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Creative Thinking for Government, Education and Public Sector

Rapid changes in social, political and technological factors are reshaping how the government, education and public sector are performing their functions.
Thus, the ability to think out of the box is essential in the government, education and public sector.

However, when it comes to being creative in the above context, there are two specific challenges:

• There are multiple stakeholders involved in the government, education and public sector
• There are certain policy frameworks that might define the “boundaries” of creativity and restrict the freedom to innovate

In this situation, the ability to think creatively within the policy frameworks and communicate the new ideas effectively to multiple stakeholders are imperative.

In this program, you will learn specific strategies and techniques to develop personal and workplace creativity, so that you will have the necessary mindset and skills to embrace creative thinking in the government, education and public sector

Objective

By the end of this program, participants will be able to:

• Develop better creativity and innovation skills in the context of government, education and public sector
• Learn and develop systems to work with ideas effectively
• Generate, evaluate and manage creative ideas fast
• Get ready to share creative ideas effectively with multiple stakeholders for their buy-in

Outline

OVERVIEW

• Why creative thinking matters for government, education and public sector
• How can government, education and public sector leverage on creativity to improve their functions and services
• Examples of how creativity can be incorporated in the government, education and public sector

UP YOUR CREATIVE MINDSET

• How to think creatively and differently as a professional in the government, education and public sector
• The essential mindset shifts to build up your creativity

BUILD YOUR CREATIVE INFRASTRUCTURE

• How to build a conducive team environment in your workplace to facilitate creative thinking
• How to “borrow” inspirations from others to open up possibilities in the government, education and public sector

WORK WITH IDEAS

• How to lead the team ideation process
• Creative thinking tools to generate and evaluate creative ideas

GET BUY-IN FROM MULTIPLE STAKEHOLDERS

• How to organize your ideas to share with other stakeholders
• How to present your ideas effectively to multiple stakeholders for buy-in

Who should attend

Methodology

A mixture of tools will be used e.g. brainstorming, case study, demonstration, games, group discussion, ideas journal

Profile of Dickson Tang

Dickson Tang is a keynote speaker, author and facilitator.
His book "Leadership for future of work: 9 ways to build career edge over robots with human creativity" was featured in media such as Forbes, Irish Tech News and “Money FM 89.3”.

He works with professionals from Alibaba, Aramco, Cartier, CITIC Telecom, Eurofins, JVC Kenwood, Kongsberg Maritime, Mannheim Business School, Menicon, Montblanc, PM Group, NETS, Nynas, Rakuten, Rockwool, Wirtgen and many more.

He holds an MBA from ESSEC Graduate School of Management in France and a Bachelor of Social Science from The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

He is based in Singapore.