Lateral Thinking & Problem Solving

Who This Programme Is For

Any individual or team member who wants to develop their thinking "outside the box", and who wants to practise new methods for problem solving.

Key Learning Outcomes

• Focus participants into utilising a number of effective and situationally appropriate models without compromising creativity.
• Stimulate participants to recognise that the way they see or think about a particular situation is only one way of many ways.

Included Modules

• Lateral versus Vertical Thinking - What's the difference?
• Paradigms - and why they prevent Breakthrough Thinking
• Provocation - or, how to make deliberately stupid statements!
• Concept Fan
• The 7 Keys to Thinking Laterally
• Generating multiple solutions for problems
• Putting on hats

A highly interactive environment will be created with the emphasis being placed on the participants finding innovative solutions to problems. This workshop is activity based with the formal training elements being kept to a minimum and the emphasis on experience-based learning and fun.