Creative Problem Solving and Design Thinking
Length: based on client needs (1/2 or full day+)
Size: best with 6-36 persons
There is always tension between running your business well with well-defined processes and innovating for the future by doing new things. Successfully bridging these two organizational imperatives is what we call “getting one foot out of the box”.
This course starts by asking “Are you solving the right problem?” Then, it allows you to think about the challenges in your everyday work from different perspectives. Applying the mindset, tool set, and skill set of deliberate creativity improves communications and invites solution-making and action. It is also a fun and inclusive way to cultivate breakthrough ideas and turn them into action that leads to innovation.
Objectives:
- Adapt a creative mindset when facing challenges or turning ideas into action
- Learn about blocks to creativity, the mental trickeries that keep us from unleashing our creative potential, and how to gain power over them
- Explore the process, techniques, and tools of creative problem solving and how to apply them to real-world challenges you bring to the workshop.
Included with the workshop:
- A course workbook with interactive activities
- The C.O.D.E. book, a collection of CPS tools and guidelines that participants can use during and after the course to apply their learning
- Two hours of team coaching to support the use of class materials at will
Together we solve complex problems with new ideas that deliver value.