About this Course

Creativity is the fuel of innovation. Both creativity and innovation are the key factors that boost  company’s competitive edge. For the company to effectively unlock creativity, it has to provide the engagement and environment conducive for idea generation and realisation.

Companies need to keep growing and remain profitable, it has to continuously encourage and provide an environment to foster employee creativity and innovation. This one-day workshop is specially designed to  provide an opportunity for participants to explore and unlock their personal  creative potentials through experimenting and practicing a set of fun and engaging creativity enhancing tools and techniques.

Objectives

Upon completion of this workshop, participants will be able to;

• Understand what is creativity
  
• Recognise and identify their creative potentials
  
• Create their personalised creative environment
  
• Learn and apply a variety of creative tools and techniques to unlock personal creativity
  
• Challenge personal mindset and take risk to overcome personal creative barriers
  
• Apply creative skills learned back at the work place
  

Target Audience

Anyone who has an interest to explore, learn and practice methods of  unlocking personal creativity.

Duration

One day

Curriculum

• Introduction
  
• Three Components of Creativity
  
• Defining Creativity
  
• Myths of Creativity
  
• Paradoxes of Creativity
  
• Source of Creativity - Right and Left Brain
  
• Blocks to Creativity – The Nine Barriers
  
• Creating a Creative Climate
  

1. Motivation
   
2. Empowerment
   
3. Dynamism
   
4. Openness
   

• Creative Process
  

1. Generation
   
2. Incubation
   
3. Evaluation
   
4. Implementation
   

• Tools and Techniques to Unlock Your Creativity
  

1. Attribute listing
   
2. Osborne Checklist ( Bend it and shape it)
   
3. Brainstorming
   
4. Circle of Opportunity
   
5. Force Field Analysis
   
6. Mental Imagery (Inkblot)
   
7. Visualisation
   
8. Synectics – Looking at things differently
   
9. What If Analysis
   

Methodology

To enhance learning effectiveness, multimedia presentation will be used to introduce topics and underpin the key messages. Participants will have ample opportunities to practice individual and group creativity tools and techniques through experiential learning activities, interactive group discussions and brainstorming to share thoughts and ideas and experiences. It is a highly hands-on workshop with a series of creativity oriented learning activities.

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