Creative Thinking & Problem Solving

Solve problems and challenges quickly and easily. Enhance performance and results. Creative thinking skills make problem solving a more productive and less daunting challenge.

Who Should Attend

If you are in a role where you have complex problems to solve, new challenges or solutions that aren’t obvious, then this course will suit you. It will especially suit project managers, middle and senior managers and those in creative roles.

Duration

2 Days

Aims & Objectives

Delegates will develop the skills to overcome barriers to thinking creatively and therefore benefit from improved problem solving and analytical skills. Discover how to use creative thinking to enhance your own and your organisation’s performance and results. Learn how to apply a range of creative thinking tools to escape conventional barriers to analysis and idea generation, and benefit from improved workplace performance.

· What is creativity and innovation, and why are they important?

· How the brain works in respect of creativity and innovation
· Difference between vertical and lateral approaches, and what are the benefits and weaknesses of these
· Learn creative thinking tools
· 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
· Ensure that creativity becomes a useful tool for day-to-day problem solving