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Brain Smart Creative Problem Solving Using Radiant Thinking Mind Maps®

Professor Tony Buzan, the inventor of Mind Maps® and recipient of the ACA lifetime achievement award, explained we have been “educated” out of creativity and the world is facing a Global Creativity Crisis. Our thinking has been linearly structured during our learning years and we are often constrained in our creative abilities and limited imagination. This dynamic workshop helps to unleash your “natural” creative self by activating both your left and right brain cortical skills through the Radiant Thinking model. By using Mind Maps, you will be able to identify the problem root cause and generate multiple solutions effectively. You will also learn how to generate five times more ideas in a shorter time and improve the quality of group brainstorming.

Objective

Participants will learn how to apply effective brain skills to work smart and improve creative performance. They will also be able to achieve the following learning outcomes:

1. Understand your brain’s natural creative states to harness your creativity when required;
2. Learn how to draw a well-balanced Mind Map according to Prof Tony Buzan's Laws of Mind Mapping;
3. Engage in a highly productive brainstorming session using a Group Generative Thinking process known as the IDEAS model;
4. Learn how to implement a Creative Problem Solving process
5. Identify root cause of a problem and find multiple solutions to overcome the issue using the Mind Map technique.

Outline

Discover Your Brain's Natural Creative Capabilities

• Your Brain is a Natural Problem Solver
• The Left and Right Brain Paradigm
• Measure and Activate your Creativity
• Ellis Paul Torrance’s 4 Creativity Benchmarks

Radiant Thinking with Mind Maps®

• It’s Time to upgrade your Linear Thinking
• Think Out-of-the-Box using Associative Thinking
• Principles behind Mind Mapping®
• Mind Map® Applications in the Business World

Generate 5x More Ideas using I.D.E.A.S.

• Individual Ideas are Unique
• Deposit and Collate Ideas as a Team
• Elaborate and Develop Good Ideas
• Apply Key Ideas into a Solution
• Showcase your Recommendations

The Creative Problem Solving Process

• Types of Problem Solving Models
• Activating Your Creative Brain States
• Process of Creative Problem Solving
• Focus on Incubating and Insights

Identifying and Finding Problems

• Keys to Finding Problem Root Cause
• Five Steps to Define the Problem
• Identify Problem Issues using Mind Maps®
• Case Practise: Finding Possible Problem Causes

Solutions Finding

• Types of Solution Finding Tools
• Select and Focus on Major Concerns
• Presenting Group Mind Map for Approval
• Case Practise: Finding Multiple Solutions

Testimonials

“I have not come across a Trainer like Eric who takes great lengths to engage his participants, address their inner motivations and going the extensive way to build up his trainees. He is not just a Trainer, but a unique educator who cares for his Learners and stays true to his purpose of educating minds.”
SG Professionals' and Executives' Co-operatives

“Eric makes me understand the importance of being open, flexible and adaptable. If the trainer is rigid and unimaginative, then so will the learners, and they will participate in the training in a dull and unmotivated manner.”
Vinay Rai, Business Owner,
Writer and Editor

“Eric has diligently put together this all-in-one programme, making it simple and easy for anyone - even for a beginner to be equipped as a Corporate Trainer very quickly.”
Senior Vice-President in a technology firm

Profile of Eric Cheong

ACTA, MSc(HRM)
Certified Trainer, Question Thinking®
Master Trainer, ThinkBuzan UK
Master Trainer, Click Colours® International
Accredited ACTA Trainer, Developer and Assessor
Certified Trainer Identi3 Profiling®


ERIC CHEONG is one of the only 6 global Master Trainers accredited by ThinkBuzan Ltd in UK. Since 2006, he has been training organisations in the Tony Buzan’s techniques on Mind Mapping®, Memory, Speed Reading, Creative Thinking and the iMindMap software. He is also an accredited Master Trainer for the Click Colours® Self Discovery system and holds the Advanced Certificate in Training and Assessment (ACTA) accredited by the Singapore Work Development Authority.

Over the years, Eric has trained more than 10,000 executives, teachers and students across Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, China and Vietnam.  Some of his major clients include Oracle, Intel, Motorola, HSBC, ARUP, HK Securities, HK Exchange & Clearing Limited, Tuv Sud, Hewlett Packard, Singapore Airlines Ltd, Singapore Mass Rapid Transit Ltd and Singapore Power Ltd.  He has also trained Singapore government agencies such as Ministry of Education, National Heritage Board, Housing Development Board, Health Promotion Board, Supreme Court, Health Sciences Authority and Defence Science Organisation. 

Eric is a regular guest speaker for seminars and conferences such as the 14th International Conference on Thinking and the International Conference on Habits of Mind. Eric aims to promote global mental literacy in Asia, helping people to become more skilful in their thinking and achieve success in their lives and at work.  He graduated with the Masters of Science (Human Resource) and Bachelors of Science (Honours) degree from the University of Roehampton and the National University of Singapore respectively.