INTRODUCTION FOR COLLABORATIVE CREATIVITY IN HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PROBLEM SOLVING USING NLP
This, That, What Is It?: Defining Problems and Making Decisions
Why is it that some managers find it easy to solve tough problems with simple solutions while others find this feat nearly impossible? You’ve no doubt looked at solutions to problems and said, “I should have thought of that.” But you didn’t. The answer is not just personal creativity, although that certainly helps. Rather, the power to find these creative solutions lies in our ability to search for and find facts that relate to the situation and put them together in ways that work through collaborative creativity. For an individual, facts and knowledge can only go so far. By tapping into the collaborative creative minds using Neuro-Linguistic Psychology (NLP), anyone can expand the range of available solutions.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
At this program’s conclusion, participants should be able to:
- Better use problem-solving steps and problem-solving tools for managers.
- Distinguish root causes from symptoms to identify the right solution for the right problem.
- Improve problem-solving and decision-making skills by identifying individual problem-solving styles.
- Think creatively and work towards collaborative creative solutions using NLP.
- Recognize the top ten rules of good collaborative decision making.
The following outline highlights some of the course’s key learning points. As part of your training program, we will modify content as needed to meet your business objectives, upon request
METHODOLOGY
The workshop is interactive and participative allowing participants to internalize the concepts and knowledge learnt. There is a mixture of lectures, role plays, skill practices, collaborative discussions, games, group dynamics, simulations, reflective and mind programming exercises to integrate learning.
WHO MUST ATTEND
All personnel in administrative, supervisory and executive or managerial positions.
COURSE CONTENT
What’s the Problem Here?: Understanding What Problem Solving Is
To begin, participants will explore just what problem solving and decision making mean. We will also look at different types of decisions, the difference between facts and information, and common decision-making traps.
Background Information
- The Nature of Creativity
- What is Collaborative Creativity
- Changing Amount of Group’s Creativity
- Creative Thinking is Both a Mental and Physical Activity
Right Brain! Left Brain! Brain Sprain!: Understanding Your Preferred Approach
This unit begins with a brief introduction to the physiology of the brain and its impact on thinking. Participants will discover the difference between right-brain and left- brain thinking and assess their preferred approach to processing information. And also how our physiology affects our psychology in the mental processes.
What’s Your Style?: Problem-Solving Approaches
This segment will explore the four types of problem solvers. Then, participants will work in small groups to identify their strengths and weaknesses and use that knowledge to become better problem solvers.
What’s the Path?: The Problem-Solving Model
During this unit, participants will learn about a three-phase model that they can apply to most problems. They will also have an opportunity to apply the model to various situations.
How Many Roads Are There?: 5 Ways to Approach a Decision
Generating Creative Ideas
- Maximize Creativity By Focusing Your Attention
- Develop Creative Potential By Allowing Incubation Time
- Identify Creative Ideas as They Occur
- Analyze Creative Ideas to Gauge Their Potential Value
- Employ simple Right Brain Strategies to Make Effective Intuitive Life/Work Decisions
Discover the creative mind in us by understanding and applying great mind tools such as
- The Six Thinking Hats
- The Nominal Group Technique
- Factor Rating via Collaborative Decision
- Mind Mapping Method
Participants will learn about Edward DeBono’s six thinking hats, and they will practice using the hats during a problem-solving discussion. Then they will look at four basic problem-solving tools and two advanced tools. Finally, they will apply these tools to a case study in a focus group discussion & collaboration.
Is There Another Way?: Thinking Outside the Box
The program concludes with a discussion of ways to encourage collaborative creative thinking including brainstorming and the random-word method.
At the program’s completion, participants will have an understanding of problem-solving and decision-making techniques and methods via collaborative efforts.