What Idea is about
Someone who has been out of your life for a long time suddenly reappears, shrouded in mystery. They set you a challenge: find out who they are.
As you try to uncover their identity, they walk you through a series of creative thinking techniques to help you become a better person: deconstructing a problem, setting an ideas quota, making your thinking visible, and breaking down, multiplying and merging ideas. You play the leading role, and this is no ordinary story.
This creativity training has you practice each technique through exercises based on everyday situations, in a safe, stress-free environment with personalized feedback. So who's behind the mystery? You'll have to play to find out.
What you'll learn
- Why creativity matters when solving day-to-day problems.
- How to change your perspective on a problem and reimagine it to find new solutions.
- Simple, fluid ways to generate more ideas.
- Practical techniques to tackle challenges, on your own or with your team.
- How to combine ideas into better solutions.
Course outline
- Level1
Deconstruct your problem
Question how it's framed and look at it from a new angle.
- Level2
Set an ideas quota
Aim for a minimum number of ideas and let them flow before you filter.
- Level3
Make your thinking visible
Get ideas out of your head so you can work with them.
- Level4
Break the problem down into parts
Split the challenge and look for solutions to each piece.
- Level5
Multiply your ideas
Generate new options from the ones you already have.
- Level6
Merge your ideas
Combine them to build better solutions.
How it plays
A mystery to solve
Storytelling: find out who has come back into your life.
Realistic simulators
Practice creative thinking techniques in everyday situations.
Personalized feedback
Practical exercises in a safe, stress-free environment.
Rankings, levels and badges
Gamification that keeps your curiosity alive to the end.
Who it's for
- Professionals in any role who want to develop and practice their creative thinking skills.
- People looking for more inventive solutions to everyday problems.
- Teams that want to practice creativity together.
FAQ
How long does Idea take?
About 3 hours. It's played online on any device with an internet connection.
Can we add it to our LMS?
Yes. Play it on the Game Strategies platform or add it as one more course in your LMS (Cornerstone, Moodle, SAP SuccessFactors, etc.), and track each learner's and group's progress in real time.
Which creative problem-solving techniques does it cover?
Six of them: deconstruct your problem, set an ideas quota, make your thinking visible, break the problem down into parts, multiply your ideas and merge them.
Can you really train creativity?
That's the idea behind this creativity training: instead of waiting for inspiration, you practice concrete techniques until generating ideas feels simple and fluid.
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Shall we play?
Tell us what your team needs to practice and, in a personalized demo, we'll show you the solution that will make the biggest impact on your organization.