Creativity at Work
Increasing creative thought and action in business
A practical, interactive one-day workshop
with Alison Lester
Communication trainer, coach and improvisational comedian
When you're asked to "think out of the box", does it sound like a command to come up with ideas out of thin air? Do you wonder, "What box?" Does your mind go blank?
Perhaps it's time to look at how to think IN the idea box, not out of it!
In this entertaining workshop full of practical exercises and strategies, Alison Lester will show you the path to increased mental agility and idea generation based on your own very specific experiences and talents. The workshop will lead you toward a feeling of confidence in your creative capacity, and will teach you how to develop an environment for creativity in your business, encouraging others to express their thoughts and talents more freely as well.
Join Alison in this encouraging, fun, learn-by-doing workshop that will help you to tap into your creative instincts and develop your imagination. We're all creative in our own special way, and when we figure out what that way is, we can rise to so many more professional challenges than we thought!
Increase your confidence and your creativity in this inspiring workshop!
- Find out some of the things that commonly kill creativity.
- Discover new ways of coming up with innovative ideas.
- Apply a range of creative strategies to common workplace challenges.
- Stimulate your wonderful brain in new directions.
- Learn some useful exercises for enhancing mental stimuli.
- Develop the courage to advance creative ideas.
- Apply the top ten fear fighters to promote office creativity .
- Create an environment that encourages creative ideas and talent.
- Be more spontaneous and effective when faced with problems.
- Use creativity to increase your enjoyment of yourself, your job, and your life.
Workshop Highlights
Conditions for Creativity
- "The Box" is you! Don't try to think out of it - think inside it!
- The brain's associations, and how to increase them
- The relationship between confidence and creativity
- Turning "failure" into feedback and letting it spur you to new creativity
- Opening the mind to fresh thoughts
- Loving the problem - How positive thinking leads to creative solutions
Strategies for Creativity
- Enriching the landscape of your ideas with Mind Mapping
- Using metaphorical thinking to see things from new perspectives
- "What If" - Asking new questions, developing new answers
- Learning from the Disney Creativity Strategy, by giving yourself room to dream
- The Provocation Tool - Challenging precedents to make way for brand new ideas
Definite Do's, Dastardly Don'ts!
- Top Ten "Neurobic" Exercises for Adding Mental Stimuli
- Top Ten Creativity Assassins
- Top Ten Idea Incubators
- Top Ten Fear Fighters for Promoting Office Creativity
| Dates | Wednesday 12 November 2008 |
| Thursday 26 February 2009 | |
| Wednesday 24 June 2009 | |
| Time | 9am to 5pm |
| Venue | Holiday Inn Parkview, Singapore |
| Fee | S$385 |
| (including refreshment breaks, buffet lunch and comprehensive workbook) |
About Alison Lester
www.ajlestercommunication.comAlison Lester has her own company in Singapore, AJ Lester Communication Training, and she works as a communication coach and improvisational comedian. Alison moved to Singapore from Tokyo in 1999, and thoroughly enjoys developing communication skills and creativity training programmes for her regional clients. The services she provides range from one-on-one communication and presentation consulting for managers to team building, presentation, confidence and creativity workshops for groups. She performs in Singapore with The Madhatters Comedy Company.
“Alison is intelligent, creative and funny with a keen sense of corporate team-building needs. We found our time spent with her productive, informative and lots of fun.”
Harry Hui
CEO, Universal Music Asia
| Hotline | +65 6838 1069 |
| info@shirleytaylortraining.com |