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Edward de Bono Six Thinking Hats & Lateral Thinking Training Seminars from de Bono Consulting

Six Thinking Hats
June 10 Kansas City

Lateral Thinking
June 11-12 Kansas City

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Lateral Thinking 2-Day Agenda


Lateral Thinking Day 1

7:30–8:30

Continental Breakfast (if desired) / Registration

8:30–10:30

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

10:30–10:45

Break

10:45–12:00

Alternatives technique continued

12:00–1:00

Lunch 

1:00–2:30

Challenge technique: The willingness to explore the reasons why we do things the way we do

2:30–2:45

Break 

2:45–4:00 

Random Entry technique: Use an unconnected input to open up new lines of thinking 

4:00–4:15 

Break 

4:15–5:00 

Creative Session: using the techniques of Focus, Alternatives/Concepts and Random Entry 

 

Q & A


Lateral Thinking Day 2

7:30–8:30

Continental Breakfast (if desired)

8:30–9:00

 Questions and answers from Day 1; Review

9:00–10:00 

Provocation technique: Generating provocative statements and using them with Movement techniques to build new ideas

10:00–10:15

Break 

10:15–12:00

Provocation technique

12:00–1:00

Lunch

1:00–2:45  

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 

2:45–3:00

Break 

3:00–4:30 

Harvest technique: Double the output from your creative skill
Treatment technique: Develop ideas and shape them to fit an organization or situation

4:30–5:00 

Complete course evaluation forms
Dismissal of two-day training participants
Evaluation form completion 

 

Barbara Stennes, de Bono Consulting CEO & Founder, Lifetime Certified Edward de Bono Master Trainer




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