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Need to bolster your creativity? It’s easy if, first, you remember that creative thinking and creativity isn’t the preserve of the marketing team or the R&D department and, second, you learn, develop and practice the appropriate thinking techniques. And here are some of the key techniques on offer: 1.Edward de Bono’s Six Thinking Hats® approach [...]

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 [...]

Problem = something difficult to deal with or solve; question or puzzle set for solution Opportunity = favourable time or condition; good chance FOR FREE RESOURCES, INCLUDING CREATIVITY HINTS AND TIPS AND TOPIC BRIEFINGS, GO HERE What are your problems? As soon as you start thinking about the exact nature of your problems you’ll recognise [...]

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 [...]