René Victor Valqui Vidal
Center of Tele-Information and Institute of Mathematical Modelling, Technical University of Denmark (DTU)

Abstract: This paper presents some modern and interdisciplinary concepts about creativity and creative processes specially related to problem solving. Central publications of Creativity-OR are briefly reviewed. Creative tools and approaches suitable to support OR work are also presented. Finally, the paper outlines the author's experiences using creative tools and approaches to: Facilitation of problem solving processes, strategy development in organisations, and design of optimisation systems for large scale and complex logistic systems.

Keywords: Creativity, Problem Solving, CPS, Facilitation, Strategy Development, Optimisation.