Creativity is the ability to look at the same things everyone does, but see things differently and find hidden connections to create something new.

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Creativity is the ability to look at the same things everyone does, but see things differently and find hidden connections to create something new. It gives insights to top level management in introducing innovation within their organization and accelerating the development of creative performance in their staff.

For organisations to thrive in an uncertain future it is vital that creativity and innovation are fostered and encouraged. A wide range of media and methods such as theatre, visual arts, outdoor development, bodily movement, communication, imagination experiential learning, presentation, reflection, giving and receiving feedback and many other aids of communication can be integrated into designs for developing creative processes. These type of communication methods may be drawn from fields not normally associated with management but yet prove to be very effective in their own right. Often creativity helps people to break free from self-limiting beliefs and to instil the confidence and self esteem that enable people to take risks in relationship and to dare to think new thoughts.

Lately I had the opportunity to attend a training programme based on Communication Skills and Team Building and it proved to be extremely interesting. It was a two day training programme with the theoretical part and practical part which involved the following creative games. The first event was based on the popular TV series, “ Survivor”. However unlike the TV series the aim of this game was to keep the team together, not to eliminate team-mates. Each team was made up of five persons, and had to pass through four “immunity challenges” before reaching the end. These challenges consisted of four sets of ten different problem solving questions related with our work place combined with a rating. When each group reached the end the team’s performance profile was established according to the rating achieved. A “captain” was also chosen by each team, but we had also the opportunity to change the captain so that each member had the chance to communicate and lead the team. This game provided a

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unique group problem solving opportunities and fun team challenges in the context of a group that is trying to “survive”. It also proved that, for a team to be successful communication, cooperation and teamwork are vital and need to be exercised continuously.

In the next challenge each team had to complete a jigsaw puzzle before any other team completes theirs. The goal of this activity was to find the hidden message on the back of the complete puzzle. At first it looked any easy task to complete a jigsaw puzzle, but then a couple of factors ...

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