: Re: Creative writing exercises for engineers I'm teaching a problem solving course for engineering students (most around 19 years old) and want to increase their creativity levels. Any ideas for

A slightly different approach from the ones already posted (some interesting ideas here though!):

These days, it is rarely enough for an engineer simply to be an engineer. Maybe, to succeed, they need to innovate. Think of all the technology start-ups there have been over the last 30 years or so. What do they all have in common?

The answer: a dream. A vision.

What did they not have initially? Venture capital. Infrastructure. Customers. Early adopters.

If the engineering vision is in the head of the engineer, how does he get all those other things? He sketches that vision for other people - salesmen, customers, bankers, businessmen of all types ... most of whom will not even understand the concept.

You could, therefore, link creative writing skills with business skills with visionary ideas. An idea has no value if the only place it exists is inside the head of the inventor - so teach him or her how to be a visionary as well as a damn good engineer!

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