From an organisational development context, he has created and implemented a new leadership behavioural framework and set of associated flagship leadership development programmes.
Richard Morris, Accredited Trainer
Why do organisations recruit graduates? They bring learning flexibility, a thirst for knowledge, a passion to develop and a desire to make an impact. Should your graduates then be your advocates of change? By creating a cohort of engaged and open-minded individuals you:
- Encourage them to challenge the status quo.
- Look at new alternatives.
- Bring fresh tech savvy ideas.
- Help create the future state of your business.
Building creative and critical thinking skills
Dr. Edward de Bono’s skills in serious creativity use his methods of the Six Thinking Hats® and Lateral Thinking to help create a microculture of creative energy. By developing these skills, we build your graduates’ capability in creative and critical thinking – essential in any part of the change process.
Developing the skills
The Six Thinking Hats® helps us to critically analyse any given situation, understand the real problem, investigate improvement and build a collaborative opportunity. The structured use of the hats creates an unparalleled discipline to our thinking process. It allows participants access to differing and often opposing thinking styles, ensuring the group works collaboratively and openly – without judging if any suggestion or solution is ‘right or wrong’. Within Lateral Thinking we learn a 4-stage process to idea generation:
- Developing a robust focus for our thinking.
- Seeking out alternatives to current issues, problems or concerns.
- Employing four incredibly different creative techniques to generate ideas.
- Confidently implementing techniques to assess each idea, to make them fit for purpose.
Positively disrupting processes, systems and ways of working
By using these powerful pattern breakers as part of your graduates’ development, you:
- Engage them at an early stage of their career, aiding future retention.
- Position the importance and positive impact of change.
- Help them to recognise that positively disrupting processes, systems and ways of working is an essential part of personal, team and organisational development.
More about Richard Morris
Richard is an accredited Think on Your Feet®, Writing Dynamics™, Lateral Thinking and Six Thinking Hats® trainer and has delivered these workshops to numerous clients.
From an organisational development context, he has created and implemented a new leadership behavioural framework and set of associated flagship leadership development programmes.
