Bite sized seminars - Creativity Kickstart

This 1-2 hour seminar introduces the basics of creativity in an informal, interactive session. The participants get the chance to try out two powerful techniques and there is significant audience participation throughout. Suitable for groups of any size (maximum so far 800), the session is the ideal introduction to practical business creativity. Costs £800 each, or available for small groups at our individual rate of £125/head (minimum 3 attendees).

Creativity and innovation are not optional extras. In a challenging environment, creativity is a survival skill. It’s not enough to do what you’ve always done because the world is changing around you. The Creativity Kickstart event gives a powerful introduction to the nature of creativity, the need for it and the mechanisms available to enhance creativity in a practical, day-to-day manner. Experience has shown that the requirement to do something about creativity is only really understood once individuals have some experience of the approach and techniques available – the Kickstart is designed to give that initial boost.

Outline

Introduction – who the speaker is, why we are here, warm-up exercise exploring assumptions
Why bother? – A brief exploration of why there is a need for creativity, driven by the participants own ideas.
Can anything be done? – Moving from random brainstorming to systematic approaches. The five key features: culture, techniques, environment, personal development and fun.
Blocking creativity – We are all very good at blocking creativity, suppressing our own ideas and putting down other people’s. By getting an understanding of the techniques we use to block creativity, we can prevent this happening in the future.
Working in a framework – All too often ideas can be generated that either aren’t a good match to the requirement, or that aren’t then carried through to implementation. We look briefly at a four stage framework to ensure that thinking doesn’t stay blue sky.
Sample technique 1 – We use a very reliable idea generation technique (Random Picture) on a generic problem to gain some experience of creativity techniques. It is important this first sample doesn’t use a real problem from the organization, as that can lead to focus on the problem, not the approach.
Sample technique 2 – We use a very different technique (The Takeover) to see how varying techniques can be used and produced differing solutions. This example can be used on a real business problem or a generic.
Doing something – we finish by encouraging attendees to take this further. Creativity requires practical experience. The more it’s practised, the easier it becomes.

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Also available as a DVD plus copyable materials pack and site licence for only £140 - click here for details.

We provide free ebooks with all our seminars, but if you would like to give away a book to attendees, which can hugely reinforce the event, our recommended books for this event are Instant Creativity or Imagination Engineering.