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What to expect: How can you think more creatively, craft better ideas, and develop your mind to perform at a higher level? This workshop will explore 7 tools for creative thinking. In this engaging and challenging workshop, participants will develop their minds to think more creatively using these tools; and by using an experiential exercise, apply this new skill set to their own circumstances and organization. This workshop is targeted at managers, especially project managers, team leaders, business planners, and others interested in creative thinking. Please note that this workshop involves physical activity, so we ask that you wear comfortable clothing and footwear. Participants will learn: - How to open their minds to think more creatively. - How to brainstorm effectively, filling in gaps of missing information, and grouping and re-grouping to develop "comparative thinking." - How to develop their minds to be inspired, germinate ideas, and produce more and better results. What we will do: - Ice breaker to get comfortable and get to know each other. - Learn the 7 tools of creative thinking using exercises, role plays and discussion. - Practice the creative thinking tools using an experiential exercise where participants are given the situation, objective and focus question to a problem; then explore creative ideas to the question, using the new techniques learned. - Debrief and give feedback, then participants apply the creative thinking tools to a business challenge of their own. About the Facilitator: Grant Bosnick is an independent business trainer, facilitator, and coach. He is also a faculty member of Kenichi Ohmae Graduate School of Business and a trainer and coach for American Management Association. He specializes in developing top talent & leaders' skills for problem solving and global leadership. Save the dates! It is with pleasure that we announce the 2011-2012 ACCJ Workshop Series offered through the ACCJ Human Resource Management Committee. Each workshop will be a stand-alone, three-hour experiential workshop, led by a well-trained facilitator. The series will be held at the Tokyo American Club. Light refreshments will be served. For the highest level of participation and learning, attendance will be limited. As the workshops tend to fill-up quickly, participants will be taken on a first come, first served basis. A brief description of each workshop follows. NOTE1: This meeting is OFF THE RECORD NOTE2: If you cancel after the stated deadline, the full meeting fee will be charged to your account. All guests must be accompanied by an ACCJ member. Sorry, no substitutions or walk-ins.