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PD Masterclass: Module 7

Resources

Video: What is creativity?
Video: A crash course in creativity - Tina Seelig
Why is it important and how does it improve your life?
What is a problem?

GROW model
Video: GROW live role play
Video: The GROW model
Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA)
Step 1: P = Plan
Step 2: D = Do
Step 3: C = Check
Step 4: A = Act
Apply this to your life
About the model

Mental set
Functional Fixedness
Video: Functional fixedness
Rational vs organic approach
Rational
Organic

Appreciative Inquiry
Step 1: Define, or "What is it we want to explore"
Step 2: Discovery, or "noticing the best of what is"
Step 3: Dreaming, or "what might be possible"
Step 4: Designing, or "what should be possible"
Step 5: Deliver/destiny, or "what will be possible"
The Simplex Process
Step 1: Problem-finding
Step 2: Fact-finding
Step 3: Problem definition
Step 4: Idea-Finding
Step 5: Selection and evaluation
Step 6: Planning
Step 7: Selling the idea
Step 8: Action
Six Hats
Video: Six thinking hats
Brainstorming
Why brainstorm?
Some general guidelines
Rules
Brainstorming steps
Some additional brainstorming strategies
Video: Brainstorming
Productive thinking model
Step 1: Ask the question, "What is going on?"
Step 2: Ask the question, "What is success?"
Step 3: Ask the question, "What is the question?"
Step 4: Generate answers
Step 5: Forge your solution
Step 6: Align your resources

Conclusion

Effective decision making
What is decision making?
Intuition
Reasoning
Applying both reason and intuition
Effective decision-making
What can prevent effective decision making
Not enough information
Too much information
Too many people
Vested interests
Emotional attachments
No emotional attachment
A framework for effective decision making
Listing possible solutions/options
Setting a time scale and deciding who is responsible for the design
Information gathering
Weighing up the risks involved
Deciding on values
Weighing up the pros and cons
Making the decision
Having made the decision
Conclusion
Video: How to make good decisions

Assignment 1

Video: Functional fixedness