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Creative Thinking and Problem Solving (CCT001)

Who Should Attend:

All levels of employees who would like to develop creative thinking skills to solve problems and develop new ideas and processes.

Office Professionals Certificate Core Credit

Overview of the Workshop:

This seminar is intended to help learners develop creative thinking skills as tools to solve problems in a complex and evolving work environment. Participants will be introduced to creative thinking tools such as Mindmapping, Random Word Selection, and Wheeling Out. This interactive seminar will help individuals break free from traditional thinking and discover new methods that can be applied both professionally and personally. The following topics are included: traits of creativity, barriers to creativity, using autosuggestion, brain hemisphere characteristics, the creative process, critical thinking, assessing risk, crisis decision simulation, problem-solving in the workplace.

Learning Objectives:

• apply tools and techniques to generate creative and innovative ideas
• evaluate the risks and benefits of a new idea and decide on the most appropriate action
• develop your own process for enhancing creative thinking

Facilitator:

• Erin Stewart

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