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If you dont innovate you will be left on the scrap heap!
Course Introduction
Thinking “out of the box” is no longer a luxury. It is essential in today’s rapidly changing business environment in order to survive. Hence, the need for an innovation training course. Indeed, in view of the necessity and growing importance of these types of courses these types of interventions have many names: creative thinking skills training; creative thinking course; creativity and innovation skills training; creative training courses; creativity and innovation training ; creative thinking training courses.
This course at BOTI todayInnovation and Creative Thinking Training (1 day)
The current course runs at your offices anywhere in South Africa, live online or at a BOTI venue. The course page has the up-to-date outline and group prices.
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This comprehensive course enables managers to do the following:
- Â Demonstrate an understanding of the techniques that promote creativity
- Analyse own unit in terms of opportunities for innovation
- Lead a team through a creative thinking process
- Develop a plan for creating an environment conducive to innovation
Course Outline
- Analyse own organization (Public or Private) in terms of opportunities for innovation. Identify features of an environment that promote innovation. An environment conducive to innovation includes openness, creative thinking, questioning, encouragement of risk-taking, rewards for innovation as well as a culture of enquiry, challenging the status quo and learning from mistakes. The features of an environment conducive to innovation.  Does the current environment promote innovation.
- Demonstrate understanding of the techniques for promoting creativity. Â Creativity and innovation techniques are identified in terms of generally accepted theory and practice. Â Three techniques for promoting creativity are explained with practical examples. Â Develop a plan for creating an environment conducive to innovation. Â The role of the organization (Public or Private) manager in creating an environment conducive to innovation is described with reference to continuous improvement and innovation of the organization (Public or Private). The processes, actions and approaches necessary to create an environment conducive to innovation are recorded in the plan. The implementation of the plan is described and promoted within the organization (Public or Private)
- Lead a team through a creative thinking process. Â Techniques for promoting innovation and creativity are applied to generate ideas for a new or improved process, project or product. Â A number of alternative solutions are generated in relation to the process, project or product. Â The best alternative is selected. Â A concept is developed and recorded and communicated for implementation.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the world as a set of related systems and how innovations in one area could impact another.
- Use science and technology to assist with idea generation and to record ideas.
- Participating as responsible citizens in the life of local, national and global communities.
- Developing entrepreneurial opportunities.
Delivery Method
- One-day Instructor Led classroom based training
- Strong delegate participation and practical application of theory
All delegates will receive:
- Material, refreshments (lunch, tea), Â after training assistance for 3 months (Innovation & Creative Thinking Training Course)
- Memory stick (with relevant tools and models that can be easily accessed when applied back at work) (Innovation & Creative Thinking Training Course)
Innovation & Creative Thinking is an essential skill.