Lateral Thinking 2-Day Agenda
Lateral Thinking Day 1
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7:30–8:30
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Continental Breakfast (if desired) / Registration
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8:30–10:30
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Introductions: instructor, participants, and program
Focus technique: When and how to change the focus of your thinking
Alternatives technique: How to use concepts as a breeding ground for new ideas and how to look beyond the obvious alternatives
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10:30–10:45
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Break
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10:45–12:00
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Alternatives technique continued
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12:00–1:00
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Lunch
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1:00–2:30
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Challenge technique: The willingness to explore the reasons why we do things the way we do
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2:30–2:45
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Break
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2:45–4:00
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Random Entry technique: Use an unconnected input to open up new lines of thinking
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4:00–4:15
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Break
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4:15–5:00
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Creative Session: using the techniques of Focus, Alternatives/Concepts and Random Entry
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Q & A
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Lateral Thinking Day 2
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7:30–8:30
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Continental Breakfast (if desired)
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8:30–9:00
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Questions and answers from Day 1; Review |
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9:00–10:00
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Provocation technique: Generating provocative statements and using them with Movement techniques to build new ideas
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10:00–10:15
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Break
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10:15–12:00
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Provocation technique
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12:00–1:00
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Lunch
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1:00–2:45
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Formal Creative Session: Demonstrating what a creative session would be like using the techniques with the same Focus. Ideas generated will be used for Harvest and Treatment
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2:45–3:00
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Break
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3:00–4:30
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Harvest technique: Double the output from your creative skill
Treatment technique: Develop ideas and shape them to fit an organization or situation
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4:30–5:00
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Complete course evaluation forms
Dismissal of two-day training participants
Evaluation form completion
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