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This is an intensive 1 day learning experience.

You will:

  • Examine the key components of exploring situations and challenges creatively
  • Explore a range of techniques for generating and harvesting ideas
  • Learn to use Storytelling as a tool to plan for the future, initiate change and improve communication and learning
  • Learn to explore and exploit the links between creativity and motivation
  • Develop an action plan to help you achieve your creative potential
  • Become a creativity catalyst

Course Benefits:

Creative techniques are invaluable on both personal and organisational levels. They can improve performance through idea generation and enhanced problem solving ability, assist in conflict management, initiate change and help in the planning cycle. There are also links with organisational innovation and intrinsic motivation.

Successful people and organisations recognise the importance of creativity and innovation and use it to their advantage.

This course will act as a catalyst in improving your own performance and enable you to contribute significantly to the performance of your organisation.

Workshop Experience:

This course is intended for those who wish to make an impact and is of a practical nature, requiring participation for maximum learning.

Course Workshops:

Theory will be kept to a minimum though some introduction of new ideas will be necessary depending on prior experience of attendees. Workshops include:

  • Creative Problem Solving method and technique selection
  • Crafting and developing stories
  • Knowledge Lab

Topics covered:

 Introduction

  • The creative environment
  • Drivers for creativity
  • Role of creativity in innovation
  • Creativity Health Check

Creative Problem Exploration

  • Frameworks, precepts, methods & techniques
  • The CPS method
  • Exploration
  • Idea generation and harvesting
  • Technique selection and improvisation
  • Creating the right environment

 Storytelling

  • Storytelling applications
  • What is a story?
  • Leaving the childhood story behind – story structure
  • Crafting and developing stories
  • Shared stories
  • Performance

Motivation & Creativity

  • Links between creativity and intrinsic motivation
  • Organisational barriers
  • Personal barriers
  • Un-management
  • Sources of motivation