{"id":2717,"date":"2017-05-24T21:54:44","date_gmt":"2017-05-24T21:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/course.oeru.org\/csf104\/?page_id=2717"},"modified":"2017-05-24T21:54:44","modified_gmt":"2017-05-24T21:54:44","slug":"having-the-right-people-in-the-room","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/csf104\/learning-pathways\/inspiring-creative-solutions\/having-the-right-people-in-the-room\/","title":{"rendered":"Having the right people in the room"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\" class=\"mw-body container\" role=\"main\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<div id=\"bodyContent\">\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mw-content-ltr\">\n<div class=\"thumb tright\">\n<div class=\"thumbinner thumbnail\" style=\"width:302px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/WikiEducator.org\/File:Tokyo_by_night.jpg\" class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/\/WikiEducator.org\/images\/thumb\/0\/08\/Tokyo_by_night.jpg\/300px-Tokyo_by_night.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"thumbimage img-responsive\"><\/a>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"thumbcaption\">Tokyo by night<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Coming up with new ideas is a challenge.  Where do they come from?  How did Apple come up with the idea for the iPod, and the iPad before anyone else?  What was the inspiration for these innovations? <\/p>\n<p>Creative solutions take imagination and an open mind. It requires us to suspend our judgment about the present, and imagine what could be possible, and what that might look like.  It requires us to create a thinking environment and personal space for inspired thought and clarity.\n<\/p>\n<p>Collaboration is a powerful way of developing new ideas.  When done well, it provides a dialogue where ideas are exchanged, knowledge is shared and &#8211; when focused on solving a specific challenge &#8211; can result in imaginative ideas that borrow from numerous existing techniques to create new ones, or apply old thinking in new ways.  For example, Canadian building company Landmark Group looked to the aerospace design industry when looking for ways to reduce waste and achieve consistently higher accuracy for designing buildings.<br style=\"clear:both;\">\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"media\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/csf104\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_multimedia.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Video activity<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"plainlinks floatleft\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"425px\" height=\"239px\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NugRZGDbPFU?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>This short animated video explains what sort of working environment and conditions best enable new thinking and creative ideas: Where good ideas come from, based on a book of the same name by Steven Johnson.<\/p>\n<p>As you watch this video consider what environment you get your ideas in, and what detracts you from having these.\n<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\">\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"activity\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/csf104\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_activity.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Introduction to WEnotes activity<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>This activity is designed to provide an opportunity to practice posting a comment to the <a href=\"\/csf104\/interactions\/course-feed\" title=\"Creating sustainable futures\/CSF104\/Feed\">Course Feed<\/a> using our WEnotes technology.\n<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li> You will need to <b>register<\/b> on this course site by clicking on the user icon ( <i class=\"fa fa-user\"><\/i>) in the site menu and completing the form. You need to be logged in to post using WEnotes before attempting this activity.\n<\/li>\n<li> Think about the message in the video\n<\/li>\n<li> Share your ideas on this topic by visiting the <a href=\"\/csf104\/interactions\/course-feed\" title=\"Creating sustainable futures\/CSF104\/Feed\">Course Feed<\/a> and read what others think. Put <i>People in the room<\/i> at the beginning of your post to aid reading <br \/>Here are a few example posts to show what you might post:\n<ul>\n<li> <i>People in the room: The most important message was&#8230;<\/i>\n<\/li>\n<li> <i>People in the room: I think creative ideas happen when &#8230;<\/i>\n<\/li>\n<li> <i>People in the room: The best working environment for new ideas is &#8230;<\/i>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\nPost here or go to the <a href=\"\/csf104\/interactions\/course-feed\" title=\"Creating sustainable futures\/CSF104\/Feed\">Course Feed<\/a> to post and read what others say.\n<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><div><p>You must be logged in to post to WEnotes.<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \nNewPP limit report\nCPU time usage: 0.054 seconds\nReal time usage: 0.060 seconds\nPreprocessor visited node count: 252\/1000000\nPreprocessor generated node count: 1194\/1000000\nPost\u2010expand include size: 6711\/2097152 bytes\nTemplate argument size: 3419\/2097152 bytes\nHighest expansion depth: 7\/40\nExpensive parser function count: 0\/100\n--><\/p>\n<p><!-- Saved in parser cache with key wikiedu-mw_:pcache:idhash:176609-0!*!0!*!*!2!* and timestamp 20170524095330 and revision id 1007369\n -->\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"visualClear\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<ul class=\"pager\">\n<li class=\"previous\">\n            <a href=\"\/csf104\/learning-pathways\/inspiring-creative-solutions\/video-signpost\">\u2190 Previous<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<li class=\"next\">\n            <a href=\"\/csf104\/learning-pathways\/inspiring-creative-solutions\/the-state-of-the-climate\">Next \u2192<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer>\n<br \/>\n<\/footer>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tokyo by night Coming up with new ideas is a challenge. 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