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Innovation Facilitator Training

Concrete Tools for Facilitating the Birth of an Innovative Culture

What if the people in your organisation were inspired to develop your ways of working, to see new opportunities when visiting customers and to implement the changes that are necessary for renewal? What would that mean for your innovation capacity? How could the potential be released?

It might also mean that the people question outdated organisational habits, come up with ridiculous ideas that don't match your strategy or might seem
just difficult to manage. How should you handle the creativity?

People are your best resource for becoming more innovative as an organisation. Grape People offers concrete tools for managers, developers and change agents to increase participation in your organisation and make the best of your people.

Facilitation of Creative Problem Solving

Grape People's Innovation Facilitator Training is tailored for people who work in product or business development, facilitate innovation workshops or guide groups to clarify current or future challenges, create new solutions and implement them. The training has 6 parts - the first one being Essential CPS.

Module 1. Essential CPS - Facilitation of Creative Problem Solving Training

The Basics of Participation and the Creative Problem Solving Process (CPS). Intensive and practical facilitation tools training on problem clarification, ideation, solution development and action planning.

You will learn all the essential group tools needed for one day workshops and how to avoid the most common pitfalls.

During the workshop you will practice facilitation and process planning. In all Grape facilitation trainings we will help you apply the experiences and new insights into your daily work.

Duration of the training: 2 + ½ days

Advanced Innovation Facilitator Trainings

Completion of the Essential CPS facilitation training (or equivalent) is a prerequisite for participation in any of the advanced trainings. Select the ones that provide you the best opportunity to explore and develop the skills necessary to be a more effective leader and facilitator.

Module 2. Ideation Focus Detective - Clarification Tools Training

Advanced facilitation tools training for problem clarification, focus finding, data gathering, mapping out future possibilities and trends. Duration of the training: 1 day

Module 3. Changing the Spark Plugs - Creativity Tools Masterclass

Kick-starting Creative Processes: Tools to inspire and motivate your team to break out of the ordinary. Best tools for creating large amounts of new ideas. You will learn tools to energize group creativity and the Spark Plugs® method for out of the box thinking.
Duration of the workshop: 2 days

Module 4. Graphic Facilitation - Participatory Visual Communication Tools

Use visual communication tools to improve your workshops! Tools for creating understanding about complex issues, visualizing abstract ideas and creating roadmaps. Duration of the workshop: 1 day

Module 5. Wireframe Game - Advanced Innovation Action Planning

Efficient tools for developing creative ideas into practical actions. How to motivate and get commitment for implementation? Learn to plan good group processes that reach the objectives!
Duration of the workshop: 1 day

Module 6. Horizontal Innovation - Advanced Development Processes

Inspire yourself to transform the organizational culture and be more innovative together! Learn to plan development processes and create total involvement in your organisation. You will hear inspirational real life case stories and plan your own processes. Duration of the workshop: 1 + 1/2 days.



For more information, please contact Piritta Kantojärvi.

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