CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING: DEFINITION / PROBLEM SOLUTION ESSAY

Creative problem solving is in high demand in the modern world but is it inborn or can it be learnt? First do the test to find out if you are a creative problem solver; then do your research to discover what exactly creative problem solving means and how we can develop the skill.

Take the test:

·         http://psychologytoday.tests.psychtests.com/take_test.php?idRegTest=3201

Reading material to annotate

The first two links will familiarize you with the topic but from then on, you have some serious reading to do.

·        ·         “Creative problem solving” http://www.wright.edu/~scott.williams/LeaderLetter/cps.htm
“A secret to creative problem solving” http://www.entrepreneur.com/blog/223588

·         “Creative problem solving” By: Dr. Don Treffinger http://education.jhu.edu/PD/newhorizons/lifelonglearning/workplace/articles/problem-solving/ 

·          “Creative approaches to problem solving” http://www.sagepub.com/upm-data/32693_Chapter1.pdf
“The basics of creative problem solving” http://www.innovationmanagement.se/imtool-articles/the-basics-of-creative-problem-solving-cps/

BBC Documentary to watch

·         “Horizon: how the creative brain works” http://education.jhu.edu/PD/newhorizons/lifelonglearning/workplace/articles/problem-solving/

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