Add one line to the roman numeral XI, and end up with the number ten. Try for at least three different solutions.The most obvious solution is to add a fraction bar, X/l. What other’s can you think of? Possible answers to Part I Just another creative problem solving executrices which can be answered by creative […]
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Inspirational Animals: Inspiration for creative approach
Here is a list of animals and the inventions they exemplify. Try matching the animal with the invention. Just use your creative approach and creative problem solving skills. 1. bat ( ) parachute 2. armadillo ( ) snowshoes 3. chameleon ( ) anesthetic 4. fish ( ) helicopter 5. flying squirrel ( ) suction cup […]
9 Dots: Creative problem solving with creative thinking techniques
Just another creative problem solving executrices which can be answered by creative thinking techniques and creative approach. The problem: Draw four straight lines through the nine dots without retracing and without lifting your pen from the paper. The key to the solution is, of course, that the imaginary boundaries formed by the dots need not […]
Rope: Creative problem solving with creative approach
Defining a problem too narrowly can inhibit and delay finding a solution. The creative problem solver tries to state the requirements as broadly as possible at the beginning. If, after a reasonable time, no solution presents itself, he tries to restate it in such a way that a new avenue of approach becomes available.Less successful […]
Associations: Creative problem solving with creative approach
Just another creative problem solving executrices which can be answered by creative thinking techniques and creative approach. Examples: Elephant, bleed, lie, wash Answer:White (white elephant, bleed white, white lie, white-wash) Sleeping, contest, spot, shop Answer: Beauty (sleeping beauty, beauty contest, beauty spot, beauty shop) Now train your own associative powers with the following sets: 1. […]
Association
In this exercise, think of a fifth word that is related to the preceding four words. (Compound and hyphenated words or commonly used expressions are allowed.) Examples: Elephant, bleed, lie, wash Answer:White (white elephant, bleed white, white lie, white-wash) Sleeping, contest, spot, shop Answer: Beauty (sleeping beauty, beauty contest, beauty spot, beauty shop) Now train […]
