How can you bolster your creativity? The answer to this is easy if, first, you remember that creativity isn’t the preserve of the marketing man or the R&D department and, second, you develop the appropriate thinking techniques. And here are some of the key techniques on offer.
1.The Six Hat® approach
Six Hat Thinking is a [...]
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Illumine posted this on December 17th, 2009
This is filed in: Creative problem solving, Creative thinking techniques, Creativity and Innovation, December 2009 - Creativity and Innovation, Six Thinking Hats - Edward de Bono (Training), Thinking techniques
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Creativity enables people to make breakthroughs in their thinking and find better ways of working. According to Clive Lewis at Illumine Training it is precisely for these reasons that trainers need to know how to stimulate creativity among their participants.
If you are a manager, trainer or facilitator you probably think of yourself as being creative. [...]
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Illumine posted this on June 16th, 2009
This is filed in: Creative thinking techniques, Creativity and Innovation, Creativity for Logical Thinkers - Illumination Workshop, June09 - Think Differently, Problem-solving, SCAMMPERR, Six Thinking Hats - Edward de Bono (Training), Stimulate creativity
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Problem = something difficult to deal with or solve; question or puzzle set for solution
Opportunity = favourable time or condition; good chance
What are your problems?
As soon as you start thinking about the exact nature of your problems you’ll recognise that they come in two rather different shapes. In the first instance, you will tend to [...]
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Illumine posted this on February 27th, 2008
This is filed in: Creative problem solving, Creativity and Innovation, Decision making, Direct Attention Thinking Tools - Edward de Bono (Train, Facilitating Creativity Sessions, Facilitation Skills, February/March 2008 (Creativity and Innovation), Lateral Thinking™ (Training), Mind Mapping, Mind Mapping as a Creativity Tool, Problem-solving, Six Thinking Hats - Edward de Bono (Training)
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As part of an Advanced Leadership Programme, the National School of Government has been teaching top civil servants how to get creative.Here Anthony Landale outlines the approach taken and reports on some of the key techniques they have been learning.
Every organisation wants to encourage creativity in its people. Why? Because it is through creativity that [...]
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Illumine posted this on January 19th, 2007
This is filed in: Case studies, Creative thinking techniques, DEFRA, Mind Mapping, Public Sector Specific, Six Thinking Hats - Edward de Bono (Training)
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