Freewheeling means it's all right to be off the wall
High quantity of ideas The significance of high quantity of ideas is like mining for gold:
you need to dig a lot of dirt to find a nugget. Experiments have shown that the last ideas, the ones beyond the mental blocks and into the subconscious, are the highest quality ideas
Hitchhiking Hitchhiking creates ideas that combine the best ideas of
everyone in the team. It can also help during implementation if all members see a piece of their idea in the final solution
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Allow mistakes Mistakes are acceptable if they are based on solid
thinking, enhance learning of what will not work, and are caught early before the damage is severe
Teamwork Creative problem solving sessions require teamwork
among individuals who have different thinking styles because of their training and experiences. Effective teaming requires that each member understand his or her style and the styles of others on the team
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Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) It places individuals along four dimensions:
Extroversion-Introversion, Sensing-Intuition, Thinking-Feeling, and Judging-Perceptive.
Kirton Adaptor-Innovator (KAI) Inventory It measures preferred styles for problem solving. The
Adaptor prefers to be creative within the present system. The Innovator wants to create new definitions of the problem and new systems.
Creativity Measurement Tools
Greatest Innovator Thomas Edison
Creativity facilitates positive relationships in organization to produce profitable growth through innovation
Creativity can be developed, given the proper environment
Creative problem solving process wide applicability in decision making process
Creativity abolishes Newtonian mechanistic model that stresses cause and effects
Concluding Remarks..