Leapfrog the Competition with Applied Creativity & Innovation

Objective Designed for teams who want to learn while applying Deliberate Creative Thinking directly to a real and important project activity. This is a collaborative team facilitation program that combines professional development with action to address a current challenge. Upon completion participants will: Understand the nature of deliberate thinking and be familiar with valuable creative thinking approaches Have used a number of thinking tools to explore a real issue, generate ideas and plan for action Be enabled to promote innovation within their organisation based on their own success Add value to strategic thinking, business planning and decision making at all levels Have worked as a team to deliver a tangible outcome that the organisation considers important

Benefits

This is a practical and targeted 3½-day program typically runs over six to eight weeks, integrating learning with team action designed to give participants and the organisation:

• innovative ideas to address a real issue and improve business performance
• an outcome that supports overall business goals
• skills to plan and manage major projects more thoroughly and effectively
• methods to creatively solve problems and make better decisions - faster leadership skills directly related to creating a creative and innovative organisation

When an effective innovation process is in place, organisations increase product and service quality, develop more innovative marketing campaigns, introduce product/ service ideas to market faster, and ultimately leapfrog the competition.

Outline

This 3½-day program requires participating teams to commit suitable time between training days to work on a chosen business challenge. While each program is tailored to your needs, a typical format involves 7 stages:

1. Day One - Deliberate Cre8ive Th!nking, Focus, Imagineering, Radiant Thinking
2. Teams identify the Project Focus and begin exploration
3. Day Two - Parallel Thinking, Cre8ive Ideation, Harvesting
4. Teams complete exploration and advance idea generation
5. Day Three - Designing ideas into solutions, Implementation
6. Teams design solutions and plan implementation
7. Day Four - Team presentations, Creating an Environment of Innovation

Presenters

Bill Jarrard and/or Jennifer Goddard, Founders Mindwerx International

To Book

For more information about this course or to book, please call Mindwerx on 1800 060 982
(or +61 3 9572 5344 from outside Australia). Or email us at: info@mindwerx.com.au