Creativity and Innovation (2 Day Course)

Day 1

09.30 – 10.00 Coffee, Introductions and Course Objectives

10.00 – 10.15 Understanding the Brain

10.15 – 11.00 Thinking Styles

11.00 – 11.15 Refreshment break

11.15 – 11.30 Unleashing your Creativity

11.30 – 12.30 Creativity Activity

12.30 – 13.30 Lunch break

13.30 – 13.45 Creative Problem Solving Process

13.45 – 14.45 Defining the Problem – Tools and Techniques

14.45 – 15.00 Refreshment Break

15.00 - 16.15 Defining the Problem -Tools and Techniques

16.15 - 16.30 Summary & Action Plans Agreed

Day 2

09.30 – 10.00 Coffee and Review of day 1 - Creative Mind Map Activity

10.00 – 11.00 Idea/Solution Generation Techniques

11.00 – 11.15 Refreshment Break

11.15 – 11.45 Techniques for Evaluating Ideas and Solutions

11.45 – 12.00 Implementing Solutions

12.00 – 12.30 Creative Problem Solving Activity

12.30 – 13.30 Lunch break

13.30 - 14.00 Creative Excursion Activity

14.30 – 14.45 Introduction to Solution Focus

14.45 – 15.00 Refreshment Break

15.00 – 15.30 Solution Focus Activity

15.30 – 16.15 Decision Making

16.15 - 16.30 Summary and Action Plans Agreed

• Describe how the brain combines multiple intelligences.
• Recognise own preferred thinking style and develop strategies to broaden your thinking.
• Use a variety of tools and techniques to stimulate creativity and innovation.
• Describe the solution focused approach and state situations where it might be applied in the workplace.
• Develop a personal toolkit of problem-solving techniques.
• Improve decision making using a 6 step model