| Imagination
The
Imagination Lab is a three-hour, interactive, creative and
productive team creativity lab. Suitable for either
individual or intact teams, this lab is designed to set the
stage for innovation breakthrough! The Imagination Lab
involves participants learning and immediately applying
‘Imagination Thinking’ to their own issues. They use
‘Imagination Tools’ to create opportunities for themselves,
their teams and their company. The lab can be used off the
shelf, or it can be customized to fit the specific needs of
each client. The exercises are enjoyable and engaging and
are built from significant longitudinal, organizational
research with a focus on practically applied creativity,
innovation and differentiation.
Participant Experience
Participants in
The Imagination Lab experience a brief, engaging
challenge/competition that brings the innovation process to
life. It introduces participants to a framework for expanding
the boundaries of their solution space. Participants are then
introduced to some ‘big ideas’ and tools related to:
Individual Focus
(‘Thinking About Thinking’): Understanding the way our minds
work in creating or limiting options.
Business
Breakthroughs: Understanding the four stages of product and
service development (Generic, Expected, Augmented and
Potential). Experimenting with pushing the boundaries to setting
the stage for breakthroughs. Seeing the clear tie between the
mental models they hold and the individual and collective
performance results they achieve.
Positioning:
Understanding and optimizing the clearly defined need that they
uniquely fill, whether that is with internal or external
customers.
Application:
Applying the principles reviewed and practiced above to
real-life issues and challenges. Beginning to create
opportunities for breakthrough thinking and performance.
Learning Program Focus:
Participants
learn to:
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