Workshops

Creative Leadership

Half-day, one day or two days

This workshop develops leadership skills in innovation, lateral thinking and creativity. It is stimulating, challenging and motivational. Participants learn practical techniques that they can put to immediate use. The workshop is tailored to your requirements and can be run for a half-day, one day or two days. The preferred group size is from 12 to 20 people.

Topics include:

• Problem analysis
• What is impeding innovation in your business?
• Lateral thinking methods
• Idea Generation and Evaluation techniques
• Organising for Innovation

During the course the participants will:
Understand what makes an innovative leader
Generate creative solutions for specific business issues
Practise and learn innovation techniques
Determine actions to improve innovation in their department
The workshop is ideal for anyone wanting to improve innovation and creativity. It is suitable for all levels including senior teams.

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Open Innovation Workshop

One day

This workshop helps companies improve how they partner with others in order to drive innovation.  It is engaging, participative and informative. Delegates learn practical techniques that they can put to immediate use. The workshop is tailored to your requirements and normally runs for a full day. The preferred group size is from 12 to 20 people.

Topics include:

• What is Open Innovation (OI) and how do leading companies use it?
• What do we want from OI?
• Case Studies
• Role Plays
• Best practice on partnering - dos and don'ts
• Metrics - how will we measure success?

During the course the participants will:

• Learn what OI is and what it can offer the business
• Examine your current level of competency and readiness for partnering 
• Role play partnering situations
• Develop an action plan to bring OI into your organisation

Creative Selling

Half-day or full day

This workshop develops creative sales skills. It is participative, entertaining and motivational. Delegates learn practical techniques that they can put to immediate use. The workshop is tailored to your requirements and can be run for half a day or a full day. The preferred group size is from 12 to 20 people.

Topics include:

• Problem analysis
• Questioning techniques
• Lateral thinking methods
• Idea Generation and Evaluation techniques
• Objection handling
• Selling benefits

During the course the participants will:

• Improve their questioning technique
• Generate creative solutions for specific sales issues
• Practise and learn innovation techniques
• Role play sales situations
• Determine actions to improve their sales performance

The workshop is ideal as a motivation booster for sales teams. It gives them new insights into how to sell more creatively. Download Creative Selling flyer.

We also offer a Sales Energizer specifically for telesales and customer service teams.

Strategic Review

One day

In this workshop the senior team from an organization reviews strategic issues and generates plans to implement new visions and strategies. Existing approaches are challenged and the team develops fresh ideas and ways forward. The workshop is tailored to your requirements and typically requires a full day.

Topics can include:

• Current situation analysis
• Strategic vision, goals and direction
• What is impeding us from achieving the goals?
• Creative idea generation for options
• Future scenario envisioning
• Action plan for progress

During the course the participants will:

• Agree common direction and goals
• Review alternative strategies
• Generate creative solutions for specific business issues
• Practise and learn creative team techniques
• Determine actions to implement the new strategies

The workshop is ideal for teams of directors who want to take a fresh approach to strategic issues. Download Strategic Review Flyer.

Ideas Workshop

Half-day, one day or two days

This is a focused, practical course designed to unleash the creativity of your team. Delegates use a variety of powerful techniques for idea generation, idea evaluation and implementation. They produce a wealth of great ideas for the business issues that you select. Usually run for single organisations, the workshop is tailored to your requirements. The preferred group size is from 12 to 20 people.

Techniques are chosen to best suit the issues that you specify.

The workshop is stimulating, intensive, interactive and fun. Participants develop creative skills that they can put into immediate effect. They learn by using a variety of problem-solving techniques on real business issues. They generate radical ideas for your organisation.

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Spontaneous Creativity Workshop

Half-day or full day

The Spontaneous Creativity Workshop uses improv comedy techniques to develop the confidence, communication skills and imagination of delegates by pushing them out of their comfort zones. It breaks down barriers within teams. The class enables people to achieve things they never thought possible. The preferred group size is from 12 to 20 people.

The session is an experiential process in which methods are learned and applied in a series of increasingly challenging exercises. There is laughter as participants are taken progressively outside of their comfort zone in a supportive, exciting atmosphere. This encourages the group to become more bonded, open and supportive.

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