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Creative Problem Solving

TTool · Creative Problem Solving

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Ideas keep getting shot down before they're fully formed. The team defaults to critiquing too early. You need a way to separate imagination from judgement.

Creative Problem Solving (CPS) is the Creative Education Foundation's structured innovation method. You alternate between divergent thinking — generating options without critique — and convergent thinking — evaluating and selecting — moving through problem clarification, idea generation, and solution development.

A four-step horizontal flow numbered 1 to 4, labelled clarify, ideate, develop, and implement, with a sub-note under each. A banner reads "generate first, ruthlessly. evaluate second."
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