Orion International | Workshop: Applied Creativity Workshop

Workshop:

Applied Creativity Workshop

Tools for Fresh and Original Thinking

It is said that "good enough" is the enemy of "best." Similarly, the greatest obstacle to better thinking is often our current thinking.

This workshop will introduce you to proven processes for stimulating fresh thinking and new perspectives on familiar situations. In addition, you will apply these processes to real-life issues in your organization and your own job.

You will return to the job with powerful tools and techniques as well as new ideas and alternatives for addressing challenges in your work.

Who Should Attend?

The workshop is suitable for intact work teams or individuals from different parts of the organization. Optimal group size is 12-25 participants.

Workshop Objectives

By attending this workshop, participants will:

know the most common barriers to individual and organizational creativity
understand the logic of creativity and how it differs from the logic of other thinking styles
be able to create an environment for your team which enhances the quality and quantity of ideas generated by the team
be able to use a range of techniques for generating innovative approaches to familiar issues
apply each of these techniques to produce new ideas and fresh approaches to a "hit list" of topical organizational or commercial issues

Workshop Details

Duration: Two to three days. Because participants apply new skills to current organizational issues, we recommend one-half to one day of interviews prior to the workshop to tailor the agenda accordingly.

Learning methodologies: Exercises, case studies, presentations, group activities and facilitated action sessions.

Workshop Content

Barriers to Creative Thinking

Common problem-solving strategies
The perceptual process
Attitudes and assumptions

Where Do Creative Ideas Come From?

Sources of creative breakthroughs
Attitudes which encourage creativity
Thinking styles

Expanding Options and Alternative

Six thinking hats
Brainstorming
The concept fan
Mind Mapping
Reframing the situation

Thinking Laterally

How lateral thinking works
Escape
Provocation

Lateral Thinking Techniques

Stepping stone
New entry
Random input

Application to "Live" Organizational Issues

Identifying target issues
Generating ideas for each issue
Shaping and harvesting ideas
Developing action plans

Final Session

Recap of key learning points
Recommendations to management
Development of personal and team action plans

Intercultural Competence

Leadership and Management

Thinking Skills

Personal Effectiveness

There are stages of thinking. First comes saturation. You fill yourself full of the contradiction between the problem you are working on and the existing ideas that are somehow not good enough...After you've confronted for a long time this contradiction between what's available and what's needed, apparently further conscious thought is no good...That's called incubation. And then one day..., you suddenly have an idea. That's illumination... There's a final fourth stage, seeing if it's a good idea: verification.