SESSION PLAN FOR 2 DAY WORKSHOP

DAY 1

• SESSION 1
  OPEN UP YOUR THINKING - A FUN-FILLED GAME

• SESSION 2
  HOW TO GENERATE MULTIPLE OPTIONS IN ANY SITUATION

  • THE ALTERNATIVES TECHNIQUE
  • GROUP WORK RELATING TO A COMPANY SPECIFIC ISSUE
  • LUNCH

• SESSION 3
  FOCUS,THE DISCIPLINE OF CREATIVITY
  HOW TO GET TO THE CRUX OF A PROBLEM - GROUP WORK ON A COMPANY RELATED PROBLEM OR HOW NOT TO ‘ SOLVE ‘ THE WRONG PROBLEM

• SESSION 4
  HOW TO CHALLENGE YOUR / COMPANY’S THINKING ON ANY SUBJECT CREATIVELY AND CONSTRUCTIVELY

  • THE CHALLENGE TECHNIQUE
  • GROUP WORK ON A MATTER OF IMPORTANCE TO YOUR COMPANY

DAY 2

• SESSION 1
  HOW TO GENERATE CREATIVE IDEAS THROUGH THE POWER OF ASSOCIATION

  • THE RANDOM ENTRY TECHNIQUE
    GROUP WORK

• SESSION 2
  HOW TO PROVOKE YOUR MIND TO BREAK WITH MINDSETS

  • THE PO AND MOVEMENT TECHNIQUE
  • LUNCH

• SESSION 3 AND 4

  • A GROUP EXERCISE ON AN ISSUE OF CRITICAL IMPORTANCE TO COMPANY IN WHICH PARTICIPANTS USE ALL THE TECHNIQUES LEARNT TO GENERATE IDEAS ON A SINGLE ISSUE
  • HOW TO EVALUATE YOUR IDEAS, STRENGTHEN THEM AND
  • HOW TO GET A BUY – IN FOR YOUR IDEAS IN YOUR COMPANY

• IMPORTANT SUGGESTION (OPTIONAL)
  WHEREVER THIS SUGGESTION HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED THE RESULTS HAVE BEEN EXCELLENT

• FOR BEST RESULTS
  
  In order that participants master the techniques and make it second nature to think laterally I suggest as follows:
  
  They divide themselves into small groups AFTER the workshop, and, over a period of 21 days, work on projects of importance to the company. They should apply their learning from the two-day workshop and make recommendations to the management.
  80% of these recommendations should be capable of being implemented by the participants themselves with minimum support from management.