Creative Facilitation
a Delft approach
A question which regularly appears at dinner conversations is: 'Can one learn to be creative?' In the author's view, the question is similar to questions such as 'Can one learn to eat?' and 'Can one learn to breathe?' We all do it, but one can specialise oneself, one can learn to make delicious Japanese sushi's, or some heavenly Genovese pesto, or you practice yoga or scuba-diving and learn to breathe more efficiently. The same can be said about creativity: everyone is creative, but it can be practiced, enhanced and sharpened to lead to much more richness and quality.
Learning to become creative really happens through experience, by looking at other people practicing creative tasks, by trying recipes oneself, by finding out what works and what doesn't, and last but not least, by discovering oneself in the context of creative tasks. So the answer is 'yes, one can learn to be creative', but, like eating and breathing, we all do it already.
Contents
Preface
0 Introduction
1 Setting the Scene
2 Culture and Rules for Creative Thinking
3 Creative Process
4 Problems and Opportunities
5 Idea Generation
6 Evaluation and Selection
7 From Idea to Project
8 Process Facilitation
9 Making Sense with Back-Casting: the Future Perfect
Postscript: A Delft Approach?
Figures and Tables
Glossary
Literature
Index
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