Creativity & Innovation Skills - TED Learning

PROGRAMME RATIONALE

Executives are required to foster an environment which encourages innovation and creativity at the workplace.

This 2-days interactive session will enable executives to sharpen their creative & innovative thinking skills. The course aims to provide the participants with the right tools, techniques, strategies and motivation to think creatively using their right brain hemisphere. This is an experiential learning course, therefore, a balance of concepts plus practical activities will be involved.

PROGRAMME OBJECTIVES

Upon completion of this development training program, participants will be able to:-

•   Become innovative personally and encourage team members to think innovatively and creatively
•   Realize the vital needs for innovative and creative thinking capabilities
•   Understand the processes and steps involved in innovative thinking
•   Sharpen their abilities in thinking more creatively, innovatively and competitively using their rightbrains
•   Master various tools that will enable them to think out-of-the box in a team oriented manner
•   Apply the core skills learnt from the session at their workplace respectivelyLEARNING METHODOLOGY

  A highly interactive and practical methodology will be utilized. Consists of seminars, group discussions, video presentations, mini case discussions, individual and group “hands-on” exercises, as well as plenty of self-reflection sessions.

  TARGET AUDIENCE

  Executives

  ASSESMENT

  Pre and post TEST of questionnaires distribute to all delegates.

•   Pre test on 1st day (Morning)
•   Post test on 2nd day (Evening)
•   Summary report of post training will send after 2 weeks of training.

• INNOVATION AND CREATIVITY DYNAMICS

   The age of unreason and change
   Challenging and changing business cycles
   Specific challenges in the oil and gas industry
   Thinking out-of-the box (Creative & Innovative thinking)

  FUNDAMENTALS OF INNOVATION

   What is innovation?
   Innovative thinking – A self-assessment
   Enhancing personal creativity and thinking  Obstacles to creative thinking

  FOSTERING INNOVATIVE THINKING

   Manager’s roles in fostering creativity
   Creating the right environment for innovation
   Inculcating innovation and creativity at workplace  Innovative organizations and success stories

  DIMENSIONS OF INNOVATION

   Business models
   Processes
   Customer satisfaction  Products/services

  ACTION STEPS FOR IMPROVING CREATIVE THINKING

   Physical and health exercise
   Personal rituals
   Music
   Enhancing creative competency

  KICK-STARTING INNOVATIVE THINKING

   Journaling
   Regular fresh input
   Keeping a journal
   Learning a new creativity technique weekly  Relaxing and visualizing
   Learning to draw
   Learning Mind Mapping
   Associated thinking
   Idea recording strategies

  INNOVATIVE THINKING PROCESS

   Idea generation  Idea organization  Idea evaluation

  VARIOUS INNOVATIVE THINKING TOOLS

   Brainstorming
   Random input technique  How-how diagramming  Mind Mapping
   Scamper
   Lateral Thinking
   6 Thinking Hats

  INNOVATION TEAM CASE STUDY

   Case study briefing
   Team discussions
   Team presentations
   Review and reflection

  PERSONAL ACTION PLAN

   Determining areas of improvements  Development of personal action plan

  Itinerary of 2 days

  Time	Day 1 Agenda
  9.00 am – 9.30 am	Introduction and objectives
  9.30 am – 10.30 am	INNOVATION AND CREATIVITY DYNAMICS
  10.30 am – 10.50 am	Morning tea break
  10.50 am – 12.00 pm	FUNDAMENTALS OF INNOVATION
  12.00 pm – 1.00pm	FOSTERING INNOVATIVE THINKING
  1.00 pm – 2.00 pm	Lunch break
  2.00 pm – 3.30 pm	DIMENSIONS OF INNOVATION
  3.30 pm – 3.50 pm	Afternoon tea break
  3.50 pm – 5.00 pm	ACTION STEPS FOR IMPROVING CREATIVE THINKING

  Time	Day 2 Agenda
  9.00 am – 9.30 am	Review of Day 1
  9.30 am – 10.30 am	KICK-STARTING INNOVATIVE THINKING
  10.30 am – 10.50 am	Morning tea break
  10.50 am – 12.00 pm	INNOVATIVE THINKING PROCESS
  12.00 pm – 1.00pm	VARIOUS INNOVATIVE THINKING TOOLS
  1.00 pm – 2.00 pm	Lunch break
  2.00 pm – 3.30 pm	INNOVATION TEAM CASE STUDY
  3.30 pm – 3.50 pm	Afternoon tea break
  3.50 pm – 5.00 pm	PERSONAL ACTION PLAN