de Bono's Course in Creativity™
Enhance you and your team’s performance with the complete creativity workshop. Combining two of Dr Edward de Bono’s practical, proven methodologies: Lateral Thinking to generate new, creative and different ideas; and the Six Thinking Hats® to assess and select the right idea, whilst reducing conflict and increasing collaboration.
Overview
The Course in Creativity™ combines two time-tested, results-driven methodologies created by Dr Edward de Bono: the Six Thinking Hats® and Lateral Thinking. As a result of learning the tools in these systems, participants will improve team results and organisational productivity by:
- Enhancing their communication skills.
- Generating more creative ideas and solving challenging problems.
- Reducing conflict and generating consensus in decision-making.
"We need creativity in order to break free from the temporary structures that have been set up by a particular sequence of experience" - Edward de Bono.
Who is it for?
Directors, HR Leaders, Department Managers, Head of Departments, Supervisors and anyone responsible for bringing effective change and innovation into their organisation.
What's it all about?
Too few organisations have strategies in place for innovation, yet all leaders need to think much more creatively and innovatively, especially during downturns or periods of change. The Course in Creativity™ provides the structure and tools to help leaders and organisations overcome these challenges. This workshop combines two of Dr. Edward de Bono's world-renowned creative thinking, idea generation and problem-solving techniques to provide you with the masterclass you need to:
- Empower you, or your people, to challenge current thinking, solve problems and generate new ideas.
- Transform thinking and communication through effective decision-making and evaluation techniques.
What will you get out of it?
With the de Bono Course in Creativity™, you will learn how to anticipate change and discover systematic ways to design a more effective future. During this intensive three-day workshop, you will learn to:
- Challenge the status quo.
- Make it a habit to search for creative ideas.
- Set priorities and create objectives in alignment with these priorities.
- Discover how to transition from concepts to tangible ideas and outcomes.
- Make decisions and identify the required resources.
- Learn to implement initiatives with quality, speed, respect and value.
- Execute work plans on time and within budget.
- Optimise resources.
- Be accountable for results.
What will your organisation get out of it?
An organisation with people who have developed the skills learned in the Course in Creativity™ will be able to create a competitive advantage through the effective generation and evaluation of ideas, when creative thinking or problem-solving is required. The processes that can be learned and combined to be able to effectively:
- Challenge current thinking constructively.
- Identify and solve problems with more effective ideas, yielding immediate results.
- Increase the effectiveness of idea generation sessions and meetings, saving time and money.
- Look at decisions and issues systematically.
- Reduce conflict and gain consensus when making decisions.
Typical workshop outline
The Course in Creativity™ combines the results-driven Six Thinking Hats® and Lateral Thinking. These systems will enhance participants' communication skills, idea generation, conflict resolution strategies, and improve team outcomes. You will learn to:
- Enhance your thinking process with increased efficiency.
- Think in parallel with one another, which keeps egos in check and encourages the contributions of each individual.
- Organise and lead effective meetings, helping to "out-think" the competition.
- Dramatically increase your number of new ideas.
- Anticipate changes to help you prepare for the future.
- Use alternatives to harness the creative energy of the organisation.
- Rigorously evaluate ideas, eliminating costly mistakes.
- Execute work plans on time and within budget, saving you and your clients time and money.
CASE STUDY:
- DuPont benchmarked every creativity process on the market for its Creativity Centre. Dr. David Tanner, former Technical Director of DuPont, says, "The de Bono techniques were the most useful". An employee's suggestion for re-engineering the Kevlar manufacturing process, utilising de Bono techniques, eliminated steps in the process. It saved DuPont over £20 million!
Duration and delivery methods available
Indigo is proud to be an official distributor and training partner for Edward de Bono Limited. Course in Creativity™ is a practical three-day workshop available as:
- Public workshops are available online (via Zoom) and in-person in the UK (London, Manchester, and Edinburgh).
- Online learning or face-to-face training at your choice of date and location, worldwide, for groups or teams.
- One-to-one coaching.
Delivery can be split into multiple days or sessions.
Training for trainers
Accrediting your trainers is the most cost-effective way to offer Edward de Bono's Course in Creativity™, Six Thinking Hats® and Lateral Thinking within your organisation or to your clients. After attending the workshop as a delegate, you or your in-house trainers will be taught by some of Indigo's globally recognised Master Trainers, who have been specially authorised to train these programmes to other trainers, to the highest standard. Once successful, you will be authorised to dovetail our award-winning programmes into your organisation's training plans, at a fraction of the normal cost.
- Find out more about the public Trainer Accreditation.
- Find out more about the steps you need to take to become an Accredited Trainer.
- Enquire about training for trainers.
Indigo Business Services is proud to be a:
"Delivered exactly as advertised, practical tools, theory, guidance, and ideas on how to use when back at work."
Additional resources
Public workshops
Our open workshops are ideal for individuals, small groups or anyone reviewing a programme before wider rollout. They’re delivered in small groups, either face-to-face or online.
You can reserve a place on this workshop at up to £1,250pp + VAT.
In-House workshops
We send our consultant to your offices to train your entire team through an in-company workshop. This allows us to focus on the team's training needs and enables us to deliver it at a time and date that suits them, significantly reducing the per-delegate cost. Prices are based on 12 delegates; we can train up to 20 for an additional fee.
Delegate places are available at from £863pp + VAT.
