Creative Problem-Solving and Decision-Making
If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.

How can you bring fresh ideas into your organization and break away from rutted thinking and "business as usual" attitudes? Newsflash: Creative problem-solving is a skill that can be learned!

This unique program focuses on using creative inking to define problems, make effective decisions, and promote new ideas in a business environment. In just one powerful day of training, participants will learn how to:

	Identify and accept problems in their work environment
	Generate multiple creative solutions
	Develop strategies for selling creative solutions to others in the organization
	Keep great ideas alive in the face of opposition

Who will benefit the most ?
This program is designed for managers, teams, department heads, salespeople, research and development departments, strategic decision makers-anyone who can benefit from better ways of doing things, fresh ideas, breakthrough concepts, and other solutions that save time, refine quality or boost profits.

How we present this material:
To minimize work disruption, we will present this exciting, one-day program at your location. Plus, we tailor the training to the specific needs of your organization. As always, our seminars are 100% satisfaction guaranteed.

Key learning points

	Seven motivational steps for seeking and implementing solutions
	The two major approaches to problem solving
	Forty-eight ways creative ideas get put down and how to avoid them
	How to avoid the five creativity myths and start developing great ideas
	Strategies for analyzing decision-making style
	How to sell creative ideas in a technical world

As a result of this training:
Your staff will learn how to solve problems using their own vision and creativity and the creativity of those around them. They will make business decisions with more confidence because they have solid decision-making strategies. You have our written guarantee of complete satisfaction.

Program Overview

Owning and Defining the Problem

Scientific problem-solving vs. creative problem-solving

	Seven critical steps to accepting a problem
	Identifying the possible costs or dangers of ignoring a problem
	Visualization of possible outcomes
	The importance of having multiple creative solutions to one problem
	Four essential questions you must ask yourself to define a problem

Creative Thinking

	Forty-eight ways creative ideas die
	Characteristics of work environments that encourage creativity
	Five creativity myths
	Eight blocks to creativity
	Seven strategies for learning to be creative
	Powerful ways to stimulate group creativity called brainstorming, brainwriting, and excursion
	Guidelines for building an environment that supports creativity

Effective Decision-Making

	Seven killer decision blockers to avoid at all costs
	The five golden rewards of effective decision-making
	Two procedures for analyzing your decision-making style
	The six basic decision?making options
	A five-point rational model of decision making

Promoting New Ideas

	Overcoming resistance to change
	How to sell creative ideas in a technical world
	Organize your strategy using a New Ideas Worksheet
	Eight common characteristics of a marketable idea or project
	Thirteen common characteristics of innovative change efforts
	Eight tactics for handling external resistance and overcoming external opposition
	The twelve basic steps for creative problem-solving

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