Lateral thinking:
time tested and proven around the world in over 40 countries
"Brainpower is the best
competitive advantage there is: it's invisible, and it's
cheap. The challenge is to create an environment that taps
into the unique thinking that each person brings to the
job. Lateral thinking tools do just that!"
- Lynda Curtin, The
Opportunity Thinker
Today’s business environment demands innovative
solutions. Ideas are worth millions of dollars when implemented
strategically. Yet, many companies still rely on the old
seat-of-your-pants method, chance. Discover how to accelerate your
pace of innovation in a deliberate and systematic way. Everyone has
the ability to be creative. Lateral thinking is simply a practical
tool kit to help you boost productive creative output.
Lateral Thinking: is
a deliberate, systematic, step-by-step process designed to uncover
powerful new solutions by moving your thinking beyond the
predictable. Learn how-to strengthen your business with a
steady flow of profitable business ideas, "out-think" the
competition. It doesn’t matter what
part of the business you are responsible for, or what industry you
work in. Most likely you are being asked to deliver more innovative
solutions. If you want to improve your business results, this
practical tool kit is for you.
Objectives: In this fast-paced, hands-on
workshop, you will learn how to quickly flex your own mental muscle
to:
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Create new or improved processes, products,
services, markets, etc., on demand
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Increase your practical new
idea output - become a profitable idea banker
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Develop a dynamic Creative Hit-List to help
develop the habit to opportunity search - design the future,
"'out-think" the competition
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Bring your thinking and the thinking of
others into sharp focus to increase your range of
solutions - incremental, breakthrough, revolutionary,
radical
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Develop two key skills of a
powerful creative thinker: how to work with concepts and random
input to shift your thinking from predictable solutions to “aha”
solutions—yes, why didn’t we think of that before?
Brilliant!
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Plan productive ideation
thinking sessions - to increase participation and buy-in
to new ways and opportunities.
To move beyond the frustrating limits of brainstorming
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Develop powerful strategies to secure
the lead
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Challenge your current thinking to uncover
hidden opportunities
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Harvest your output to gain maximum value
from your time investment
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Understand the distinctions between concepts
and ideas to enable groups to become more productive working
towards developing specific ideas
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Strengthen your strategic thinking approach
The Lateral Thinking Tools: A Process for Creative
Thinking that Emphasizes How to- Organize and Idea Generate
Alternatives/Concept
Triangle Tool- how to extract concepts from ideas and to use
concepts as a breeding ground for more and more ideas. An idea
generating tool
Focus Tool - Disciplined use of time, tools
and focus. Generate and use a Creative Hit-List to increase
opportunity searching/design the future thinking
Challenge
Tool -
Explore the reasons why we do things the way we do. Challenge current
thinking to uncover new possibilities
Random Entry Tool -
Generate new ideas using unrelated words, objects, or pictures. Open up
new idea tracks to uncover future possibilities. An idea generating tool
Provocation and Movement Tool - Set up and use provocations to
move your thinking forward to a new idea. An idea generating tool
Harvesting Tool -
Capture your creative output. A way to get added value from your thinking
output now and in the future
One Day Workshop: Lynda will work with you to determine
your objectives and then will select which 3 of the 6 tools will be
covered.
Two Day Workshop: This is the usual time allotment for a
training class with an emphasis on skill building application practice time.
Not all tools are covered.
Three Day Workshop: All the tools are covered in depth
with good skill building application practice time. There is also sufficient
time to apply the tool kit to a real job challenge.
PROGRAMS:
