Impact Learning

The often-used phrase of “think outside the box” applies to this technique (as well as others in this book). In this case, exaggerating criteria forces us to think about a challenge in unique ways—ways in which we might not otherwise find ourselves thinking. In fact, such thinking often is the hallmark of “natural” creative thinkers, who have the ability to distort and twist problem statements and come up with novel ideas.

Have participants debrief using the following questions:
• What was most helpful about this exercise?
• What was most challenging?
• What can we apply?
• How would you rate the value of this exercise to helping us with this issue?
• Will this exercise be helpful in the future for other sessions?
• What did you learn?
• What will we be able to use from this exercise?
• What ideas were generated, and which ones were most interesting?

Taken From : Pfeiffer 101 Activities for Teaching Creativity