In the third installment, John discusses two major types of creativity: divergent and convergent. Divergent creativity is the process of creating a variety of many new ideas. Convergent creativity is the process of narrowing down the list to a few valuable ideas.

Additional topics discussed in this episode:

• Alex Osborn and brainstorming
• Tony Buzan and mind maps
• Guidelines for Divergent and Convert creativity
• Management styles that may kill creativity
• Creativity tools for individuals
• Creativity tools for groups
• Creativity tools for ‘secret facilitators’
• Creativity for introverts and extroverts
• and much more…

Some of this material, including the divergent/convergent guidelines, was inspired by the work of others, see link below:

Creative Education Foundation – What is Creative Problem Solving