Stanford Webinar: How to Cultivate Creativity Using Design Thinking

Learn how to frame problems creatively in order to generate innovative solutions at your company. Rekindle all forms of your thinking: emotional, kinesthetic, and visual to explore new avenues for problem-solving. Use design thinking to change the process of ideation and collaboration in your meetings and projects. This webinar series will give you a taste of what will be taught during the Innovation Masters Series - Design Thinking and the Art of Innovation (XDES400) course being held this December 10 - 12, 2014 at Stanford University. Learn more: http://scpd.stanford.edu/design/ 0:00 Introduction 1:27 Design Thinking started at Stanford 3:22 Design Thinking is a process 6:49 Design Thinking is about Mindsets 9:12 What is this creativity problem? 9:42 Were you more creative as a child? 10:43 the brain and neural darwinianismº 13:18 the "BOX" and schemas 18:07 Recent findings on Creativity 21:34 Liberating ideas 23:29 Train yourself to get stuck 27:13 Train yourself to brainstorm well 27:24 When you think about brainstorming I want you to think like a jazz player 27:41 Jazz ensemble = brainstorming group 28:53 It's partly a 10,000 hours problem 31:08 We use a lot of Improv games 32:32 idea selection is a critical step 33:58 Brainstorming will transform you 35:35 #3: Space creates behavior 37:42 #3: Create creative spaces 38:03 #3: "Raw" space is the most powerful! 39:24 #3: Creative space suggestions 40:24 Take-aways 41:54 Question? Please submit your questions through Q&A