Description
Course participants will learn how to integrate creativity with analytic thinking for effective problem solving, and to develop critical thinking skills. Creative problem solving is a valuable skill for today's fast-changing world. The concept of "innovation" and how it relates to the bottom line will also be emphasized. An innovative mindset not only identifies and evaluates great ideas for the marketplace; it also focuses on solving customer problems.
Audience
Individuals seeking to rediscover their creative abilities and use them to identify and solve problems.
Prerequisites
None.
Duration
1 Day
Course outline
1. Creative Problem Solving
- Defining creativity
- Overcoming common misconceptions
- Exposing creativity myths
- Managing creativity and time constraints
2. Developing rough ideas
- Presenting ideas
- Managing the political game
- Overcoming criticism and negativity
- Recognizing creative individuals
- Promoting the ideas of others
- Getting serious about humor
3. Strengthening your problem solving skills
- Defining problem solving
- Following the laws of problem solving
- Learning from failure
- Taking risks
- Assessing your creative style
4. Making creative ideas practical
- Inspiring creativity
- Mind Mapping
- Using forced connection
5. Identifying potential solutions
- Generating ideas
- Teaming and ideas
- Using brainstorming to identify solutions
- Looking at different perceptions
- Evaluating ideas
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