The ability to think creatively and drive innovation is a crucial skill for both employees and managers alike. For any organization to continually upgrade its service to customers, add new products or to become a sustainable and growth-oriented enterprise, it is essential that staff know how to unleash their creativity to do so.
This Creativity, Innovation and Continuous Improvement workshop will not only help you discover that you can increase your creative options but will also encourage your truly innovative solutions to emerge, benefiting both you and your organization.
Creativity is for anyone who is called upon to think differently, to view challenges from new perspectives and to come up with new ideas to make your company more profitable, innovative and leading edge. This workshop is packed with real-world strategies that will help participants begin the innovation journey. It is designed to provide the structure, methods, ideas and tools that will allow the participants to be both creative and innovative.
Topics covered in this workshop include:
- Lateral thinking strategies,
- Mind Mapping,
- Creative Brainstorming Strategies,
- Free and Forced Associations,
- Idea Evaluation Strategies,
- Continuous Improvement,
- Innovation and Creativity.
Learning outcomes for this workshop include:
- Build a creative mindset,
- Apply a wide range of creative thinking strategies and techniques.
- Overcome the common barriers to creativity,
- Build and support a creative atmosphere throughout your organization,
- Apply basic techniques for unleashing creative thinking,
- Generate an abundance of new ideas,
- Apply creative techniques to solve difficult problems,
- Apply creativity toward innovation,
- Identify specific opportunities to problems and come up with both solutions and action plans.
Date(s):
June 1, 2010
Time:
9:00 am to 4:30 pm
Location:
Gaski Training Centre
7181 Woodbine Ave.,
Suite 103, Markham, Ont.
Registration Fee:
$395 / person*
(* For registration 7-days or more BEFORE start)
$495 /person for LATE registration.
Max. 16 participants
Contact Us for group rates
Who should attend:
This program is valuable for those looking to learn how to build their skills in creativity and innovation. It is ideal for all staff and managers within an organization.