CEUs: 0.35

• Critical Thinking: Skills that Promote Reason over Reflex

Creative thinking--thinking outside the box-- is a powerful method for tapping the imagination to generate a variety of ideas for use in the problem-solving process.  Creative thinking helps ensure high-quality and lasting solutions.

Length:  One 4-hour session

Instructor:  Drury

Who should attend: Anyone looking for new and creative ways to break out of old modes of thinking.

Benefits:

• Higher quality decisions.

• Lasting solutions.

• A reputation for individual and team innovation.

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of this program, you will be able to:

• Understand what is meant by creative thinking.

• Explore strategies for fostering creative thinking.

• Understand how creative thinking is used in problem solving and decision making.

• Develop an action plan and follow-through process.

Program Outline:

I.          The definition of creative thinking

II.          Left-brain and right-brain functions

III.         Obstacles to creative thinking

IV.        Techniques for enhancing right-brain thinking

            A.         Mind mapping

            B.         Edward deBono’s Six Hats model

V.         Applying creative thinking to  problem solving

VI.        Dealing with people problems using the DESC Script.