Lateral thinking- Business creative thinking

A gadget or a picture of it from your second drawer in the kitchen.
Why are they innovative and/or creative?
Are they commercially viable/successful?
Can you create something similar?

1. Creative
thinking
theories
Sergio Pinzon

2. Agenda
•The six thinking hats
•Gadget exercise
•Floor company exercise (A creative
tool)
•Assignment 2 instructions
•Homework
•Presentations

3. Thesixthinkinghatsof
EdwarddeBono
•Whitehat(factsandinformation)
•Redhat(emotionalimpact)
•Blackhat(risksandchallenges)
•Yellowhat(positiveoutcomesandbenefits)
•Greenhat(creativeandinnovativepossibilities)
•Bluehat(controlandorganization)

4. Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maWEAnSegcc

5. Homework 2- Creative
Gadgets Exercise
•Why are they innovative and/or creative?
•Are they commercially viable/successful?
•Can you create something similar?

6. Homework 2- Creative
Gadgets Exercise
Bring a gadget or a picture of it from your second drawer in
the kitchen. These gadgets are the most innovative and
creative: the best are the ones that are the most unusual.
Let's disclose and guess in class.
•Why are they innovative and/or creative?
•Are they commercially viable/successful?
•Can you create something similar?

7. Assignment 2 instructions
•Makesuretoreviewyourassignedgroupsand
exchangecontactinformation.
•The project will center on a range of issues which
can be entrepreneurial, business and/or leadership
focused

8. Homework
Group Innovative Project
In preparation for the next class, as a group work together on your
Assignment 2. Here's what we need to do:
1- Agreed innovation project
2- Compile a list of questions that we need to address for the
project
3- Develop a schedule outlining tasks and deadlines