CREATIVE PROBLEM

SOLVING

WELCOME TO ALL
 Name the Competitor ….?
 Sony camera
 BSNL
 AIR INDIA
 HMV Music
 India Postal service
 The Hindu
 S.Chand books
 Microsoft computer
 New century Book House
 RVS Chamber Bricks
What is the result of our work or
action..?

 Solving problem. Effectiveness of

Problem solving is success
Scenario
More students are failing in their courses this
year compared to last year.
Who is to be blamed?
Students’ Perspective?

UNITAR
UNITARCourses
Coursesand
andLecturers’
Lecturers’are
areso
so
BORING and DIFFICULT! HOW TO PASS?
Teachers’ Perspective?
Students KNOW NOTHING!
They are both LAZY and
STUPID! What a perfect
combination to become an
employable graduate!

Yeah! Blame
it on us!
 CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING

 A type of problem solving, is the mental

process of searching for a new and novel
creative solution to a problem, a solution
which is novel, original and not obvious.
Right Vs Left

Roger Sperry
 What is Problem…?

 Difference between What is…?

and What should be….?.

 What people are actually doing (or not doing) and what they need to do….?.
Effective Problem Statements
 If a problem statement is to do its job it must be:
– A single sentence.
– Precise. 
– Understandable to a person with no knowledge of the
problem area.
– Neutral.
– Based on the description of the problem.
FLIGHT FIGHT

FREEZE FACE
 Stop It
 Prevent It. Preventing a problem from
occurring or recurring.
 Eliminate It. Once and for all is also an
ideal way of attacking a problem.
 Reduce It. The magnitude of any
problem can be lessened by reducing its
size.
 “5” why
Use why 5 times as one of the most
powerful problem solving strategies, and
problem solving exercises, in elementary
problem solving.
Companies such as Toyota use this
approach extensively, and with outstanding
results, for problem solving in the workplace.
Problem solving techniques is very
simple and involves asking the question 5
times.
 Brainstorming
 Generation of ideas from the evaluation of
ideas
1. Record ideas.
2. Suspend judgment.
3. Freewheel.
4. Quantity.
5. Cross fertilise.
 Brain writing
 Write a problem statement.
 Provide sheet or many piece of paper
 Ask the participants to think creatively to address the
problem
 Ask them to write the solution.
 Language is not a barrier
 Write as long as the mind generate ideas.
 Display solution paper to the group and discuss about it
 Prioritise the solution.
Procrastination is the worst
nation in the world
Thank you

“Y” Can solve It!!!

 Activity

 Form a group of odd number . ie. Say 9 or 11 participants.

 Move a ball to the person next to his right or left side.
 Such a way complete a cycle .Five cycle means a product.
 Ask them to move the ball for a product and note the time.
 Every time, on completion of a product ,measure the time and say
do it with half of its duration .
 Repeat the measuring of time for each group and say do it half of
time
 At last, ask the group to do it with in one second.