Thinking on Demand

At the front line you and your staff need tools you can apply at a moment's notice. Thinking on Demand is a one-day workshop that delivers a series of Whole Brain® Thinking tools specifically created for everyday use.

Each of us is unique and has a different thinking style. No one style is better than another. When people know their thinking preferences and can use an organised thinking framework, there are definite individual and organisational advantages. They can use Whole Brain® Thinking to capitalise on their own preferences and tap into those of others. Come and learn how to do this.

Workshop Details

Who should attend?

• Managers
• Supervisors
• Frontline staff
• Individuals

Prerequisites

As part of this program, all participants will complete their online HBDI® survey and the award winning e-learning program, HBDI Fundamentals. Participants will receive their HBDI profile and have their results explained at the workshop.

Typical time investment

1 day

Learning outcomes

At the end of this module participants will be able to:

• describe the Whole Brain Model™
• recognise the four dominant thinking styles
• recognise the thinking styles of others
• use Whole Brain Thinking tools to

• facilitate a ‘Whole Brain’ team meeting
• solve a problem
• make better decisions
• create new thinking
• examine a business issue or challenge from multiple dimensions
• analyse work tasks and activities to determine which thinking styles are needed for each.

Key activities

• Examine and understand your own HBDI Profile
• Apply Whole Brain Thinking to everyday activities
• Explore the consequences of individual profiles
• Apply Whole Brain Thinking to several everyday business challenges

Module topics

Introduction

• Provides key logistical information and a context for the training.
• Introduces the power of Whole Brain® Thinking through an interactive activity.

HBDI results

Provides participants with their HBDI Profile scores and a clear description of what the scores mean.

Sharing profiles

Helps participants gain further understanding of the clusters within each quadrant by having them compare their profiles with others who have the same dominant quadrant.

Your profile at work

Gives participants the opportunity to see how Whole Brain Thinking applies to their specific job at work.

Applying Whole Brain Thinking to several common business challenges

Gives participants the opportunity to practise using the Whole Brain toolkit to deal with the most common issues facing front line staff, including:

• facilitating a meeting
• solving a problem
• deciding on a course of action / evaluating an idea

Module summary

• Reviews the module content
• Reinforces the key learning points
• Provides an opportunity for participants to ask for advice on handling specific ‘on-the-job’ issues and to develop a framework for dealing with them