Imagination, Innovation and Creativity

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Imagination, Innovation and Creativity

• Imagination
• The art or power of forming a mental image of
  something not present to the senses or never
  before wholly perceived in reality.
• The ability to confront and deal with a problem
• Innovation
• The introduction of something new.
• To affect change.
• New associations built on current information.
• Creativity
• Having the quality of being created rather than
  imitated.
• Using your thinking skills to make new and
  useful connections.
• True creativity and innovation consists in
  seeing what everyone else has seen, thinking what
  no one else has thought, and doing what no one
  else has dared.

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Types of Thinking

• Linear
• Sequential
• Convergent Left Brain
• Rational Logical
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• Lateral-seeking to solve problems by unorthodox
  or apparently illogical methods. Exploring
  multiple possibilities and approaches instead of
  pursuing a single approach.
• Random Right Brain
• Divergent Creative
• Intuitive

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COGNITION WHAT-ITION ?

• Cognition refers to the ability of our brain to
  attend, identify, and act. More formally,
  cognition refers to our thoughts, moods,
  inclinations, decisions, and actions.
• From Mozarts Brain and the Fighter Pilot by
  Richard Restak, M.D.

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COMPONENTS OF COGNITION

• Alertness
• Concentration
• Perceptual Speed
• Learning
• Memory
• Problem Solving
• Creativity
• Mental Endurance
• From Mozarts Brain and the Fighter Pilot by
  Richard Restak, M.D.

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Components of the Components

• Each component of cognition has two things in
  common
• Dependent on how well our brain is functioning
• Can be improved by our own efforts
• From Mozarts Brain and the Fighter Pilot by
  Richard Restak, M.D.

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Imagination
Creativity is a skill not a talent!
Creativity
Innovation