Online Courses, Master Classes and Workshops

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Please watch the short introductory videos for these best-selling online  courses

Master Lateral Thinking

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Complete Innovation Skills Master Class

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Classroom Workshops and Master Classes

video-conference-5167472_1920Classes are available on-site or as remote workshops given as over Zoom.  We can construct a workshop to meet your exact needs and we guarantee to get your people thinking differently, thinking creatively and thinking better.

Novartis Innovation Workshop Video


The Leadersip of Innovation – Master Class

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.

Course description flyer.

Paul Sloane with executives from TSMC on a Leadership of Innovation Master Class in Taiwan.

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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Lateral Thinking in Business

One day

For people who want to harness the power of lateral thinking in their work.  This workshop develops the key lateral thinking 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 one or two days. The preferred group size is from 12 to 20 people.

Topics include:

  • What is Lateral Thinking – Examples and Precepts
  • Challenging Assumptions and Dominant Ideas
  • Questioning techniques
  • Techniques to force a different point of view
  • Problem Analysis Methods
  • How to think what nobody else thinks
  • Lateral thinking in Marketing
  • How to Harness Chance and Random Inputs
  • Lateral Brainstorm Methods
  • Lateral Thinking Puzzles
The workshop is ideal as for professional staff members who want to improve creative thinking and entrepreneurial actions in their teams.

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