It seems rather an odd idea, training people to be creative, but it is something that is sometimes required, especially by managers.  You will sometimes come across a manager who has either forgotten how to be creative or feels that they don’t have the time to do so.  This is obviously a waste of ideas and creativity that all companies require to stay fresh and compete in the market.  Releasing the ideas of current staff can be one of the best ways to come up with new ideas or products for the company to deal with.

Areas to look at when helping people to become creative include:

1. Building on the ideas of others - there is no shame in taking an idea that someone else came up with and then adding extra to the idea, improving it and making it better.
2. How to break mental habits that may be hindering the creative process.
3. How to think laterally and approach problems from different directions than you would otherwise normally do.

Creativity is not something that can be forced through training.  What training can do is to help people to unlock the creativity that they had either forgotten about or never knew they had.  Providing management training to help be creative will have benefits that will be seen throughout the entire company.

Related posts:

1. Suggested Employee Workshop - Creative Thinking
2. Be a creative manager
3. Creative Training - Interesting The Staff

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