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Creative Problem Solving

The secret to creating the best new ideas is to separate your divergent thinking from your convergent thinking. This means generating lots and lots of options before you consider evaluating them.

Creative Problem Solving Workshop

WHEN YOU LEARN CPS, YOUR WORLD OPENS UP. YOU HAVE THE TOOLS TO MEET CHALLENGES HEAD-ON

Springboard is your fast track to a deliberate  creativity process for solving problems and capitalizing on opportunities. You 'll learn the Creative Problem Solving (CPS) Process, the research-based gold standard of creativity methods, and be exposed to the Four sight framework which can help you understand how you and your teammates approach challenges.

About the course

Creative problem solving (CPS) is a way of using your creativity to develop new ideas and solutions to problems. The process is based on separating divergent and convergent thinking styles, so that you can focus your mind on creating at the first stage, and then evaluating at the second stage.

CPS TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES
This program helps you deep-dive into the CPS process, adding more tools to your repertoire. You will gain a clear understanding of which tools to use at each stage of the CPS process, as well as how to modify them to fit your session objectives or add a bit of creative flair. You
will also learn a variety of energizers and fun grouping games to keep your sessions engaging and interactive. In this fast paced course, you will learn through small and large group work, including round robin sharing and show-and-tell exercise.

In this Course , you will:
Explore a variety of divergent and convergent techniques for individual and group problem solving.
Learn how and where to apply different tools within the CPS process
Practice facilitating tools
Discover how to create and adapt tools

In this course you will :
Recognise and overcome blocks to creativity
Identify attitudes and behaviours conducive to creative thinking
Apply core concepts of creative thinking
Utilise a variety of divergent and convergent thinking tools
Apply the CPS method to may simulated or real situations
Consciously be creative when facing problems and opportunities.

You will experience hands-on activities, real-world examples, and a variety of divergent and convergent thinking tools to give you the skills you need to advance your personal and professional goals.

CPS BEGINS WITH TWO ASSUMPTIONS:

1. Everyone is creative in some way.

2. Creative skills can be learned and enhanced

Divergent and Convergent Thinking must be balanced

Keys to creativity are learning ways to identify and balance expanding and contracting thinking (done separately), and knowing when to practice them. 

Ask Problems as Questions

Solutions are more readily invited and developed when challenges and problems are restated as open-ended questions with multiple possibilities. Such questions generate lots of rich information, while closed -ended questions tend to elicit confirmation or denial. Statement tend to generate limited or no response at all. 

Defer or Suspend Judgement

As Osborn learned in his early work on brainstorming, the instantaneous judgement in response to an idea shuts down idea eneration. There is an appropriate and necessary time to apply judgement when converging. 

Focus on"Yes, and" rather than "No, but"

When generating information and ideas, language matters. "yes, and" allows continuation and expansion, which is necessary in certain stages of CPS. The use of the word "but" - preceded by "yes" or "no" - closes down conversation, negating everthing that has come
before it. 

Our most popular workshops are open to all and are ideal for individuals, smaller groups and those reviewing workshops before wider roll out.

Open Workshops

Our in-house delivery option gives you the flexibility to train teams, groups and departments. Reducing delegate travel, training cost (saving up to 50% per delegate, when compared to our open public workshops) and environmental impact - as we train at your choice of location or online, in India or internationally. Tailoring content, pre and post workshop support and much more.

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Creative Problem Solving 

DATES

10-12 MAY 2023

Course Investment

INR 15000/- Plus GST

Duration

4 Days/ 4 Sessions/ 2.5hrs each

Timings

09:30 am - 12:30pm

Course Material

Digital Course Material

Certificate

Participation Certificate

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Creative Problem Solving