THE CREATIVE ORGANIZATION
The Science of Discovery, Invention, and Imagination in the Work Setting

One of the essential survival skills for any organization is creativity. Successful work groups maximize the imagination and curiosity or employees to enhance existing services and products as well as to create new ways of satisfying customers.  This program explores the latest scientific and corporate efforts to understand the illusive phenomena of creativity and provides insight and tools for maximizing the efforts of individuals and groups. The topics include:

1. Common myths about the creative process
2. The essential elements of organizational goals and vision and how they enhance of interfere with creativity.
3. Management styles that influence creativity
4. The value of mistakes: when to encourage them and how to avoid them
5. How teams influence creativity
6. Suggestion plans: do’s and don’ts
7. Incremental vs innovation change

Participants will have the opportunity to examine personal beliefs about fostering creativity in themselves and their staff and will learn strategies for sustaining innovation at all levels of the organization.