Workshop on creativity of thinking, creative problem solving and decision making

Module aims:

• • self-analysis of creative potential,
  • to make insights into one's ways of thinking and habits in terms of creativity,
  • measuring creativity skills at the beginning of the course to assess the development of these skills after the course.

The module consists of a series of exercises involving tasks which effective performance depends on the level of revealed creative abilities and exercises aimed at examining creative abilities.

The module consists of 2 lessons of approximately 7 hours work.

• • Lesson 1. Look at your own creativity
  • Lesson 2. You as a creative creature

Module aims:

• • expanding knowledge related to thinking, creative thinking, problem solving and the limitations of these processes,
  • inducting or strengthening the belief in the value of improving these cognitive functions.

The module consists of 8 lessons of approximately 12 hours work.

• • Lesson 1. Brain – your own command centre
  • Lesson 2. What does it meant ‘to think’?
  • Lesson 3. Problem solving
  • Lesson 4. The Basic of creative thining
  • Lesson 5. Restrictions on creative processes - obstacles and blocks in creative thinking
  • Lesson 6. How to overcome the limitations of creative processes?
  • Lesson 7. Why do we need creativity?
  • Lesson 8. How to develop creativity?

Module aims:

• • preparation for more advanced creative tasks in following modules,
  • improving the efficiency of our cognitive functioning in terms of creative thinking,
  • development of cognitive curiosity and openness to problems.

The module consists of a series of exercises of a divergent nature, i.e. not having a single answer, requiring speculational thinking and stimulating such thinking skills as: fluency, flexibility and originality.

The module consists of 3 lessons of approximately 10 hours work.

• • Lesson 1. Creative warm-up
  • Lesson 2. Cognitive curiosity and questioning thinking
  • Lesson 3. Openness to problems

Module aims:

• • inducting motivation to develop creativity and creative thinking,
  • drawing inspiration for creative activity.

The module consists of lessons presenting examples of creative solutions, creativity in thinking, innovative products in various fields (architecture, art, technology, business, everyday life) and also at different levels of complexity.

Module consists of 6 lessons of approximately 10 hours work.

• • Lesson 1. Jaronisms
  • Lesson 2. Creative makeovers
  • Lesson 3. Good practices, so how others do it
  • Lesson 4. Bionics
  • Lesson 5. Spatial constructions and visual art
  • Lesson 6. Creative in business

Module aims:

• • improving mental operations: abstracting, deductive reasoning, metaphorical thinking, transforming, making associations, inductive reasoning.

 Each lesson of the module is devoted to a different mental operation and includes a theoretical part (description of the mental operation) and a set of exercises for its development.

Module consists of 6 lessons of approximately 16 hours work.

• • Lesson 1. Making associations
  • Lesson 2. Abstraction
  • Lesson 3. Deductive reasoning
  • Lesson 4. Analogies
  • Lesson 5. Metaphorizing
  • Lesson 6. Transformation

Module aims:

• • development of knowledge about inventory and inventive methods,
  • development of skills to improve creative problem solving and the search for new solutions, ideas and concepts, with the help of inventive methods suitable for individual work.

The module consists of a lesson introducing the inventory and three lessons presenting selected inventive techniques.

Module consists of 4 lessons of approximately 8 hours work.

• • Lesson 1. Application of inventive methods in the problem solving process
  • Lesson 2. Mind maps
  • Lesson 3. Examples of inventive techniques
  • Lesson 4. Improvement

Module aims:

• • an increase in knowledge about group productivity, its opportunities and limitations,
  • an increase in teamwork skills,
  • improving skills of dealing with conflict situations during group work,
  • developing the ability to improve creative problem solving and search for new solutions, ideas, using inventive methods appropriate for a group work.

The module consists of a theoretical lesson on group productivity and six lessons presenting methods and tools useful in group activities.

 Module consists of 7 lessons of approximately 11 hours work.

• • Lesson 1. Group productivity
  • Lesson 2. Brainstorming
  • Lesson 3. Six thinking hats
  • Lesson 4. Group discussion
  • Lesson 5. The delphi technique
  • Lesson 6. Synthetics
  • Lesson 7. Creative conflict solving in a group

Module aims:

• • increase of knowledge of decision-making and decision-making techniques,
  • development of the skills in the application of techniques useful in decision making,
  • development of effective decision-making skills.

The module consists of a theoretical lesson on decision making and a lesson presenting methods and tools useful in decision making.

Module consists of 2 lessons of approximately 6 hours work.

• • Lesson 1. Decision making - introduction
  • Lesson 2. Techniques supporting decision making

Module aims:

• • increase in knowledge about coaching and self-coaching,
  • development of skills in applying coaching techniques,
  • development of skills of creating one's own life.

The module shows the process of "creating oneself" on the basis of selected coaching tools and gives the possibility to go through this process (from diagnosis - discovering development needs, through defining the development goal, to choosing solutions and creating an action plan whose essence is to realize this goal).

Module consists of 5 lessons of approximately 10 hours work.

• • Lesson 1. Is coaching a creativity?
  • Lesson 2. Dreams, needs, values
  • Lesson 3. Your goals
  • Lesson 4. Your resources
  • Lesson 5. Creation, analysis and selection of solutions

Module aims:

• • a self-analysis of creative potential at the end of the course,
  • insight into your ways of thinking and your mental habits in terms of creativity,
  • measuring creativity skills at the end of the course to assess the development of these skills after the completion of the course.

The module consists of a series of exercises involving tasks whose effective performance depends on the level of revealed creative abilities and exercises aimed at looking at one's own creative abilities.

Module consists of 4 lessons of approximately 10 hours work.

• • Lesson 1. Creative writing
  • Lesson 2. Unlimited imagination
  • Lesson 3. Design thinking
  • Lesson 4. Take a look at your creativity