Clear and Creative Thinking

Description:
The course was designed to cover critical business and professional development topics in the shortest time possible. With a wealth of hands-on exercises, the course keeps you engaged and help you retain critical skills.

Develop the kind of breakthrough thinking that generates new ideas, creative solutions, and sustained success. This course will show you how to break out of a rut, overcome obstacles to problem solving, and find your way to great ideas.

Duration: One day

Table of Contents:

Introduction

Part 1: Opening Your Mind to Clear Thinking
Developing a Whole-Picture Perspective
Incremental Thinking
Transformational Thinking
Timing a Strategy Shift
Combining Reasoning and Emotion

Part 2: Generating Alternative Ideas
Sparking Your Creative Imagination
Tapping into Your Inner Wisdom
Using Analytical Reasoning
Understanding Systems Thinking
Sharing Perspectives with Others

Part 3: Evaluating Alternatives on Their Merits
The “Six Lens” Approach
Technical Lens
Economic Lens
Ethical-Legal Lens
Environmental Lens
Power-Political Lens
Social-Psychological Lens

Part 4: Putting Plans into Action
Determining a Decision-Making Strategy
Implementing Decisions
Learning from Your Experiences
Translating Your Thinking into Action
Additional Reading