Creative Problem Solving Training Course

Psychologists and business people alike have discovered that successful problem solvers use the same types of processes to identify and implement solutions to problems.

This Creative Problem Solving workshop from pd training, will give participants an overview of the entire creative problem solving process and are available now in Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, Manhattan, Miami, Orlando, Philadelphia, and Seattle.

Learning Outcomes - Creative Problem Solving Training Course

By the end of this course, participants will:

• Have a greater understanding of problems & the creative problem solving process
• Learn what types of information to gather with some key questions
• Use four different problem definition tools
• Learn to write concrete problem statements
• Master idea generating tools like affinity diagrams, word chaining, the box method, the six thinking hats & the blink method
• Learn to evaluate potential solutions against specific criteria like a cost/benefit analysis or group voting
• Learn to perform a final analysis and selecting a solution
• Gain insight into the roles that facts & intuition play in selecting a solution
• Understand the why's & how's of refining & re-refining a shortlist
• Learn how to identify the tasks & resources necessary to implement a solution
• Understand how to evaluate & adapt solutions to reality
• Learn to utilize follow-up to celebrate successes & identify improvements

Times

Public classes start at 9:00am and finish around 4:30pm.

Class Size

Public classes will be a small relaxed group of between 4 and 12 people.

The small group helps ensure that everyone will get a chance to ask questions and learn at their own pace.

What is provided?

All participants will be provided with morning tea, afternoon tea, printed bound courseware to keep and a Creative Problem Solving Training Course Certificate of Completion.

Certificates of Completion are issued to each participant