Constraint breeds creativity: A brainstorming method to jumpstart out-of-the-box thinking for sustainability science
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in: BioScience, Jahrgang 73, Nr. 10, 01.10.2023, S. 703-710.
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T1 - Constraint breeds creativity
T2 - A brainstorming method to jumpstart out-of-the-box thinking for sustainability science
AU - Gould, Rachelle K.
AU - Saito, Tomomi
AU - Allen, Karen E.
AU - Bonn, Aletta
AU - Chapman, Mollie
AU - Droz, Laÿna
AU - Herrmann, Thora M.
AU - Himes, Austin
AU - Ishihara, Hiroe
AU - Coelho-Junior, Marcondes G.
AU - Katsue, Fukamachi
AU - Kenter, Jasper O.
AU - Muraca, Barbara
AU - Ortiz-Przychodzka, Stefan
AU - Pearson, Jasmine
AU - Tadaki, Marc
AU - Rono, Betty J.
AU - Tamura, Norie
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the American Institute of Biological Sciences.
PY - 2023/10/1
Y1 - 2023/10/1
N2 - Conservation science often addresses highly complex issues; creative approaches can help develop new ways of doing so. We describe constraint-based brainstorming, a 10-minute creativity-inducing exercise inspired by design thinking. Although we applied the method with the goal of developing creative environmental valuation methods, it is applicable to almost any complex, interdisciplinary environmental research problem. We tried the approach at two academic workshops, in Japan and in Germany. We generated, in each short activity, scores of unique ideas for the target question. We present this engaging activity as a way to simultaneously achieve multiple outcomes that can support innovative conservation science: quickly generate many seeds of ideas to address a challenge or goal, offer insight into nuances of and shared convictions related to the topic at hand, set a tone of creativity and breaking outside of established thought structures, and build community around a willingness to take risks and freely share ideas.
AB - Conservation science often addresses highly complex issues; creative approaches can help develop new ways of doing so. We describe constraint-based brainstorming, a 10-minute creativity-inducing exercise inspired by design thinking. Although we applied the method with the goal of developing creative environmental valuation methods, it is applicable to almost any complex, interdisciplinary environmental research problem. We tried the approach at two academic workshops, in Japan and in Germany. We generated, in each short activity, scores of unique ideas for the target question. We present this engaging activity as a way to simultaneously achieve multiple outcomes that can support innovative conservation science: quickly generate many seeds of ideas to address a challenge or goal, offer insight into nuances of and shared convictions related to the topic at hand, set a tone of creativity and breaking outside of established thought structures, and build community around a willingness to take risks and freely share ideas.
KW - creativity
KW - design thinking
KW - inclusivity
KW - wicked problems
KW - workshop
KW - Environmental planning
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85175535272&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1093/biosci/biad077
DO - 10.1093/biosci/biad077
M3 - Journal articles
AN - SCOPUS:85175535272
VL - 73
SP - 703
EP - 710
JO - BioScience
JF - BioScience
SN - 0006-3568
IS - 10
ER -