Design Thinking - A Creative Approach to Problem Solving
Value creation has always been part and parcel of any businesses. Businesses need to engage every part of the production chain to help create new strategies, enter new markets, create new brands, create new applications for technology, find new ways of connecting with customers and/or to help find new partners. What is different today is the speed in which all such activities need to be executed. Equipping individuals within an organisation with the knowledge and skills necessary to participate effectively and efficiently in the value creation process is essential to maintaining competitiveness in the market place.
Individuals attending this hands-on two day workshop will acquire the ability of creative problem solving through design thinking. Using a set of tools derived from a fairy tale known to most, this workshop will provide you with the knowledge and skills to effectively participate in or lead innovation within the organisation as well as make a difference to your personal lives by availing creativity in a brand new way.
Detail
| Date: |
21 Jun 2012 - 22 Jun 2012 |
| Duration: |
2, day(s) 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Fee: | $680.00 |
| Venue: | 51 Anson Road, #03-53 Anson Centre Singapore 079904
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Fees are subjected to prevailing GST of 7%
For more information, please contact JobsDB Learning at 65788111 or email to learning@jobsdb.com.sg
Payment must be made before the commencement of the workshop. No cancellation is allowed 7 days prior to workshop.
Outline
Introduction
· fundamentals and framework of design thinking processes
· understand the characteristics of the creative process
· using principles of design thinking and techniques of The Beanstalk Creative ActionsTM for effective
problem solving
· harnessing and managing group creativity and thinking processes to enhance team performance
The Beanstalk Creative ActionsTM 10 Steps Approach
· developing the right mind set, having the appropriate attitude and understanding and following the
“rules of the game”
· scoping and defining the problem
· planning the problem-solving process and identifying appropriate tools for use at appropriate stages
· covering the “standard” solutions/ going “wild” with ideas
· abstracting practical solutions from impossible ideas
· examine internal and external environment, identify changes and removing “sacred cows” from existing
solutions that no longer work in the current environment
· examine the customers/stakeholder needs and understanding objections or obstacles and develop
arguments or solutions to overcome them
· cost cutting and/or value-engineering – a critical step in any problem solving
· automation
· compiling a winning solution
Facilitators
Christopher S H Long is a Ngee Ann Polytechnic adjunct lecturer, published writer and designer. He was
external examiner to various polytechnic programmes, NUS senior adjunct lecturer, past VP of SILA and is
member of the Advisory Committee ABE, Singapore Polytechnic. He was a Public Service Commission,
Singapore and Carl Duisbery Gesellschaft, Germany scholar and was also the National Parks Board
scholar.
During his time in Germany, he acquired the “Synaplan” card-assisted facilitation skills from Dr Nereu Feix.
Chris has throughout his career adopted the use of “Synaplan” in design teamwork, at multi-organisational
workshops as well as during his landscape design teaching at Ngee An Polytechnic and at NUS.
Christopher has recently been requested by Dr Nereu Feix to adopt his book “Moderationsmethoden und
Synaplan” into English and will commence this work before the end of 2011.
Chris is also a SILA registered landscape architect who not only created individually several prominent
landmark projects such as the Istana Front Lawn, Singapore Botanic Gardens, Tanglin/Heritage Core etc.
but went on to become the head of the National Parks Board design team leading them to achieve many
important masterplans for Singapore including the Gardens by The Bay Preliminary Masterplan, the
Southern Ridges Masterplan, the HortPark Masterplan and The Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve
Redevelopment Masterplan. He later moved on to the Research Branch of the National Parks Board
where he proceeded to develop learning videos, a site integrated social networking application for park
users, a patent-pending lifestyle garden product, as well as several training courses including this one.
The Beanstalk Creative ActionsTM process and methodology draws from his open facilitation skills built on
the foundation of “Synaplan” as well as his design thinking ability cultivated through over 18 years of
facilitating, designing and creating.
Who Should Attend
Any organisation who wish to harness the power of design thinking and creative problem-solving to create
value for the organization, improve productivity, improve teamwork, create an open and gracious creative
culture within the organization by promoting thinking and innovative vibrancy.
Any individual who wishes to adopt a winning creative and open attitude, be able to lead and facilitate
teams in the entire problem-solving process, be able to look at issues instantly from multiple angles, able
to turn criticisms into constructive feedback, able to always add value to discussions, constantly absorb
new ideas and thoughts, influence others and build teams.
Objectives
You will acquire knowledge about the creative and innovative process and will be able to:
· define the non-linear nature of the creative and innovative process
· list and describe the various elements/ roles of the creative and innovative process
· state the difference between an idea and a solution
You will gain skills and procedural knowledge to:
· adopt The Beanstalk Creative ActionsTM process and methodology in problem solving*
· define the parameters of a given problem to generate, identify and document winning solutions
· adopt a card-facilitated brain-storming process for more effective management of group-thinking
· enhance ideas by simplifying, value-engineering, cost-cutting and automation