Course introduction:

In a very competitive workplace, demonstrating your ability to turn challenges into opportunities is an important to way stand out to your management. In this course, you will learn how to utilize the knowledge and skills needed to leverage left- and right-brain thinking, analyze problems, enhance creativity, and implement innovative ideas in your workplace. Using the power of design thinking and Creative Problem Solving models you will work toward data-driven solutions to workplace challenges. You will engage in an active process of defining a specific challenge, generating a plan to address the challenge, collecting and analyzing information in order to sell your solution to your leadership.

Course contents

  • Welcome to the Course and Introduction
  • Understanding Your Strengths
  • Exercise: Social Style Self-Assessment Self Reflection
  • Interaction Styles
  • Exercise: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) Self Reflection
  • Using “Whole Brain” Thinking
  • Pushing Yourself to Think and Act Differently
  • Assessing the Stress Signals
  • Unlocking Your Professional Potential
  • Exercise: Identify problems
  • Problem Solving Methods
  • Avoiding Fatal Flaws and Setting Priorities
  • Overview of Research Methodologies
  • Exercise: Solving problems using method(s) learned
  • Approaches to problem solving
  • Innovative Mindsets
  • Innovative Thinking
  • Overcoming Assumptions and Barriers
  • Using Prototyping for Innovation
  • Putting Ideas Into Action
  • Translating Your Idea into Practical Application
  • The Art of Good Storytelling
  • Unlocking Your Professional Potential
  • Case study 1
  • Case study 2
  • Case study 3
  • Group discussion

After taking this course you will be able to:

  • Understand your strengths and weakness in connection to opportunities and threats
  • Take challenges in a positive way
  • Start thinking innovatively
  • Develop a problem solving attitude
  • Understand your Professional Potential

Who should attend?

This course is for anyone looking to advance and standout in their organization by learning practical skills to solve problems through both a creative and critical problem solving lens.

Training Registration

Training Form

Bank Title: Meezan Bank Limited
Account Title: PERKS HR (PRIVATE) LIMITED

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Converting Challenges into Opportunities training program