Developing Creativity

Description

Summary

This price of this class is for up to 15 participants.  The class to be taught at your location.  All classes purchased can be taken for up to one year after purchase.  Bulk discounts will apply.  Please call for details.

Creativity and innovation will improve your chances of success in business and in life. Fortunately, there are steps that can be taken to inspire you and develop your creative mindset. By changing the way that you think and overcoming your fear of risk, you will improve your creativity and change your life. Implementing what you learn in this class is the first step to forever changing your creative process.

There are different types of creativity, which makes it difficult to define. People often limit their definitions of creativity to art, but this is too limiting. Creativity comes in the form of original thought, divergent thinking, problem-solving, inspiration, and imagination. In order to improve creativity, it is essential that you understand the definition of creative thinking and what steps you can take to improve your own thought process.

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Workshop Objectives

Research has consistently demonstrated that when clear goals are associated with learning, it occurs more easily and rapidly. With that in mind, let’s review our goals for today.

At the end of this workshop, participants should be able to:

• ​Define creativity
• ​Act with confidence
• ​Engage in curiosity
• ​Stop acting out of fear
• ​Learn from introspection
• Take risks

Course Outline

Module One: Getting Started

1. Workshop Objectives

Module Two: What Is Creativity?

1. Divergent Thinking
2. Problem Solving
3. Imagination and Inspiration
4. Something Out of Nothing
5. Case Study

Module Three: Getting Inspired

1. Introspection
2. Read More
3. Removing the Mental Block
4. Art Inspires Art
5. Case Study

Module Four: Beating Procrastination

1. Get Rid of Clutter
2. Self-Imposed Limitations
3. Build on Small Successes
4. Don’t Start at the Beginning
5. Case Study

Module Five: Improving Your Creative Mindset (I)

1. Open Mind
2. Do Not Judge
3. Positive Mindset
4. Ask Why?
5. Case Study

Module Six: Improving Your Creative Mindset (II)

1. Make Associations
2. Keep a Journal
3. Question Assumptions
4. Creative Confidence
5. Case Study

Module Seven: Curiosity

1. Spark Your Curiosity
2. Curiosity is the Engine of Creativity
3. Engage
4. Ask Open-Ended Questions
5. Case Study

Module Eight: Take Risks

1. Be Confident
2. Scared to Fail?
3. Fake It Till You Make It
4. Afraid to Be Judged
5. Case Study

Module Nine: Think Like a Child

1. Daydream
2. Be Curious
3. Play Games
4. Experiment
5. Case Study

Module Ten: Environmental Factors

1. Work Area
2. Additional Environments
3. Get Enough Sleep
4. Variables
5. Case Study

Module Eleven: Individual Brainstorming

1. Generate A Lot of Ideas
2. Mind Mapping
3. Visualization
4. Organize and Bring Ideas Together
5. Case Study

Module Twelve: Wrapping Up

1. Words from the Wise