This 1-day training course teaches students about
creative thinking in the workplace. Students will
develop creative thinking skills, mentally and
physically prepare for creativity, incorporate
innocence, intuition, and adventure into creative
thinking, and use creativity to generate ideas and solve
problems. The course describes exercises that can be
used to prepare the mind and body for creative thinking
and explains the most common ways creativity is
incorporated into problem solving. Course activities
also examine recruiting and retaining creative
individuals, performing a creativity audit,
communicating with creative people, defining creative
rhythm, and exploring ways to implement a creative
culture. Students also learn how to organize creative
teams, conduct effective team sessions, avoid roadblocks
to team creativity, increase creativity in a team, and
use the creative problem-solving process.
Topics:
Creative thinking basics
Topic A: Creative
thinking
Topic B: The creative process
Personal creativity
Topic A: Preparing to be creative
Topic B: Increasing creativity
Creativity in
organizations
Topic A: Creative organizations
Topic B: Using creativity
Fostering a creative
environment
Topic A: Employing creative individuals
Topic B: Maintaining a creative environment
Promoting team creativity
Topic A: Organising
creative teams
Topic B: Conducting team sessions
Topic C: Promoting and using creativity
