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Exercise
Encourage creative thinking; thinking beyond the borders of reality; expanding imagination.. Good, if you feel stuck in the planning process
This exercise is not about developing realistic inventions, it is about training your brain to think beyond the borders of reality.
Ask the group to think of as many as possible new functions for an object of your choice. For example, if you take a nutshell, it could have a function of a boat for a dwarf, a rice container, a roof of a very small house, a funky shoe, an earring, etc. You might want to arrange a battle between two groups: who comes up with more original ideas? Take simple objects from everyday life – bottle caps, stones, strings, tissues, tape, etc.
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http://toolbox.salto-youth.net/571
This tool is for
5 - 25
and addresses
Youth Initiatives, Project Management, Organisational Management
Materials needed:
A collection of objects
Duration:
10 -15 min.
The tool was created by
Unknown.
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The tool was published to the Toolbox by
Evelina Taunyte (on 2 March 2006)
and last modified
17 December 2008
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