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Being creative in a user services environment or you have to be pretty crazy to work here - a workshop on synectics

Published:11 October 1981Publication History

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In this workshop, participants will look at a particular situation, define the problem, study alternatives, consider metaphorical definitions and arrive at solutions. By familiarizing themselves with the concepts of synectics, participants will be able to take internal private connections and define them in a metaphorical sense, thus creating new ways of looking at the world.

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      SIGUCCS '81: Proceedings of the 9th annual ACM SIGUCCS conference on User services
      October 1981
      282 pages
      ISBN:0897910540
      DOI:10.1145/800079

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      • Published: 11 October 1981

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