Innovation, Creativity, and Creative Problem Solving: Perspectives, and essential skills for individual and organizational differentiation.


Terminology used on this site frequently includes these words. Definitions are selected from The American Heritage Dictionary Second College Edition and edited or condensed to suit the meanings as they are intended here. The online definitions vary somewhat from the print version used as reference for the page.

 

Original or standard pattern or model; a prototype. Ideal.

The concentrated direction of the mental powers close to earnest; attending. The power or faculty of mental concentration.

The act or faculty of knowing or perceiving. A think known; a conception or perception.

Conceive To form a concept or notion. To understand; grasp. To form a mental image; think.

A mental image; especially a generated idea formed by combining the elements of a class into the notion of one object.

To cause to exist; bring into being. To give rise to; produce.

Creative Having the ability or power to create. Characterized by originality and expressiveness; imaginative.

The art of seeing the problem differently in order to see a broader range of alternatives. Assumptions, patterns and inertia are three major obstacles to creative problem solving.

 

 

Creativity Having the power or ability to create. Characterized by originality of thought and execution.

Creation Act of creating, or the fact of being created. Any think created; especially an original product of human intelligence or imagination.

That which is conceived in the mind as a result of conscious thinking, or creative imagination. An intention, aim, plan. Vague knowledge; indication, inkling.

A concept or standard of supreme perfection; a thing conceived as an ultimate object of attainment

The ideas or manner of thinking characteristic of an individual or group, especially ideas and objects that influence a whole group, network or culture, shaping especially their political or social procedure.

ImageryMental pictures or images. Theuse of figures of speech or vivid descriptions in writing or speaking to produce mental images.

To form a mental picture or image. To think; conjecture.

The ability to confront and deal with reality by using the creative power of the mind; resourcefulness.

Imaginative resources. Originality of design or execution.

The skill or ingenuity needed for inventing or contriving; inventive powers. Mental fabrication or concoction. The use of the imagination in producing something: art, music, dance, product, process.

To introduce or bring in something new. To make changes; bring in new ideas, methods, etc.

Something newly introduced; a new method, device, etc.

The power of the mind to grasp ideas and relations, and to exercise dispassionate reason and rational judgment; reason; understanding.

Purpose, either ultimate or immediate; aim, goal.

A pattern, example or standard that is or may be used for imitation or comparison.

To have an urgent or essential use for something lacking.

The beginning of the existence of anything.

The quality of being original or novel.

The act of using the mind actively and deliberately; meditation; cogitation. The product of thinking; an idea, concept, judgment, etc. Intellectual activity. Consideration; attention. Intention or idea of doing something; plan.

Unusual competence i discernment or perception; intelligent foresight. The manner in which one sees or conceives of something. A mental image produced by the imagination.

To form a mental image or vision of; envisage. To form a mental image.