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Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Learn how to brainstorm the right way. Explore the three roles in a classic brainstorming session (the facilitator, client, and resource group members) and try your hand at brainwriting, a variation on brainstorming that involves silent cross-ideation - all while peering over the shoulders of an actual brainstorming session in action.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
According to the latest scientific research, anyone can be creative. You just have to know how to think creatively, which involves taking a more imaginative approach to the challenges we all face. Learn how to wield the same research-based tools that today's creative people use and tap into your inner creative thinker with Professor Puccio's engaging 24-lecture series that takes you step-by-step through the creative-thinking process.. You'll get a...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
True creators don't work in isolation. Instead, they often borrow from or modify the ideas of their predecessors. Here, learn how to incorporate solutions from other people (as well as nature) into your specific challenge with the power of tools in Synectics, which rely on the use of direct and personal analogies.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
There are many internal and external barriers out there that can inhibit us from effective creative thinking. But you don't have to let these physical and perceptual blocks and habits deter you. Instead, learn how to beat them back with research-backed strategies that involve deferring judgment, defocusing, and distancing.
85) Creative Styles
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Using examples of real-life creative icons, investigate two major "styles" of creativity exemplified by Norman Rockwell and Pablo Picasso. The first: adaptors, who are precise, reliable, and detail oriented. The second: innovators, who approach problems from novel angles. Where do you fall on the adaptor-innovator style spectrum? Why is it so important to be flexible?
86) Prototypes
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Continue to spur your creative development - this time from the perspective of a designer. You'll learn the principles of the design-thinking process (including reframing, ideating, and user understanding); explore the benefits of foresight scenarios, prototyping, and solution enactments; and discover how best to leverage the power of design thinking's user-centered approach.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Get three more advanced tools to help you generate bold, creative ideas. The first is reverse brainstorming, a variation that helps shake things up. The second is forced relationships, which facilitate associative thought and recharge thinking. The third is visually identifying relationships, which uses images and pictures to stimulate ideas.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
What mindset and attitude do you need to decide which of your ideas to pursue? Professor Puccio reveals the four key principles you need for success: practicing affirmative judgment, keeping novelty alive, checking your objectives to make sure they meet the needs of reality, and - of course - staying focused.
Publisher
TMW Media
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
In this program we’ll explore ways to handle difficult people, resolve conflicts and how to improve emails and correspondence. We’ll learn to understand how one's personal behavior reflects the company. Customer service is the art of politely listening and responding to the needs of customers in a professional and timely manner. Good service with a kind, understanding voice will exude confidence and compassion. Even the most difficult customer...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
This lecture focuses on the clarification step of creative problem solving, in which you identify your goal, gather data, and formulate your challenge. Professor Puccio shows you how to use a variety of helpful tools, including finding out the "who, what, where, when, why, and how" of a problematic situation and developing a powerful challenge statement.
Publisher
TMW Media
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
In this program we’ll learn how fears are developed and how a worker's fear affects the workplace. We’ll explore ways and techniques to overcome fear. Just the very word can scare us. Horror movies, ghost stories, the evening news, fear is all around us. The amusement park and Halloween industry thrive on people's enjoyment of fear. But for others, fear can paralyze and place great limits on living a fulfilled life. Fear is about imminent danger...
Publisher
TMW Media
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
In this program we’ll learn that most accidents are preventable and the safety tips to adhere to when using tools and machinery. We’ll learn the rules to prevent slips and falls. Safety is no accident and affects everyone in every industry. The good news is that accidents are preventable with proper training and safety products. A company's primary objective is to ensure the safety and health of their employees and every workplace has hazards...
Publisher
TMW Media
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
In this program we’ll explore the origins of your mindset and belief systems and observe how thoughts and beliefs can limit opportunities. We’ll learn how thoughts and beliefs can expand opportunities. One narrator describes what qualities comprise the human structure while another narrator describes the structure for a successful business, thus we learn the many qualities that create a great employee and a successful organization. An ambitious...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Assistors and Resistors - a tool that uses contextual thinking to put yourself into the future so that you can examine the forces that will influence the creation and execution of your breakthrough idea. Learn how to leverage forces that propel you toward success, along with other persuasive ways (including the application of stakeholder analysis) to help get your proposed solutions and changes accepted.
96) Employee Training The Art of Common Sense & Critical Thinking:Critical Thinking In the Workplace
Publisher
TMW Media
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
In this program we'll learn if common sense can be learned and the many pet peeves people have on others unaware behavior. We'll learn the components and benefits of critical thinking. Examined is how critical thinking, common sense and common courtesy affected your development as a child, how it shapes your views on tolerance, diversity, and stereotypes, how it affects your relationships, daily travels, and your workplace, and how it impacts your...
Publisher
TMW Media
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
In this program we'll learn if common sense can be learned and the many pet peeves people have on others unaware behavior. We'll learn the components and benefits of critical thinking. Examined is how critical thinking, common sense and common courtesy affected your development as a child, how it shapes your views on tolerance, diversity, and stereotypes, how it affects your relationships, daily travels, and your workplace, and how it impacts your...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
To maximize the power of creative thinking, you need the right emotional mindset. Professor Puccio offers you tips for doing so by investigating emotional intelligence, revealing the dangers of emotional hijacking, and stressing the importance of reflecting and redirecting to help stave off your fear, anxiety, and uncertainty.
99) Employee Training The Art of Common Sense & Critical Thinking: Tolerance, Diversity & Stereotypes
Publisher
TMW Media
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
In this program we'll learn if common sense can be learned and the many pet peeves people have on others unaware behavior. We'll learn the components and benefits of critical thinking. Examined is how critical thinking, common sense and common courtesy affected your development as a child, how it shapes your views on tolerance, diversity, and stereotypes, how it affects your relationships, daily travels, and your workplace, and how it impacts your...
100) The Environment
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Are you in the right environment to maximize your creativity? What do we mean by creating the right physical and psychological climate? How can sound, light, and time of day affect your creative thought process? What 10 specific psychological dimensions are predictors of high levels of creativity?
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