Creativity and Innovation

This course is a refreshingly pragmatic and straight talking guide to making decisions and solving problems creatively. If you have always thought creativity was all fluff and no substance, this course will make you think again.

Being able to break away from old, conventional patterns and tread new paths has never been more important than it is today. Against a backdrop of explosive economic, technological and societal change creative genius is no longer a quality that's "nice to have" - "it's a must have!”

Course Outlines:

• What is innovation, creativity and the difference between them?
• Learn the fundamental functions of the mind mapping for creativity and innovation
• Innovation Myths and Mantras
• Models of Innovation
• Thinking as a skill to be developed
• GRASP:
  • Generative Thinking
  • Reactive Thinking
  • Analytical Thinking
  • Selective Thinking
  • Proactive Thinking
• GTS system: solution finder
• Evaluate emerging solution
• Solution implementation
• Develop your innovation and creative thinking ability to solve problems
• Apply a range of critical thinking tools to a range of business scenarios