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Critical Thinking and Creative Problem Solving
Three-day seminar offered through Learning Tree International
Course Benefits
  Critical thinking and creative problem solving significantly enhance business potential
Decision makers who employ a variety of thinking styles, metholodogies and creative
processes achieve a competitive advantage
Cutting-edge whole-brain technologies facilitate learning and effectiveness
Powerful tools and techniques leverage your thinking styles and those of your colleagues
Who Should Attend
This course is valuable for anyone who makes decisions at any level of the organization.
If you feel that something is missing from your decision-making effectiveness, you can benefit
from the interactive workshops and the innovative, personal toolkit you will take away from this
course.
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Seminar Content
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Introduction
 The business drivers that demand creative
problem solving
Deciphering critical thinking
The nature of the creative process
Discovering and Leveraging Personal
Thinking Styles
The Impact of Brain Physiology on Thinking
The structure of the brain
MacLean's Triune Brain Theory
Sperry's split-brain research
The Herrmann Brain Dominance Instrument (HBDITM)
Assessing your preferred approach to thinking
Leveraging whole-brain thinking
Brain specialization
Identifying left/right brain dominance
Identifying Personal Preferences
Discovering your own natural brain dominance
Assessing team preferences
Determining non-dominant approaches
Predicting co-worker profiles
Managing Thinking Preferences
Avoiding quadrant bias
Bridging opposing styles
Unleashing Your Creativity
The Creative Environment
Setting the creative stage
The power of positive communication
Identifying elements that stimulate creativity
Eliminating barriers to innovation
Group Creative Thinking
Successfully matching session attendees
Brainstorming options
Challenging assumptions
Dispelling personal and corporate myths
The Iterative Mind
Moving between quadrants
Honoring non-dominant preferences
Stretching outside your personal style
Recording the Creative Process
Drawing mind maps
Post-It brainstorming
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Solving Problems Using Analysis and Prioritization
Systematic Approaches to Problem Solving
Defining criteria
Focusing on outcomes
Leveraging left-brain thinkers
Applying questioning techniques
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
Translating Creativity and Analysis into Practical Application
Organizing politics
Recognizing the workplace culture
Employing politics ethically
Maintaining principle-focused goals
The Influence of Decision-making Styles
Weighing pros and cons with iterative thinking
Recognizing our own blind spots
Self-awareness and self-regulation
Forming a coalition with your style opposite
Deploying Your Decision
Clearly expressing the results of your analysis
Ensuring organizational benefit
Guaranteeing maximum buy-in:
addressing the WIIFM
Putting It All Together
Integrating your solution into the business
Creating a whole-brain presentation
Adjusting communication to thinking styles
Transforming confrontation into communication
Continuing Your Development
Conducting self-checks
Being persistent: a key trait of successful creative types
Your Personal Decision-Making Toolkit
Your personal profile
Your stakeholders' profiles
Flexing to colleagues' styles
Committing to your Personal Action Plan
Checklists for success
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