How can we bring creativity back in the classroom? This presentation is from a talk I gave at the Educational Competitions Conference hosted by Zozude.com on March 10th 2014. Everything starts with an idea - but how can we teach creativity, invention and entrepreneurship to students at young age and get them excited about pursuing their ideas?

1. Henrik Scheel
henrik@startupxp.com
Inspiring the next generation
of young inventors
Educational Competitions Conference
March 10th 2014

2. Why? What? How?

5. “In the long history of humankind those
who
learned to collaborate and improvise
most
effectively have prevailed.”
– Charles Darwin.

8. INSPIRATION
INVENTIO
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SELECTION PROTOTYPING PITCHING

10. GET IN LINE !!!

11. Accelerating student entrepreneurship in Bosnia

13. What characterizes a good
entrepreneur?

14. Problems?

18. 18
Entrepreneurship...
is an eXtreme sport

21. Attitude is everything!
Innovation is a team
sport

22. 22

23. Energizer

25. Trailer of your life
Storyteller 2
Road trip
Proudest moment
Super Power
Naked


26. Trailer of your life
Storyteller 1
Wanted to be
First time
Huge mistake
My mom
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27. Value Map
Drivers - Why are you passionate about this project and where would you like to
see it in 5 years?
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
Top 3 Super Powers (Key strengths and favorite roles/responsibilities in the
team)
1. _______________________________________________
2. _______________________________________________
3. _______________________________________________
Top 3 weaknesses and least favorite roles in the team
1. _______________________________________________
2. _______________________________________________
3. _______________________________________________
Key environmental factors that matters to you (what is most important to you
when working in a team – what makes you motivated and what kills your
motivation?)
1. _______________________________________________
2. _______________________________________________
3. _______________________________________________
Name ________________

29. How to get good ideas?
Are you creative?

30. The
importance of
creative
confidence
David Kelley
Co-Founder; IDEO & Stanford D-School

32. The invention process

33. “if I had only 1 hour to save the
world I would spend 55 minutes
defining the problem and 5
minutes finding the solution”
– Albert Einstein

35. mindm
Mind map

36. ?
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Problem
theme

37. INVENTION

38. Rules in the creative process
• See opportunities and forget limitations
• Generate as many ideas as possible quantity
over quality!
• No criticism is allowed
don’t say “no but”, say “yes and..”
• Co-create by building on each others’ ideas

39. -Thomas Edison

41. Generate
Open Brainstorm

42. Generate
1. Reverse problem
2. Bad ideas
3. Flip ideas to good ideas

43. The creative process

44. SELECTION

45. Gaming and Gamification

46. Energizer

47. Rock – Paper - Scissors
Using 4 straight lines without lifting the pen

48. Awesome books to check out!

49. NO EXCUSES!

50. Henrik Scheel
henrik@startupxp.com
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