The first two days of the Lateral Thinking certification course are a model two-day training course. Learners taking the certification course will participate with those attending just the two-day course for training purposes. This model allows those certifying to experience an actual two-day training course and to observe the training as delivered by a Master Trainer.

Lateral Thinking Day 1

Continental Breakfast

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

Break

Alternatives technique

Lunch

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

Break

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

Break

Review of the day
Q & A

Lateral Thinking Day 2

Continental Breakfast

Questions and answers from Day 1; Review

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

Break

Provocation technique

Lunch

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

Break

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

Complete course evaluation forms
Dismissal of two-day training participants

Instructor materials are given out and presentation assignments are given to certification participants.
Each participant taking the certification course is required to present one of the tools to the class and instructor. It is critical that all participants be present for all presentations for comprehensive learning and feedback.

Lateral Thinking Day 3

Continental Breakfast

Review Instructor Materials and Pre-planning Section
Presentations, feedback, and facilitator tips

Break