Course Outline
CTAP-TECH
Creative Thinking for people working in Software Development, I.T., Engineering and other technical fields.
Duration (7 hours)
- Introduction
- Overview of the course
- What to expect
- Benefits from this course
- Learning to relax and lessen stress
- What is stress
- Relaxation methods
- * Practical Exercises *
- How the brain works
- The left and right sides of the brain
- States of consciousness
- Your conscious and subconscious mind
- * Practical Exercises *
- Blocks to creative thinking
- Blocks from outside sources
- Blocks from within oneself
- Identifying and getting rid of the blocks
- * Practical Exercises *
- Creative thinking in groups
- Brainstorming methods
- Things to avoid
- * Practical Exercises *
- Creative thinking by oneself
- Techniques for using your imagination
- Playing pretend
- Rephrasing questions
- * Practical Exercises *
- What Next?
- Creative thinking and success
- How to make maximum use of what you learned