Creativity & Innovation Workshop

Develop Creative Thinking, Generate New Ideas And Turn Innovation Into Results

2 Day(s)

2 Day(s)

Who Should Attend?

Managers, supervisors, team leaders and professionals from any industry who want to bring fresh thinking to their work.  This course provides a practical introduction to business innovation and the techniques organizations use to generate ideas and turn them into real improvements.

About The Program

This highly interactive workshop blends Tutor-led input with experiential learning from the outset.  Delegates explore what drives creative thinking, recognize the barriers that hold new ideas back, and practice proven techniques for generating, developing and evaluating ideas, including brainstorming, mind mapping, SCAMPER and Design Thinking.  Through group challenges based on real workplace issues, delegates learn how to turn promising ideas into workable improvements to products, services and processes.  Comprehensive course notes provide a valuable future reference.

Course Objectives

  • Apply practical tools and techniques to generate creative ideas and solve problems
  • Review how leading organizations apply innovative thinking to stay ahead
  • Identify innovation opportunities and assess ideas against organizational goals
  • Develop a practical plan to implement innovative thinking back in the workplace

What You Will Gain

  • An understanding of how organizations use innovation to improve performance
  • Hands-on practice with SCAMPER, mind mapping and Design Thinking
  • Strategies for overcoming mental blocks and barriers to new ideas
  • A structured approach to evaluating, refining and implementing ideas
  • A personal action plan for applying innovative thinking in your workplace

DAY ONE: Developing Creative And Innovative Thinking

  • Understanding creativity and innovation
    • What is ‘innovation’? Creativity versus innovation
    • Opportunities and threats in a changing economy
  • Understanding creative thinking and overcoming barriers to innovation
    • Conventional thinking, assumptions and mental blocks
    • Approaching familiar workplace challenges differently
  • Generating and developing ideas
    • Brainstorming and mind mapping
    • SCAMPER – creating alternatives to existing products, services and processes
  • AI as a tool for creativity and innovation
    • Exploring how AI can support brainstorming, idea generation and creative problem-solving
    • Using AI to explore alternative approaches and identify opportunities for workplace innovation
  • Learning from innovation in action
    • Case studies of organizations that continue to lead in innovation
    • Practical creativity challenges

DAY TWO: Turning Ideas Into Practical Innovation

  • An introduction to Design Thinking
    • Key principles: understanding problems from the user’s perspective
    • Practicing the approach through a short group exercise
  • Creative problem-solving
    • Identifying opportunities for improvement
    • Moving from problem definition to workable solutions
  • Evaluating and implementing ideas
    • Assessing feasibility, impact and fit with organizational goals
    • Refining ideas and overcoming implementation barriers
  • Workshop: developing a workplace innovation action plan
  • Course summary, review of objectives and agreed next steps

Before the course each delegate will be asked to complete a Pre-Course Briefing Form to determine their individual objectives for attending the course. These objectives will be used by the Tutor to give on-target training that is focused on the individual delegates.

At the end of the course each delegate will be asked to complete a Personal Development Plan that can be used as part of future appraisals, and that will also be an important tool for management reference.

Total Investment: AED 4,300/- + VAT, which includes – Training Materials, Lunch and Refreshments. Discount available for multiple bookings.

Who Should Attend?

Managers, supervisors, team leaders and professionals from any industry who want to bring fresh thinking to their work.  This course provides a practical introduction to business innovation and the techniques organizations use to generate ideas and turn them into real improvements.

About The Program

This highly interactive workshop blends Tutor-led input with experiential learning from the outset.  Delegates explore what drives creative thinking, recognize the barriers that hold new ideas back, and practice proven techniques for generating, developing and evaluating ideas, including brainstorming, mind mapping, SCAMPER and Design Thinking.  Through group challenges based on real workplace issues, delegates learn how to turn promising ideas into workable improvements to products, services and processes.  Comprehensive course notes provide a valuable future reference.

Course Objectives

  • Apply practical tools and techniques to generate creative ideas and solve problems
  • Review how leading organizations apply innovative thinking to stay ahead
  • Identify innovation opportunities and assess ideas against organizational goals
  • Develop a practical plan to implement innovative thinking back in the workplace

What You Will Gain

  • An understanding of how organizations use innovation to improve performance
  • Hands-on practice with SCAMPER, mind mapping and Design Thinking
  • Strategies for overcoming mental blocks and barriers to new ideas
  • A structured approach to evaluating, refining and implementing ideas
  • A personal action plan for applying innovative thinking in your workplace

DAY ONE: Developing Creative And Innovative Thinking

  • Understanding creativity and innovation
    • What is ‘innovation’? Creativity versus innovation
    • Opportunities and threats in a changing economy
  • Understanding creative thinking and overcoming barriers to innovation
    • Conventional thinking, assumptions and mental blocks
    • Approaching familiar workplace challenges differently
  • Generating and developing ideas
    • Brainstorming and mind mapping
    • SCAMPER – creating alternatives to existing products, services and processes
  • AI as a tool for creativity and innovation
    • Exploring how AI can support brainstorming, idea generation and creative problem-solving
    • Using AI to explore alternative approaches and identify opportunities for workplace innovation
  • Learning from innovation in action
    • Case studies of organizations that continue to lead in innovation
    • Practical creativity challenges

DAY TWO: Turning Ideas Into Practical Innovation

  • An introduction to Design Thinking
    • Key principles: understanding problems from the user’s perspective
    • Practicing the approach through a short group exercise
  • Creative problem-solving
    • Identifying opportunities for improvement
    • Moving from problem definition to workable solutions
  • Evaluating and implementing ideas
    • Assessing feasibility, impact and fit with organizational goals
    • Refining ideas and overcoming implementation barriers
  • Workshop: developing a workplace innovation action plan
  • Course summary, review of objectives and agreed next steps

Please contact us for specific details on the courses we are running. Our Business Development Staff will be happy to provide you with further details.

Before the course each delegate will be asked to complete a Pre-Course Briefing Form to determine their individual objectives for attending the course. These objectives will be used by the Tutor to give on-target training that is focused on the individual delegates.

At the end of the course each delegate will be asked to complete a Personal Development Plan that can be used as part of future appraisals, and that will also be an important tool for management reference.

Total Investment ONLINE: AED 2,900/- + VAT

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