Introduction:
As we are moving a new era of business, adjusting to uncertainty, -complexity and the fast changing trends of the business environment is crucial to success.
Therefore, there exists a need for business leaders come equipped with essential skills such as creativity, innovation as well as a keen sense of people management to support the evolving business landscape
Moving forwards, these fundamental skills will be considered as a basic requirement in the transition process towards Industrial 4.0.
Who Should Attend:
The program is intended for Team Leaders, Project Leaders, Middle Managers, Supervisors, Executives, Officers and anyone else who is or will be responsible for managing teams or individuals.
Methodology
This is a highly interactive course based on the application of theoretical concepts of leadership to practical situations that faced by team leaders. Participants will work in small groups throughout the course to apply the learning to real issues and leadership challenges. Practical exercises and case studies will be used extensively during the course
The workshop will utilize the following methods:
- Presentations
- Facilitation
- Small group sessions
- Brainstorming exercises
- Activities to keep participants engaged.
Objective:
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Define innovation and creative leadership.
- Identify several innovation leaders, past and present, and select one or more as role model(s) and, as possible, mentor(s)
- Innovate, and use a model for innovation
- Lead, and use a model for leadership
- Connect innovation and creative leadership in your own life as an innovation leader • Create and use a plan for your personal development as an innovation leader • Complete a team project to identify and pitch a compelling problem, reframed as an opportunity, with a wide range of innovative solution directions.
Outlines
Module 1 – Innovative & Brainstorming?
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- Introduction
- How to help killing or generating an idea
- People-related challenges of brainstorming sessions
- People not giving up their restrictions
- Repeating ideas over and over
- People feeling uncomfortable and awkward
- People struggling to generate new ideas
- Uncomfortable silence
- When some people never contribute
Module 2 – Are you I.R 4.0 ready and why?
- Industrial Evolution
- 4th Industrial Revolution
- Building Blocks of Industry 4.0
- Potential Industrial Products Implications
- Potential Consumer Products Implications
- Impact of Industry 4.0
Module 3 – Creative Thinking Techniques
- Definition of creativity
- Definition of creative thinking
- How do these techniques work?
- How can creative thinking generate new ideas?
- How to use creative thinking in brainstorming sessions
- Advanced tools of creative thinking
- Computer-based methods
- Manual methods
- Create creative environment
Module 4 – Where Does Creativity Fit into the Problem-Solving Process?
- Next, participants will learn about a traditional problem-solving model and a creative problem-solving model.
Module 5 – Defining the Problem
- In this session, participants will learn some ways to define a problem, a crucial first step before problem solving can begin.
Module 6 – Cause & Effect Approach
- Identifying the contributing factors using the 4M and 1E approach, included together with Why-why analysis
Module 7 – SCAMPER Technique for Creative Thinking
SCAMPER was first introduced by Bob Eberle to address targeted questions that help solve problems. During the need for critical thinking either alone or inside a group, forcing the mind to think in a specific flow can help emerging innovative ideas that won’t be possible to reach using a regular thinking flow. The SCAMPER technique aims to provide seven different thinking approaches to find innovative ideas and solutions.
Module 8 – The Six Thinking Hats
An approach that helps to avoid confrontation and which channels our critical analysis is the ‘Six Thinking Hats’ approach (Dr Edward de Bono). Using this technique, a group can evaluate an idea and can argue both the pros and cons whilst remaining as objective as possible.
