Open AccessHELPING ENGINEERS DEVELOP AND EXERCISE CREATIVE MUSCLES
Author(s) -
Zbigniew J. Pasek
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
proceedings of the ... ceea conference
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2371-5243
DOI - 10.24908/pceea.v0i0.10203
Subject(s) - creativity , cognitive reframing , multinational corporation , ibm , frame (networking) , subject (documents) , engineering ethics , computer science , knowledge management , engineering , psychology , business , social psychology , telecommunications , materials science , finance , library science , nanotechnology
Abstract – A recent IBM-conducted survey of CEOs of multinational corporations indicated that creativity trumps other leadership characteristics. Across industries, organizations operate in increasingly complex and uncertain environments. Existing solutions are quickly exhausted or become obsolete, thus replacing them requires continuous innovation. Teaching existing solutions, the mainstay of formal education, is not enough. Students must learn how to consciously frame and reframe problems, create new knowledge and generate creative solutions on an ongoing basis. Most important, students must learn ways to motivate themselves to recognize and seek out problems as opportunities for generating creative solutions.
While in higher education importance of creativity is recognized, practical implementation of teaching it is still an afterthought or a sideline. While creativity as an academic subject is somewhat elusive, in particular in engineering education, recent accumulation of knowledge enables implementation of more systematic approaches.