Critical Thinking and Creative Problem Solving

Offering Training
Critical Thinking and Creative Problem Solving
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
Ø   Make better decisions through critical thinking and creative problem solving Ø   Adapt to different thinking styles in group and team environments Ø   Recognize and remove barriers to individual and group creativity to foster an innovative work environment Ø   Systematically analyze a target problem Ø   Present your ideas clearly and concisely for maximum stakeholder buy-in Ø   Transform your creativity into practical business solutions
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Individuals at any level of an organization who want to apply creativity and critical thinking skills to their decision-making process.
COURSE BENEFITS
Successful organizations recognize that critical thinking and creative solutions to problems significantly enhance business potential. Today's decision makers must use a variety of thinking styles, methodologies and creative processes. In this course, you develop your skills as a critical thinker and problem solver. You learn to leverage your personal thinking preferences using tools and techniques based on cutting-edge technologies.
SUMMARY OUTLINE
1. Introduction ·         Balancing people, processes and tools for optimal decisions ·         Business drivers that demand creative problem solving ·         Deciphering critical thinking 2. Leveraging Personal Thinking Styles      a. The Herrmann Brain Dominance Instrument (HBDI) ·         MacLean's Triune Brain Theory ·         Assessing your preferred approach to thinking ·         Leveraging whole-brain thinking ·         Identifying left/right-brain dominance      b. Analyzing personal preferences ·         Identifying your own natural brain dominance ·         Determining nondominant approaches      c. Managing thinking preferences ·         Avoiding quadrant bias ·         Bridging opposing styles ·         Predicting coworker profiles 3. Unleashing Your Creativity      a. The creative environment ·         Setting the creative stage ·         The power of positive communication ·         Identifying elements that stimulate creativity ·         Eliminating barriers to innovation      b. Group creative thinking ·         Brainstorming options ·         Challenging assumptions ·         Dispelling personal and corporate myths      c. The iterative mind ·         Moving between quadrants ·         Valuing nondominant preferences ·         Stretching outside your personal style      d. Recording the creative process ·         Drawing mind maps ·         Chart writing 4. Solving Problems Using Analysis and Prioritization      a. Systematic approaches to problem solving ·         Defining criteria ·         Focusing on outcomes ·         Leveraging left-brain thinkers ·         Applying questioning techniques ·         Deconstructing problems using stair-step techniques      b. Analyzing the creative process ·         Identifying business-critical ideas ·         Categorizing, prioritizing and purging      c. Avoiding analysis paralysis ·         Overcoming the "It won't work here" mentality ·         The Five Monkeys Syndrome or "But we've always done it this way" ·         Analyzing for outcomes, not solutions      d. Applying analysis models ·         Situation assessment ·         Decision analysis ·         Problem evaluation 5. Translating Creativity and Analysis into Practical Application      a. Organizational politics ·         Recognizing the workplace culture ·         Maintaining outcome-focused goals      b. The influence of decision-making styles ·         Recognizing your own blind spots ·         Self-awareness and self-regulation ·         Forming a coalition with style opposites      c. Deploying your decision ·         Clearly expressing analysis results ·         Ensuring organizational benefit ·         Guaranteeing maximum buy-in 6. Putting It All Together      a. Integrating your solution into the business ·         Creating a whole-brain presentation ·         Strengthening your nondominant position ·         Adjusting communication to thinking styles ·         Transforming confrontation into communication      b. Continuing your development ·         Conducting self-checks ·         Being persistent: a key trait of successful creatives ·         Mapping thinking skills to your business 7. Your Personal Decision-Making Toolkit ·         Your personal thinking style ·         Your stakeholders' styles ·         Flexing to colleagues' styles ·         Committing to your Personal Action Plan ·         Checklists for success
COURSE METHOD	COURSE SPEAKER
v  Presentation v  Discuss v  Case Study v  Evaluation v  Simulation	GITA DANUPRANATA, SE, MM dan Bambang Wahyu Nugroho, SIP., M.Si They experienced in human resources management
TIME & VENUE	COURSE FEE
Yogyakarta, 22-24 November 2011,  5-7 Desember  2011 3 days 08 am – 04 pm	IDR 6,000,000.00 per participant non residential Course fees can be transferred to the following account number : CV JP CONSULTANT : MANDIRI Bank Yogyakarta Branch Acc. No.  1370007857077
FACILITY	INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION
¨  Module / Handout ¨  Certificate ¨  Souvenir ¨  Training Kit	JP Consultant Kalibayem No. 436 Ngestiharjo Kasihan Bantul Yogyakarta Phone        :  02743326339 Email         :  jpconsultantyogyakarta@yahoo.com Contact      : Sari (08122758271)                     Damiri (083867388077)