Introduction

This Powerful Creative Thinking & Problem Solving training course will equip you with the essential knowledge, understanding and tools for powerful creative thinking. By end of this training course, you will learn to open your creative mind and use the powerful techniques to find new ways of creating, exploring and evaluating ideas that can truly add value to individuals, teams and your organization. This will be achieved through practical, innovative and leading-edge methods designed to develop your creativity, problem solving and decision-making process effectively and efficiently. This is essential development for those who want to develop their creativity further.

Course Objectives

• Have a greater understanding of your own creative thought process
• Increased ability to think on your feet when under pressure
• Increased confidence when dealing with external clients and stakeholders
• Enhanced skills in collaboration and co-creation
• Develop skills in adapting to change, resilience, risk taking and team thinking
• Increased creative and innovative behaviors

Target Audience

• Engineers / Technical
• Designers
• Marketing
• Managers
• Senior Managers

Course Outline

Day 1: Creating Creativity

• Understanding the Creative Mind
• Skills to Improve a Positive Mental Attitude
• The Difference Between Creativity and Innovation
• The Power of Visualization Techniques
• Creative Leadership Outlook
• Creative Leadership Main Characters

Day 2:The Power Of Mind

• How to Create the Eureka Moment? – Open the Mind to Ideas
• Lateral Thinking – ‘Defining the Box’
• Out of the Box Thinking
• There is Always Another Way
• Don't Imitate, Start from where others Left-Off, and then Develop
• The Power of Silence

Day 3:Solution Focused Creativity

• Thinking Styles
• Divergent and Convergent Thinking
• Mind Mapping
• Brainstorming Technique
• 6-3-5 Brain Technique

Day 4: Problem-Solving Techniques

• Introduction to Problem-Solving
• Clearing the Clouds
• The Power of Questions – the Key to Unlock the Problem
• Overcoming Self-Imposed Problem Pressures
• Creative Problem-Solving Models and Strategies (SCAMPER)
• 5-WHYs Method
• Fish-Bone Technique
• Slow vs Fast Thinking

Day 5: Creative Decision-Making

• Importance of Decision Making
• Types of Decision Making
• Decision Matrix
• Decision Tree Analysis
• Group Thinking and Decision-Making
• GROW and the Solution Focus Technique
• Optimizing the Creative Models in the Workplace
• Continual Creative Thinking