THE AGILE ORGANISATION SERIES: ENCOURAGING INNOVATION AT WORK *NEW*
16 JUNE 2004, LONDON
Today's workplace demands an increasingly innovative approach to problem solving. The 'agile organisation' is one where people are encouraged to be innovative in their approach and services benefit from having staff who 'think outside the box' and are receptive to change
This timely and intensive workshop will explore the need for an innovative approach and equip participants with a toolkit of techniques that they can use in the workplace.
BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
Participants will consider the increasing need for innovation at work and will be introduced to a range of techniques which encourage creative thinking - as individuals and groups.
BY THE END OF THE EVENT PARTICIPANTS WILL HAVE:
* examined the need for an innovative approach at work
* practised relevant techniques in a supportive and confidential environment
* identified practical ways to encourage and foster an innovative approach in staff
* compiled a checklist to evaluate ideas and translate them into practical action
* exchanged ideas and experience
* developed an initial action plan
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
This workshop is aimed at those practicing managers who manage a team of three or more to explore creative techniques and encourage their colleagues to be more innovative at work.
WORKSHOP LEADERS: Beryl Morris and Keith Bonson
PLACES ARE LIMITED TO: 20
RELATED WORKSHOPS:
Middle management skills <http://www.cilip.org.uk/training_events/cilip_courses/c40634.html>
Assertiveness for managers' <http://www.cilip.org.uk/training_events/cilip_courses/c40657.html>
Leading successful teams <http://www.cilip.org.uk/training_events/cilip_courses/c40639.html>
PROGRAMME
9.00 Registration and coffee
9.30 Welcome and introduction
9.45 Innovation at work: what it means and why it matters
Quiz and practical work
The barriers to innovation
10.45 Coffee
11.00 Innovation toolkit 1
Practical work on individual techniques such as mind mapping, visualisation techniques, rich pictures and reframing
11.45 Innovation toolkit 2
How to use group techniques such as brainstorming, de Bono's 6 hats, force field analysis and breakthrough groups
12.45 Lunch
1.45 Putting it together
Participants will work on their own examples using a combination of the techniques discussed during the morning session.
3.00 Tea
3.15 Evaluating ideas and encouraging innovation
Creating the right climate for innovation and practical ways to translate ideas into practical actions
4.15 Action planning session
4.45 Action summary and end of workshop
FEES:
CILIP Personal members: £180 plus VAT (£31.50) £211.50
CILIP Institutional members: £215 plus VAT (£37.63) £252.63
Non members: £250 plus VAT (£43.75) £293.75
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