By the end of this program, participants will be able to:

• Understand what innovative thought is and ways to unlock it
• Foster a more creative and innovative workplace environment
• Know what you can do to develop yourself as an innovative thinker
• Assess your current creative thinking quotient (CQ)
• Overcoming mental blocks, self-defeating habits and other innovation stiflers
• Use a variety of creative tools to generate new ideas, solve challenges and making decisions

General Staff and Managers

Duration: 1 day

Pre-requisite: N/A

Class Size: 16

Location: In Country

1. Innovative thought – what it is and the keys to unlocking it?
2. Fostering a more creative and innovative workplace environment
3. Steps in the creative process
4. Critical phases in idea development
5. Characteristics of innovative thinkers
6. Natural thinking and decision-making styles
7. Creative thinking quotient (CQ)
8. Overcoming negativity and other obstacles to an open mind
9. Techniques for generating new ideas, solving problems and making decisions:
   1. Mind Mapping and Clustering
   2. Asking “What if?”
   3. Reversing Assumptions
   4. Idea Box
   5. SCAMPER
   6. BruteThink
   7. Idea Grid
   8. Idea Quota, Idea Ticket, Gallery Technique
   9. PMI thinking