Creativity & Innovation
Duration: 1 day
Creative thinking makes problem-solving fun.
To transform people's mindsets, enabling them to think outside the box and apply proven techniques in order to be more innovative and creative immediately in everyday work situations and towards future opportunities, making a positive difference to your company's bottom line.
Objectives
By the end of the programme delegates will be able to:
- Reflect on the benefits creativity brings to yourself and the company, and understand how individual and group behaviours affect future opportunities.
- Explain the skills and characteristics required to be innovative.
- Confidently apply practical skills learnt in everyday work situations to resolve business challenges and create future business opportunities.
- Demonstrate their new learning's and receive structured feedback from an experienced and qualified Business Coach.
- Articulate and commit to individual and group actions, outlining focus areas post programme in order to resolve business challenges and develop future opportunities.
Programme Outline
- Introductions
- Expectations
- Objectives
- Ground Rules
- Personal reflection questions/group discussion
- Why is creativity important within your company?
- What are the benefits of innovation to me as an individual?
- Why are some people/businesses more innovative than others?
- Coveys 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
- Group Activity 1
- A methodology for innovation - De Bono's 6 Thinking Hats
- Introduction
- The theory
- Demonstration
- Q & A
- Rules of effective brainstorming/how to murder an idea!
- Group Activity 2
- Business Challenges/future opportunities
- Pre-workshop analysis
- Briefing - using techniques
- Individual/group activity
- Presentations
- Setting actions
- Individual/group
- Accountability/responsibility
- The first steps
- Sponsorship & review
- Re-cap and the next steps
- Feedback
- Action Plans
Participants will undertake two group activities during the programme. Any two can be selected from the following:
- The Lego Challenge
- Claiming Treasure Island
- Find the Tree
- The Egg Challenge
- Treasure Seekers
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