by Bernie Goldbach in Clonmel
I AM CARVING OUT four hours a week to immerse in a short course about Creativity and Critical Thinking. After a few hours in the classroom, I'm starting to think that critical thinking is at odds with creativity.
For the first 12 years after finishing my university education, critical thinking processes help me question, analyze, and evaluating. When working with men in suits, my creativity helped generate clever ideas and explore multiple solutions. But they weren't always welcome.
When I wore the USAF uniform, I got ahead of the pack by conforming with standards. Years later and an ocean away, I enjoy higher energy from creative students when participating in creative processes. I learn when thinking critically by evaluating the ideas, iterating them, and post-producing them. I often wonder how my experience and how my perspective compares to others who have design thinking skills. I hope the short course I'm taking will feature peer learning that will help me navigate critical thinking in my creative spaces.
[Bernie Goldbach teaches digital transformation on the Clonmel Digital Campus of the Technological University of the Shannon.]
