Can you help develop ideas?
Companies need ideas and innovation to survive, but how many of us have been given the toolkits to think creatively and generate new ideas? Creativity is usually the reserve of right brained people, marketing, sales etc. but logical left brained people can be equally creative with the right training and toolkits. Are you left or right brain? Read the following text and put a tick next to the points that apply to you.
left-brain dominant prefer to:
Solve problems through the use of data.
Perform statistical analysis of data.
Develop solutions using logical analyses of facts
Have work done by individuals who are assigned to study a system using an orderly approach.
Define quality as conformance to definable requirements that can be measured
Establish controls in the early stages of a system that will ensure quality is controlled throughout the system’s life cycle.
Improve quality by studying specific variation within a system.
Identify root causes of problems by elaborately categorizing possible causes and using strict rules for questioning.
right-brain dominant prefer to:
Solve problems through the understanding of relationships.
Use cause-and effect diagrams.
Develop solutions using creativity and brainstorming.
Have work done by teams that will raise many questions and work multiple issues.
Define quality based on a holistic concept, such as total quality.
View quality as a process for continuous improvement in which controls are only temporary.
Improve quality by starting with a holistic strategic quality plan.
Identify root causes of problems by using the five-whys method, barrier analysis and process diagrams.
You should by now have a clear indication of whether you're a left or a right brain thinker, but whatever you are, you still need to manage the process for creating ideas which is often the bottleneck. check out our open courses for the next creative thinking workshop.
