Creative Thinking: Techniques and Tools for Success

Imperial introduces a range of techniques for developing and examining ideas. Thinking styles connect with structured tools such as morphological analysis, TRIZ and SCAMPER, followed by combining methods. It suits learners who want to choose a technique based on the challenge rather than repeat the same brainstorming format for every problem.

What you will learn

• Compare different creative-thinking techniques.
• Apply structured tools to generate alternatives.
• Select and combine methods for a specific problem.

Who this suits

Beginners exploring systematic ways to develop ideas and solve problems.

Before you enroll

Treat a method as a way to explore a problem, then examine whether its ideas address the actual constraints. Generating many suggestions is different from selecting a useful one. Use feedback, small experiments and documented reasoning to improve an idea before investing in its implementation.

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Put it into practice

Apply two different techniques to the same fictional design challenge and compare the assumptions and alternatives each method reveals.

Source and review

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