ThinkAbout Creative Thinking™

Module summary

Every organisation needs ideas. Ideas are the future of the organisation, they are its intellectual property.

Everyone has ideas. Everyone has ideas about the jobs they do and the tasks they are involved in. By improving the way both individuals and groups think, you can dramatically improve the number and ‘creativity’ of the ideas they have.

This module helps both individuals and groups think ‘outside the box’.

Who should attend?

• Anyone who needs to think creatively on the jobŒŒ
• Anyone who needs good ideasŒŒ
• Anyone involved in innovationŒŒ
• Individual contributors and entire teamsŒŒ

Prerequisites

Participants need to have attended the Start thinking workshop or have received an in-depth debrief of their HBDI® Profile.

Typical time investment

4 hours

Learning outcomes

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

• use the Whole Brain Model™ as a way of understanding creativity and the creative processŒŒ
• explain the 4 stages of the creative processŒŒ
• use the Whole Brain Creator™ŒŒ
• use the 9 power tools to generate ideasŒŒ
• generate ideas by themselvesŒŒ
• work as part of a creative team.ŒŒ

Key activities

• Whole Brain® reviewŒŒ
• The Whole Brain Creator™ŒŒ
• The 9 power toolsŒŒ
• Generating ideas using the Whole Brain Creator™

Module topics

Introduction

• Reviews the application of skills from any previous moduleŒŒ
• Reviews understanding of the Whole Brain Model™ŒŒ
• Answers any outstanding questions or issuesŒŒ

Think about creative thinking

• Overviews the module contentŒŒ
• Highlights the learning outcomesŒŒ
• Highlights the importance of this moduleŒŒ

Thinking preferences and creative thinking

• Applies the Whole Brain Model™ to creative thinkingŒŒ
• Shows the impact that individual thinking preferences have on the creative processŒŒ
• Focuses on individuals and what they like doingŒŒ

The Whole Brain Creator™

• Overviews the 4 step process of creative thinking ŒŒ
• Introduces the Whole Brain Creator™ŒŒ
• Explores the process in detailŒŒ

The 9 power tools

• Explains how to think differently at different stagesŒŒ
• Demonstrates the 9 power toolsŒŒ
• Shows how they work together creating an entire processŒŒ

Creative thinking exercises

• Practises using the Whole Brain Creator™ and the 9 power toolsŒŒ
• Builds skills and awareness in thinking creativelyŒŒ
• Enhances teams’ ability to generate ideasŒŒ

On-the-job application

Initiates the transfer of skills to the job, in specific situations ŒŒ

Module summary

• Reviews the module contentŒŒ
• Reinforces the key learning points