Description

Creativity:  Why is it important?  What is it?

The first question is difficult to answer, the second nearly impossible!

The overall purpose of this workshop is to introduce you to the concept of creativity, and give you the opportunity to get in touch with your personal beliefs about creativity and to practice creativity-enhancing techniques.  Since creativity is a process, it can be learned.  The steps and tools of creativity can be used by anyone.

Objectives

• Define creativity

• Identify the boxes that prevent your creativity

• Design your individualized creative environment

• Use a variety of techniques to enhance creative efforts

• Identify how to encourage and support others' creative efforts

• Develop an action plan to use creativity skills learned in this workshop on the job

Agenda

• Course overview - Welcome/Introduction/Expectations

• Objectives

• Questioning creativity?

• Meet the creative me

• Can creativity be defined?

• Building a creative climate

• Opened climates

• Flash your creativity

Audience

• All employees.  Class size maximum 24 participants.

Course Length

• One full workday, with two 15-minute breaks and 1 hour for lunch.