26th
April
2001
“Directed creativity is the purposeful production of creative ideas in a topic area, followed up by deliberate effort to implement some of those ideas. Many people incorrectly assume that creative thinking is a special gift, bestowed on only a few. While it is true that we rarely see the extraordinary creativity of an Edison or Einstein, modern research from the fields of the cognitive sciences indicates that the ability to generate innovative ideas for change in our work is a common “gift” that we all possess.”
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26th
April
2001
“These days, many corporations articulate a belief that innovative thinking is imperative to their success. Virtually any corporate employee can site reasons for this: change is accelerating; solutions have a shorter shelf life; competition is increasing; organizations are expected to do more with less; employee-commitment only comes with passion and self-expression. However, individuals and organizations still express discouragement — a sense of confusion, wariness, and inability — when asked if they feel successfully creative.”
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26th
April
2001
“Visual thinking refers to a group of generative skills that, when practiced with rigorous discipline, results in the production of novel and original graphic ideas. By seeking to discover visual forms that fit his/her underlying human experience, the student of visual thinking comes to know the world. This practice of thinking with images alone is stressed in NAB in order to balance the over-emphasis on verbal reasoning in other areas of education. Visual thinking is high order critical thinking conducted by imaginistic means alone.”
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26th
April
2001
“There are two key problems to overcome when creating a useful information visualization. The first task is to define the visualization; which relies heavily upon brainstorming and innovation. However, the innovative display of the information, by itself, is not enough to ensure the success of the information visualization.”
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