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Whatever Happened to Synectics?
Author(s) -
Nolan Vincent
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
creativity and innovation management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.148
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1467-8691
pISSN - 0963-1690
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8691.00264
Subject(s) - variety (cybernetics) , set (abstract data type) , process (computing) , psychology , marketing , computer science , business , artificial intelligence , programming language , operating system
The article brings the story of the Synectics creative problem‐solving techniques (originating in 1960) up to date. It identifies its origins with a group of inventors, who tape‐recorded their meetings to research their creative process, and the resulting benefits and weaknesses. Synectics today is a set of process tools which can be used successfully in a variety of situations, either in a specific sequence (as in the original invention model) or individually according to the needs of the situation. The result is a variety of meeting models and techniques for enhancing personal effectiveness