The course is of a general nature and participation in it does not require specialized knowledge
The training is designed as interactive, with participants' participation reaching over 80% of the time. Each session follows a similar dynamic, based on a methodology developed taking into account the Kolb cycle: an exercise opening you to new habits (building awareness), a mini lecture on techniques (knowledge), practicing new tactics and techniques (skill). After closing each session, participants receive supporting materials related to the discussed session. The practical material is summarized with mini lectures providing theoretical foundations and explaining the basic psychological mechanisms that participants experience while working in the training room. • Activating and developing the potential of creative thinking techniques • Eliminating the effects of barriers to creative thinking • Learning to generate original ideas and non-stereotypical approaches to problems • Acquiring the ability to use imagination and fantasy in mental work • Developing the habit of looking for multiple solutions (divergent thinking) and identifying the essence of the problem and gaining courage in introducing unusual solutions • Improving the ability to set goals in the problem-solving process • Stimulating openness and spontaneity in expressing one's own thoughts, ideas and emotions • Improving the ability to use problem-solving techniques and tools • Improving the accuracy of decisions made • Increasing communication competences in team and goal-oriented cooperation
Barriers and blockades limiting creativity - analysis of limiting beliefs.
How to overcome creativity block?
• Hidden creative potential – what we know and what we don't know about our creative possibilities
• What limits our creativity
• Types of barriers and blockades (internal and external),
• "Idea killers" - i.e. "killers of creativity" - phrases that extinguish initiative and creative thinking
• Dealing with blockages and barriers
• Groupthink syndrome - suppression of one's own ideas under group pressure
Team – strength or necessity at work?
• Team effectiveness - myth or necessity
• Before the group becomes a team – stages of team building and rules of work at each of them
• The syndrome is an eternal creation? – basics of teamwork dynamics
Creative creative thinking – process and techniques
• Creative thinking and conventional thinking
• Basic methods of creative work on solving a problem: brainstorming, creative thinking strategies,
• Brainstorming without myths and accretions
• Edward de Bono and thinking hats
• Walt Disney and the not-at-all-fairy-tale concept of decision-making
• Creative thinking in a team: myth or real possibility? That is, about the interconnections of creativity and relationships in a team
Creative work in a team
• How to ensure effective communication and synergy in the group?
• How to encourage creative thinking in people who have less need to "sell" their own ideas?
• What are the secrets to a perfect brainstorming session? How to use the method to be effective.
• What methods should be used when working with a group?
Creative communication
• Strengthening the suggestiveness of your message
• Effective problem-solving meetings
• How to conduct a meeting
• Stages of a problem-solving group meeting
• Techniques used during meetings
• A climate conducive to creativity