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Creative Thinking

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Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand - Albert Einstein

Creative thinking is the ability to generate new ideas and to find new and unexpected solutions to problems. Creativity is often associated with the arts and the media. However, it can be useful in all areas of life. For instance, in business it is vital in fields such as product design or software development; it can be useful in finding innovative solutions to legal problems, or in campaigning journalism. The ability to think creatively is also hugely important in academic areas such as scientific research.

People labour under the misapprehension that there is a typical creative person - the 'creative type' - perhaps typified by someone in advertising or by an artist who chooses to live outside the conventional rules of society. However, the ability to think creatively is something that we all have to a greater or lesser extent and which we are all capable of developing. By applying a specific set of thinking tools to any problem, new ideas and new solutions can be generated. As with any skill, with the right instruction and practice, it can be learnt, built upon and improved.

Our courses will help you to develop your ability to think creatively by outlining a very specific set of techniques that you can use. We will show how your brain's associative capacity can be utilised as a springboard for creativity and then demonstrate how to build on that springboard by focusing on particular facets of the ideas that you generate, leading you in a multitude of new directions. We will also outline the influence that your state of mind can have on your ability to think creatively and show you how to access these creative states of mind.

If you or the organisation to which you belong is in the business of solving problems, finding solutions, or being innovative in any way, then you will find our courses on creative thinking enormously beneficial.

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​Our `Creative Thinking Course is a self-study digital course presented in audio and written format that you can do in your own time and at your own pace. Its modules build up to a complete course designed to help you master the skills associated with creative thinking. The course will cover the following:-
  • What creative thinking is
  • Breaking down and understanding the creative process
  • Removing mental blocks to creativity
  • Divergent thinking skills; what they are and now to develop them
  • Convergent thinking skills: what they are and how to use them
  • How constraints can develop creativity
  • Visual and spatial creativity
  • Group creative thinking
  • How taking ideas from other disciplines can develop your creativity
  • Complex problem solving and inventive thinking
  • Creative habits and environments
  • Applied creativity
  • Incorporating creativity into your life

Concessionary prices are available on all of our courses and seminars.
If you are a full-time student or part-time, you are entitled to a discount of fifty percent off the advertised price of any seminar. Enter the code STUDENT in the coupon code section when you book. You may be asked to provide proof of your student status.

If you are disabled, unemployed or a senior citizen you are entitled to a discount of fifty percent off the advertised price of any seminar. Enter the code CONCESSION in the coupon code section when you book. You may be asked to provide proof of your entitlement to the discount.

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  • Home
    • About Us
    • Our Philosophy
    • Contact Us
  • Training Areas
    • Absorbing Information >
      • Memory
      • Intelligent Speed Reading
      • Mind Maps
    • Processing Information >
      • Analytical Thinking
      • Creative Thinking
      • Strategic Thinking
    • Peak Performance Psychology >
      • Goals and Motivation
      • Managing States of Mind
      • Effective Communication
      • Emulating Successful Strategies
    • Mindfulness >
      • Concentration & Focus
      • Visualisation
    • Brain Health >
      • Nutrition
      • Rest and Sleep
      • Physical Performance
  • Courses
    • Fundamentals of Performance Course
    • Individual Courses