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Training Course Summary:

This course will show you how a structured approach will help you in your search for creative solutions. Using practical techniques and creative thinking tools, you will learn how to confront work challenges proactively and from a new angle

Who Should Attend:

Ideal for project managers, middle and senior managers and those in creative roles who have complex problems to solve and need new ideas and creative thinking tools

Training Course Overview/Content:

• What are creativity and innovation, and why are they important?
• How the brain works in respect of creativity and innovation
• Difference between vertical and lateral approaches; what are the benefits and weaknesses
• Learn creative thinking tools: Brainstorming, Tony Buzan’s Mind-mapping, Edward de Bono’s Six Thinking Hats, Metaphorical thinking, Rule Reversal, Bissociation
• Methods of testing ideas for practicality and relevance
• Apply the more fluid style of the right hemisphere of the brain
• Recognise and cope with obstacles to creativity in the mind, in approach and in the working environment
• Understand the limitations and applications of conventional problem solving
• Apply mind mapping tecnhiques to workplace problems
• Ensure that creativity becomes a useful tool for day-to-day problem solving

What do I get out of it?
• Skills to overcome barriers to thinking creatively
• Improved problem solving and analytical skills
• Enhanced performance and results through creative thinking
• Tools to break down conventional barriers to analysis and idea generation
• An understanding of the six thinking hats and how to effectively apply the principles
• Techniques to think laterally and have better ideas