Course Overview

Have you ever questioned why some can come up with no ideas but some others come up with brilliant concepts and ideas? It is the capability to connect dots and see the bigger picture than the rest of the people.

Creative thinking is our ability to look at ideas and discover new alternatives to become a problem-solver. We can think differently and provide new perspectives. It is in the very sense of statement – Think outside the Box!

What is Creative Thinking? What can you do to improve your Creative Thinking Skills? You don’t have to be a creative intellect to be able to think creatively, you just need work on different things and situations to stimulate the creative part of your brain.

Creativity opens the doors to new breakthroughs. Creativity is the fuel that will keep you moving ahead in this competitive world of change. Creativity is not the ability to create something out of nothing, but it is the ability to generate new ideas by merging and altering existing thoughts and ideas.

Through this Creative Thinking Training Course offered by Zoe Talent Solutions, you will learn how to develop new ways to carry out jobs and be a problem solver by facing challenges.

This program will help you to bring a renewed and an unconventional perception towards your day to day tasks and work. You will be able to share these ideas, conceived by these creative thing skills, with your managers and the organization. Creative thinking can be drawn out with the regular practice of the topics covered under the modules of this program.

Course Objectives

The objective of this Creative Thinking training program is to enable you to—

• Understand Creativity Thinking and how it works
• Stimulate new habits of thinking to create a constant flow of unique ideas
• Use several creative thinking techniques and methods
• Learn how to be a problem solver in various situations
• Develop new ideas and strategies at your place of work
• Enhance the use of your thoughts and imagination
• Overcome mental blocks and think out of the box
• Understand various mind mapping techniques
• Learn how to Harvest, Design & Implement ideas

Training Methodology

We at Zoe Talent Solutions offer to customize your training courses to suit your training requirements based on your professional background. Our trainers will ensure that the training is in line with your organizational and work objectives. The course will be very interactive and participation is highly encouraged.

You will have group discussions, group activities, case studies, and other methods of training sessions. Participants will share their best practices across different organizations scheduled to attend the training program. Zoe Talent Solutions’ courses follow the Do–Review–Learn–Apply Model of training.

Organisational Benefits

Organizations employees taking up this Creative Thinking Training Course will benefit in the following ways:

• The employees will contribute ideas that help in organizational development
• There would be a better teamwork and team bonding
• Organizations will start to see increased engagement and interaction by employees
• There will be better staff morale and job satisfaction
• Problem-solving and increased productivity will be part of the organizational culture
• There is a mindset of continuous learning and mental development
• Brainstorming sessions are encouraged to bring out better ideas
• Creativity kills stress and in turn increases the quality of work
• Employees with Creative Thinking skills help add value to innovation 

Personal Benefits

Individuals attending the Creative Thinking Training Course will have the below advantages:

• They will learn life skills that better the quality of social life
• Employees will have an improved ability and clearer thinking capabilities
• Individuals tend to seek multiple options in any given scenario
• They learn to set aside pre-conceived judgments
• Individuals with creative thinking become problem-solvers
• They develop a positive attitude towards life and treat failure as a learning
• There is a ‘feel-good’ factor as they can better assist others
• Individuals can better express themselves and become more confident in life

Who Should Attend?

Individuals at all levels looking to become more positive, confident, expressive, and productive in the corporate world and their personal lives should attend this program. Business intellectuals, policymakers, trend-setters, organizers, top management, managers, supervisors, and executives would require these practical sessions to improve their thinking skills.

Individuals looking to think out-of-the-box and contribute must learn the Creative Thinking skills through this training program.

Course Outline

This training program will cover the below modules that are essential to understanding the key skills of Creative Thinking:

Module 1

• What Is Creativity? Thinking Differently
• Understanding Creative Thinking
• Creativity vs Innovation
• Different roles in creativity
• Moulding a non-creative person to become more creative
• Personal areas of creativity
• Developing the practice of thinking
• Lateral and Parallel Thinking

Module 2

• Creativity and Intelligence
• Developing a Creative environment
• Purpose and vision for new ideas
• Understanding the functions of the brain
• Brain Mapping
• Improving your memory
• Setting yourself on an Idea Generation mode
• Evaluating Ideas

Module 3

• Developing Creative Thinking Skills
• Developing approaches for creative ideas
• Science of creative thinking
• Creative thinking methods
• Creative thinking and ambiguous dreaming
• Purging unproductive clutter
• Deleting self-imposed mind boundaries
• Becoming a Creative Thinker

Module 4

• Creative thinking as an Organizational people culture
• Investigating Problems
• Understanding Perceptions
• Optimism in the workplace
• Creative Problem Solving
• Critical Thinking vs Creative Thinking
• Productive Thinking

Module 5

• Freeing the Creative ‘Bird’
• Journalling your ideas and thoughts
• Body and formation of an idea
• Brainstorming Rules and Techniques
• Building on different ideas and thoughts
• Joining the dots in different scenarios
• Risk Analysis and forecasting

Module 6

• The power of curiosity
• Engaging curiosity to propel Creative Thinking
• Building and stages of idea formation
• Engaging the brain effectively
• A stable mind and mind-set
• Decision-Making process
• Eliminating ‘mind-killers’
• Stress and its effect on thinking capabilities

Module 7

• The Creative Process Model
• Creativity techniques
• The RAP Model
• The Shoe Swap Technique
• Situation/Solution Reversal
• Using Mind Mapping
• Visual Triggers
• Six Thinking Hats
• Metaphors and Analogies
• Harvesting Ideas
• Action Plans

Module 8

• Individual Creativity
• Knowing yourself – SWOT Analysis
• Breeding ground for Creative Thinking
• Purpose of Creativity and Innovation in Business
• Finding opportunities within problems and failures
• Overpowering resistance to change
• Believing and selling your ideas
• Following through with your ideas
• Finding your life-changing idea