Deliberate Creative Thinking allows creativity on demand while maintaining a clear focus on the outcome sought.
We use Deliberate Creativity in every facet of our development and engagement with our clients. This enables us to think outside the box, to be more focused on the solution and present a whole new set of creativity tools that our clients can adapt to, thus delivering value-added capabilities to our clients.
We find numerous advantages of using Deliberate Creative Thinking. StepAhead Consultants:
- can focus teams on achieving real results from clear thinking
- creatively solve problems and make better decisions – faster
- plan and manage change more thoroughly and effectively
- generate more innovative ideas to enhance organizational performance
Deliberate Creative Thinking allows creativity on demand while maintaining a clear focus on the outcome sought. Exposure to deliberate thinking methods encourages us to see things in a new light and motivates them to think, talk, act and work in new and innovative ways
Some of our key Deliberate Creativity elements include:
- Shifting perception as the key to moving forward and developing new ideas and concepts
- Focusing creative energy faster and more effectively
- Developing a shared understanding and goals using Imagineering
- Enhancing personal and team effectiveness through the power of Parallel Thinking
- Thinking outside the square to generate great new ideas using Pattern Breaking thinking
The founders at StepAhead are certified resources from the Edward DeBono Institute for Creativity, and frequently embrace the Six Hats of Ideation for client projects.
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 The difference between brilliant and mediocre thinking lies not so much in our mental equipment as in how well we use it."
Dr. Edward de Bono
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We use Creativity as a deliberate tool in most of our internal day to day work.
We use these techniques to: |
| Constructively challenge the status quo to enable new ideas to surface during our data modeling sessions. |
| Find and build on the concept behind an idea to create more ideas, especially when we define a KPI or a Metric for our clients. |
| Solve problems in ways that don’t initially come to mind, especially in situations when we hit a road block during a design session or concept selection. |
| Use alternatives to liberate and harness the creative energy of the organization |
| Turn problems into opportunities |
| Select the best alternate ideas and implement them |
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