{"id":812,"date":"2019-03-06T07:14:48","date_gmt":"2019-03-06T06:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogspedago.univ-nantes.fr\/mpiehanoi\/?p=812"},"modified":"2019-03-06T07:27:09","modified_gmt":"2019-03-06T06:27:09","slug":"creativity-is-a-process-not-an-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogspedago.univ-nantes.fr\/mpiehanoi\/2019\/03\/06\/creativity-is-a-process-not-an-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Creativity is a process, not an event"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>by <strong>\u0110\u00e0o Kh\u00e1nh Huy\u1ec1n<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the best decisions I made last year was to enroll in this Master Program of Innovation by University of Nantes, currently being offered at FTU campus. The Program brought me a wind of change in the mindset. Previously, I have always believed that creativity, let alone innovative ideas, has not been and will not be my thing.&nbsp; However, this started to change since my first subject: \u201cCreativity and Design management\u201d facilitated by Mr. Patrice BONNEAU and followed by many other useful and interesting subjects providing tools and guidance to help me turn my ideas into reality.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCreativity is a process, not an event\u201d. As the saying goes, if you want be more creative and innovative, you have to spend time and efforts to practice. In this article, I would love to share with you some of the tools and techniques that I gained throughout Program to practice and improve creativity.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Brainstorming<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Brainstorming is a method for generating ideas to solve a design problem. It usually involves a group, under the direction of a facilitator. The strength of brainstorming is the potential participants have in drawing associations between their ideas in a free-thinking environment, thereby broadening the solution space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the effective brainstorming methods introduced by Mr. St\u00e9phane JAOUEN that I found extremely useful is Ishikawa diagram method. This method is a 6-step method to find out the root cause of a problem from which we can come up with a well-rounded solution. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Mind-mapping<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This method must sound much more very familiar to you compared to the abovementioned. It is a highly effective way of getting information in and out of your brain, a creative and logical means of note-taking and note-making that literally &#8220;maps out&#8221; your ideas. Mind-mapping is an extremely useful visual thinking tool to structure information to help analyze and create new ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One example of mind-mapping for the MPIE program: \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"468\" height=\"339\" src=\"http:\/\/blogspedago.univ-nantes.fr\/mpiehanoi\/files\/2019\/03\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-818\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>The six thinking hats\u00a0<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Often, the best decisions come from changing the way that you think about problems, and examining them from different viewpoints. &#8220;Six Thinking Hats&#8221; can help you to look at problems from different perspectives, but one at a time, to avoid confusion from too many angles crowding your thinking. It forces you to move outside your habitual thinking style, and to look at things from a number of different perspectives. This allows you to get a more rounded view of your situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each &#8220;Thinking Hat&#8221; is a different style of thinking. These are briefly explained below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Managing Blue \u2013 what is the subject? what are we thinking about? what is the goal? look at the big picture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Information White \u2013 considering purely what information is available, what are the facts?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Emotions Red \u2013 intuitive or instinctive, reactions or statements of emotional feeling (but not any justification).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Discernment Black \u2013 logic applied to identifying reasons to be cautious and conservative. Practical, realistic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Optimistic response Yellow \u2013 logic applied to identifying benefits, seeking harmony. Sees the brighter, sunny side of situations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0Creativity Green \u2013 statements of provocation and investigation, seeing where a thought goes. Thinks creatively, outside the box.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" src=\"http:\/\/blogspedago.univ-nantes.fr\/mpiehanoi\/files\/2019\/03\/image-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-820\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>SWOT analysis<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>To understand well yourself and the surrounding environment means you already win the half way. This SWOT analysis helps you to do this. What makes SWOT particularly powerful is that, with a little thought, it can help you uncover <strong>opportunities<\/strong> that you are well-placed to exploit with your <strong>strengths<\/strong>. And by understanding the <strong>weaknesses<\/strong> of your business, you can manage and eliminate <strong>threats<\/strong> that would otherwise catch you unawares.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"246\" height=\"244\" src=\"http:\/\/blogspedago.univ-nantes.fr\/mpiehanoi\/files\/2019\/03\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-819\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I believe that the tools and techniques introduced in this article will be very useful for you to brainstorm, structure, shape and reflect your ideas in a clear and logical way. Should you spend time to practice with the tools, your creative mind will be fostered and improved gradually.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by \u0110\u00e0o Kh\u00e1nh Huy\u1ec1n One of the best decisions I made last year was to enroll in this Master Program of Innovation by University of Nantes, currently being offered at FTU campus. The Program brought me a wind of change &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogspedago.univ-nantes.fr\/mpiehanoi\/2019\/03\/06\/creativity-is-a-process-not-an-event\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":126,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,9,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogspedago.univ-nantes.fr\/mpiehanoi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogspedago.univ-nantes.fr\/mpiehanoi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogspedago.univ-nantes.fr\/mpiehanoi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogspedago.univ-nantes.fr\/mpiehanoi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/126"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogspedago.univ-nantes.fr\/mpiehanoi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=812"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogspedago.univ-nantes.fr\/mpiehanoi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":821,"href":"https:\/\/blogspedago.univ-nantes.fr\/mpiehanoi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812\/revisions\/821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogspedago.univ-nantes.fr\/mpiehanoi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogspedago.univ-nantes.fr\/mpiehanoi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogspedago.univ-nantes.fr\/mpiehanoi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}