Creative Thinking

 

Creativity & Innovation is the single most important factor that keeps you ahead of the competition. When providing training for development, creative thinking is identified as one of the key programs. The role of creative ideas is demonstrated in this quote by the world renowned expert on creativity:

"Ideas are the currency of success. They separate you from your competition."
Dr. Edward de Bono, creator of Lateral Thinking

Creative Thinking helps us in approaching any situation systematically and is used as an igniter, striking the matches that lead to ......creativity & innovation in process, product and creative problem solving . It gives participants the tools they need to find profound solutions to stubborn problems and roadblocks that they encounter.

Creative Thinking provides unconventional techniques that help people escape from their usual patterns of thinking to produce enhanced results. The key is creativity. Innovation will never happen without creative ideas, processes, and thoughts.

Who needs a program on creative thinking? Not only senior management and R&D, but anyone who wants a disciplined approach (process) for innovation, idea generation, concept development, or a strategy to challenge the status quo.

The Creative Thinking Skills Training Program run by MMM Training Solutions provides the following benefits

• Spark your creativity on demands
• Turn problems into opportunities
• Increase your number of new and practical ideas dramatically
• Gain contributions from everyone in the organization by using idea-generating tools that are productive and fun

The focus of the training is on the following areas

• Introduction to business creativity
• Identifying the barriers to creative thinking
• Factors that encourage creativity
• Common myths of creativity
• Attitudes that kill creative ideas
• Tools for creative thinking:
  • Brainstorming
    • Individual Brainstorming
    • Group Brainstorming
    • Reverse Brainstorming
  • Discontinuity Principle
  • Block and tackle exercise

• Thinking ‘outside the box’
• Intrinsic motivation & creativity
• Common reaction to creative ideas
• Tips for creative thinking