Creative Thinking
Discover how to stimulate that right-brain thinking amongst your people to enhance their performance, motivation and problem solving capabilities
Who is it for?
Ideal for project managers, decision makers, account managers, those in creative roles who have complex problems to solve, or those who need new ideas to break down barriers or get out a rut.
What does it cover?
This course will introduce delegates to a structured approach that will help your team to find creative, workable solutions. Using practical techniques and creative thinking tools, you will learn how to confront work challenges of all kinds proactively and from new angles.
What will delegates be able to do differently?
- Understand where their personal barriers to creative thinking lie
- Use improved problem solving and analytical skills
- Improve performance and results through creative thinking
- Employ tools to break down conventional barriers to analysis and idea generation
- Use the six thinking hats and effectively apply the principles
- Use techniques to think laterally and have better ideas
- Model trains of thought deployed elsewhere
Programme overview
- Understanding creativity and innovation, their importance and their problems
- How the brain works in respect of creativity and innovation
- Difference between vertical and lateral approaches;
– E stablishing benefits and weaknesses - Learn creative thinking tools:
– E ffective brainstorming
– T ony Buzan’s Mind-Mapping
– E dward de Bono’s Six - Thinking Hats
– Metaphorical thinking
– R ule Reversal
– Bissociation - Methods of modelling practicality and relevance
- Enrich the right hemisphere of your brain
- Deal with the obstacles to creativity in the mind, in approach and in the working environment
- Understand the limitations and applications of conventional problem solving
- What happens if these techniques aren’t applied
- Ensure that creativity becomes a useful tool for day-today problem solving
Duration and cost
1 day, £1,495 + VAT
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Funding and bundle options
Part funding options are available on this course
Bundle with any one day Leadership and management programme for just £2,895, or with Creating a happy and productive team for just £5,695
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