Business is a constantly changing environment. What used to work in the past often no longer does today. Understanding that creativity is vital for success in businesses is a key factor for the survival of any company, being it an emerging or a leading company. Without change and growth businesses come under ever increasing threats from tough competition. Traditionally organizations have assigned some people, often engineers, to be the ``creative thinkers”. But today organizations need to generate ideas at all hierarchical levels. This is especially true in a projectized organization. Since every project is unique, there are new and challenging problems to be solved almost every day. In other words, to manage a project, you need a lot of creativity. The good news is that everybody is able to generate ideas. Everybody has the experience and knowledge that can be leveraged to create new solutions. However, in some people this is latent, whereas in others it is active. Creativity techniques can help bring out this natural characteristic in all of us.

This training is a challenging, interactive and a fun introduction to creativity in projects. It is designed to show people how to `Think Outside the Box` and be more creative in the way they approach situations in their projects, no matter if there are serious problems, new product creations or simple day to day activities.

Introduction:

Different aspects of creativity - The creative individual, the creative team - Creativity in projects

Creative Potential

What creative potential do I have? - How can I use it more intensively? - What

are the benefits for me, my team and my company?

Creative Problem Solving Process

Lifecycle of an idea - Problem analysis – Defining the objectives

Creativity Techniques

Practicing different techniques: Brainstorming, Imaginary Brainstorming, Flip

Flop, Brainwriting 6-3-5, Mind Mapping, Morphological Analysis, Osborn’s checklist

Transfer to use in Project-Management

When and how to use creativity techniques in different phases of the project

This training is for anyone who wants to generate ideas and evaluate new solutions to problems in projects.

A good understanding of English

Norbert Schmitz gains over 15 years of strong business and managerial experience as well as training experience working in a leading position for one of the biggest globally acting banks domiciled in Germany. He lead his staff through complex projects and integration processes.

Norbert loves the subjects of Creativity, Project-Management and motivation of staff. In his trainings he combines his strong practical knowledge with modern methods of teaching to attain an entertaining, highly effective and inspiring event to the attendee’s and their company’s benefit.

Objectives
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Know the factors which promote creativity
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Identify and overcome obstacles to creativity in the team and in your own thinking
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Gain an understanding that creativity is vital for success in businesses
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Feel confident in the use of creativity techniques, such as

Brainstorming, Flip-Flop, Brainwriting 6-3-5, Mind Mapping, Morphological Analysis or Osborn’s checklist
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Find more effective solutions for your projects
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Make even better decisions
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Motivate your Project-Team to be creative

This course is avaliable in both German and English