Creativity school training courses in Buffalo, NY (public, in-house or online)

Being innovative in business can be the difference between success or failure. No matter who you are, or what you think your creative ability is, you can use your mind to accomplish extraordinary tasks. A human thought is based on imagination. Using our imagination is how we formulate meaning to words, and other stimuli around us. Mind Mapping gives you the ability to organize your thoughts using imagery, words and color and implement a personal solution for improving your retention, problem sol...

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This course addresses Personal Creativity. Through tools and exercises drawn from Adrian Brown’s book, Creativity & Innovation, it seeks to help unlock the creativity within individuals.

By stimulating creativity through various techniques (mind-mapping, DO-IT, SCAMPER, right and left brain thinking) participants learn to tap into their personal creativity and apply it to organizational challenges.

After completing this Course, you should be able to:

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This course looks at spurring creativity and innovation in teams and organizations. Drawing on the latest academic thinking, it outlines the key factors for creative teams.

Further, the course focuses on tools and techniques designed to yield more productive thinking in collective settings. Participants learn about a number of targeted tools (including brainstorming, Discussion 66, Provocation, and others) to generate fresh thinking in smaller group settings and in their organizations.
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Creativity is described as a process leading to products or processes that are novel, useful, and meaningful. As a result, the designation of "creative" is inextricably tied up with the process of communicating. This course examines contemporary models of communication. Practical application of these theoretical constructs to the development and enhancement of one’s creativity is one of the primary focuses of the course.
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The Nature of Creativity
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This course examines the concepts of the learning organization, viewing learning from an individual and an organizational perspective, and provides students with insights as to how to use organizational development (OD) methods as a tool for problem solving and organizational intervention. Topics to be covered include the underlying theory, orientation, and application of key OD methods; the design and implementation of organizational interventions to move an organization from a current to a des...

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