Executive Development Series

– Lateral Approaches to Managerial Creativity 

and Corporate Innovation

― An intensive activity-packed skill building workshop enabling you to learn and apply the world renowned Lateral Thinking skills for creativity and innovation 

Objectives

Today's business environment demands innovative solutions. This program helps you and everyone in your organization to generate them at will. Through hands-on exercises and group work you'll learn the essential skills for focusing your creative energy to turn problems into opportunities. You'll learn how to generate creative ideas 'on demand', each time and every time.

For Whom

Executives, Professionals and Managers desired to innovatively formulate corporate strategies, make quality decisions, and solve business and managerial problems creatively to out-perform competitors.

Program Outline

1. Basic concepts and paradox of creativity and innovation

• Limitations of traditional logical critical thinking
• The need for quality thinking
• Creativity as a learnable set of skills
• Creativity and innovation - from individual capacity to corporate competitive advantage
• Innovation as a competitive edge

2. The Lateral Thinking tool set

• Generating alternatives through conceptualization
• Problem identification and shifting focuses to gain productive creativity individually and in teams
• Innovation menu - a systematic approach to take advantage of the creative capacity of corporate talents
• Freeing yourself from the constraints of accustomed ways of thinking and acting; challenging without negating
• Creativity out of the unexpected variables: using simple yet highly effective random approaches to bring new ideas and build new links 
• Mind-storming techniques: using different bases of brain provocation to spring-board new ideas

3. Introducing creativity, nurturing a creative culture in your firm to turn it into an innovative learning organization

• Productive capturing and utilization of new ideas; turning ideas into practical propositions
• Creating a micro-culture of creativity within your organization
• Spreading the gospel and moving the organization towards innovation

Date/Time 

15th Apr, 2010 (Thu) , 9:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Venue 

Flat B, 12/F., Wah Lik Industrial Centre, 459-469 Castle Peak Road, Tsuen Wan, or

e-Tech Forum, 4/F, 402-6 Hennessy Road, Wanchi, H.K.

Language 

Cantonese, with English terms 

Fees 

• Early Bird Rate (HKD 1700 per person if registered and paid by 1st Apr. 2010); OR 

• Group Discount (HKD 1520 per person if 3 or more enrollees from the same organization); OR 

• IIM / HKCSMB Member (HKD 1700 per person); OR 

• Regular Rate (HKD 1900 per person).

Your Workshop Facilitator

Prof. Alfred Ho, BSocSc, DipMS, MBA, MScIS, MCMI, FIIM, FITP, FIMC, CMC