To See All The Bundles That We Have. Please Click https://www.AcademyWall.com The Workshop Training Library includes all of our courses for workshop training. Scroll down to see all of the courses included, plus other bulk pricing options. All of these workshop resources can be easily customized: mix and match training topics between courses, add new content, and even re-brand as your own. Here's what's included with each course: INSTRUCTOR GUIDE TRAINING MANUAL POWER POINT SLIDES FLIP CHART NOTES ACTIVITIES AND EXERCISE FILES QUIZZES AND TESTING Welcome to the Creative Problem Solving workshop. In the past few decades, psychologists and business people alike have discovered that successful problem solvers tend to use the same type of process to identify and implement the solutions to their problems. This process works for any kind of problem, large or small. This workshop will give participants an overview of the entire creative problem solving process, as well as key problem solving tools that they can use every day. Workshop Objectives Research has consistently demonstrated that when clear goals are associated with learning that the learning occurs more easily and rapidly. With that in mind, let?s review our goals for today. By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to: Understand problems and the creative problem solving process Identify types of information to gather and key questions to ask in problem solving Identify the importance of defining a problem correctly Identify and use four different problem definition tools Write concrete problem statements Use basic brainstorming tools to generate ideas for solutions Use idea generating tools, such as affinity diagrams, word chaining, the box method, the six thinking hats, and the blink method Evaluate potential solutions against criteria, including cost/benefit analysis and group voting Perform a final analysis to select a solution Understand the roles that fact and intuition play in selecting a solution Understand the need to refine the shortlist and re-refine it Understand how to identify the tasks and resources necessary to implement solutions Evaluate and adapt solutions to reality Follow up with solution implementation to celebrate successes and identify improvements CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING OUTLINE: Module One: Getting Started Icebreaker Housekeeping Items The Parking Lot Workshop Objectives Module Two: The Problem Solving Method What is a Problem? What is Creative Problem Solving? What are the Steps in the Creative Solving Process? Module Three: Information Gathering Understanding Types of Information Identifying Key Questions Methods of Gathering Information Module Four: Problem Definition Defining the Problem Determining Where the Problem Originated Defining the Present State and the Desired State Stating and Restating the Problem Analyzing the Problem Writing the Problem Statement Module Five: Preparing for Brainstorming Identifying Mental Blocks Removing Mental Blocks Stimulating Creativity Module Six: Generating Solutions (I) Brainstorming Basics Brainwriting and Mind Mapping Duncker Diagrams Module Seven: Generating Solutions (II) The Morphological Matrix The Six Thinking Hats The Blink Method Module Eight: Analyzing Solutions Developing Criteria Analyzing Wants and Needs Using Cost/Benefit Analysis Module Nine: Selecting a Solution Doing a Final Analysis Paired Comparison Analysis Analyzing Potential Problems Module Ten: Planning Your Next Steps Identifying Tasks Identifying Resources Implementing, Evaluating, and Adapting Module Eleven: Recording Lessons Learned Planning the Follow-Up Meeting Celebrating Successes Identifying Improvements Module Twelve: Wrapping Up Words from the Wise Review of Parking Lot Lessons Learned Completion of Action Plans and Evaluations