SYMBIOSIS INTERNATIONAL (DEEMED UNIVERSITY)

(Established under section 3 of the UGC Act 1956)

Re - accredited by NAAC with ‘A’ Grade
Founder: Prof. Dr. S. B. Mujumdar, M.Sc.,Ph.D. (Awarded Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri by President of India)

Course Name : Creative Thinking

Course Code : T6873
Faculty : Humanities and Social Sciences
Course Credit : 1
Course Level : 1
Sub-Committee (Specialization) : English
Learning Objectives :
The student will be able to 1.Understand the importance of R directed thinking
complementing L directed thinking2.Infer and discover processes and methods of
creative problem solving3.Enhance and correlate their creative and innovative thinking
skills4.Understand various disruptive innovations and techniques 5.Analyze and apply
various tools of creativity to some basic problems
Books Book Author Publisher
Recommended :
The Innovator's DNA Jeff Dyer, Hall Gregersen &
Harvard Business
Clayton M. Christensen
Publishing
40 Principles: TRIZ Keys to Technical Altshuller G Technical Innovation
Innovation Center Inc, USA
A Crash course on Creativity Hayhouse Tina Seelig Ingenius
A whole new mind Daniel H. Pink Pearson publication
Biomimicry:Innovation Inspired by Nature Benyus, J.M HarperCollins
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Malcolm Gladwell Hachette Book
Thinking Group
Emotional Intelligence Daniel Goleman Bloomsbury
Publishing India
P.Ltd
Five Minds for the Future Howard Gardner Harvard Business
Review Press
Imagine,How creativity works Jonah Lehrer Edinburgh
Jugaad Innovation Navi Radjou, Jaideep Prabhu, Wiley Publisher
Simone Ahuja
Lateral Thinking, Be more creative and Edward de Bono Penguin
productive
Six Thinking Hats Edward de Bono Little Brown and
Company
Teach Yourself to Think Edward de Bono Penguin
The Art of Creative Thinking John Adair Kogan Page India
The Art of Innovation, Lessons in Kelly, Tom America
Creativity from IDEO
Course Outline : Sr. No. Topic Hours
1 Introduction to Creativity and Innovation- 4
Creativity V/s. Innovation, Creativity as thinking skill, Critical Thinking V/s.
Creative Thinking, Lateral Thinking, Engineering and Creativity, Creativity
in Problem Solving Tools for Creativity- Brain storming, Mind mapping,
SWOC Analysis, Fishbone diagram, Six thinking hats, Borrowing
brilliance, Da Vinci's seven principles, Provocation and movement
2 Whole New Brain - 2

Page: 1
 L directed thinking V/s. R directed thinking, From agriculture age to
Industrial age to Information age to Conceptual Age, Need to high touch
design, story symphony, empathy, play, meaning
3 Skills for Disruptive Innovations- 3
Introduction, Associating, Questioning, Observing, Networking,
Experimenting, Putting skills into practice, Case Studies
Medici Effect- Introduction, Intersection, Creating medici effect, Making
intersectional ideas happen, Case studies
4 Triz Innovations- 3
Introduction, Ideality, Resources, Contradictions, Pattern of innovation,
Case studies
Biomimicry- Introduction, Design of various products inspired by nature
like Green building, bullet train, Nike Clothing, Velcro, Adhesive Tape,
Turbine, self-heating plastic, friction reducing swimming suit, automated
robot, screen display, deep blue.
5 Jugaad Innovations- 3
Introduction, Jugaad tactics: Seek Opportunities in Adversity, Do more
with less, Think and act Flexibly, Keep it simple, Include the margin,
Follow your heart, Case studies
Total 15
Pre Requisites :
NA
Evaluation :
Assignment
Group Activity
Quiz
Presentation
Pedagogy :
Classroom teaching
Group activities
Individual activities
Group discussion
Self-study
Expert :
Dr. Arundhati Warke,Professor& Head, Applied Science Department,SIT