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1. Three Dots with Three Lines:
Task : Connect the three dots with three straight lines, without lifting your pen from the
paper.
The solution seems too simple to be the right one. Creative thinking means not to be ashamed to think and to propose something simple.
Now think about a possible alternative solution for the three dots, avoiding a triangle. This part of three dots is a preparation for the following creativity tasks
2. Nine Dots with Four Lines:
Task : Connect the nine dots with four straight lines, without lifting your pen from the paper.
In order to find the solution one has to go beyond the imagined borderline of the square
frame and of one’s own mind.
3. Nine Dots with Three Lines
:
Task : Connect the dots with three straight lines.
In order to find a solution one has to open perception and thinking more openly and wilder. One of many solutions could be to see that a dot is not necessarily a one-dimensional
phenomenon.
Once, the idea of real creativity has been accepted, the door is open to much more innovative
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thinking: connect the nine dots with only one straight line Again, there are many possible solutions…
4.
The Squares
How many square do you see? You perhaps start with 16, then 17, then…
Be aware that there are hundreds of squares Where are they? How can I learn to see them?
You can use a cube of sugar shown below to depict the infinite nature of the number of squares.
Rules of Creativity
Creativity means bringing into existence an idea that is new
to you. Innovation is the practical application of creative ideas. Creative thinking is an innate talent that one is born with and a set of skills that
can be learned. The main features of creative thinking which can be trained are:
1. Thinking simple
: Don’t look for complicate solutions and don’t be ashamed to think simple. The most important inventions of making are simple, like e.g. the wheel.
2. Thinking beyond the borders: Our thinking constantly is limited by our habits, education,
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