Creative Problem-Solving

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Overview

This is a fun, participative course in which I teach six powerful principles of creative problem-solving. It features original puzzles and challenges and plenty of engagement and lively participation.   

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What Happens

I present six practical and powerful principles of creative problem-solving.

 

In each case, I present the group or class with an original puzzle or challenge to solve. I also relate each principle to famous examples, from business and from history, showing how these creative approaches enabled people to deal with tough problems and achieve amazing results. 

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Benefits

The three main business benefits are:

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• Fewer problems, more solutions! The principles that I teach on this couse work. All attendees will know how to calmly and confidently tackle problems and — in almost every case — come up with a practical solution! 

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• Better morale. When people feel they face problems they can't handle, morale suffers. When people feel they have the skills to tackle problems effectively, morale improves.

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• More effective management. One way to manage people is to constantly try to solve their problems for them — in other words, to teach dependency. The alternative is to give them the skills they need to solve their own problems — teaching independence and self-reliance. 

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Tone 

This course is a lot of fun! People can tackle the various puzzles and challenges individually, in pairs or in teams. I tend to reward success with gold stars and even small bottles of prosecco! However, while I keep the tone lively and pacy, the creative principes I teach are practical and effective.

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Notes

With a few exceptions, the various puzzles and challenges involved in this course are original. I devised them specifically for this course. I haven't just copied them from a puzzle book so they will not be puzzles you've seen before. 

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Practical Matters

Time:  This course generally runs to about 90 minutes, although I can make it shorter or longer if you wish. 

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All attendees will get their own set of printed course notes. I supply you with the master copy, from which you print as many copies as we'll need on the day. ​