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: 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