Decision Making Skills & Creative Problem Solving

COURSE CONTENT

Day 1	Decision-Making
9:00 – 9:30 am	Introduction, ice-breakers and warm-ups

9:30 – 1:00 pm	The Global-Detail Decision-Maker The Matcher-Mismatcher Decision-Maker
	Tea Break
	Pain-Pleasure Decision-Maker The Problem-Solution Decision-Maker

1:00 – 2:00 pm	Lunch

2:00 – 3:00 pm	The 3Ps Perspectives Decision-making Modality Personal Priorities vs Corporate Concerns The Power of Value-Synchronization in reaching a decision Individual Values vs Communal Values Differentiating the Roles of Values vs Character in a decision

3:00 – 4:00 pm	The Democratic Modality in Decision-Making Force of Leadership in Problem-Solving Understanding the Power of Participation Tea-Break The Influence of Involvement in Decision-making Prescriptive vs Participative Decisions Vocabulary of Factual – Emotional appeals

4:00 – 5:00 pm	The ‘V-M’ Decision-making Modality Supportive Resources when making Tough Decisions Handling Post-Decision Emotional Upheavals Inculcating the Habit of Consistency in upholding Decisions

Day 2	Creative Problem-Solving
9:00 – 9:30 am	Warm-up and recap

9:30 – 10:30 am	The Analogy-Analysis Problem-Solving Modality The Power of Thinking in Pictures The Aesop thinking mode of Solution-Creation Unlocking the Suppressed Creativity in you

10:30 – 10:45 am	Tea-Break

10:45 – 11:45 am	The Linkage Problem-Solving Modality The Influence of Deductive Thinking The Influence of Inductive Thinking Understanding Real Concerns in the Problem-Solving process

11:45 – 12:45 pm	The Vicarious Modality Understanding the Thought Processes of Problem-Solvers Transplanting the Penetrated-Psyche into the Problem Transplanting the Metaphoric Solution into the Problem

12:45 – 1:00 pm	Talk and Think

1:00 – 2:00 pm	Lunch

2:00 – 3:00 pm	The Isolation – Isometric Modality Differentiating the Content from the Context of the Problem The use of Simulation and Manipulation in Solution-Creation Detachment from and Personalization of the Problem

3:00 – 4:00 pm	Crisis-Management : what if the Solutions don’t Work? The Network Modality of Preparedness Tea-Break The use of Conflicting Interest – the Mechanism of Avenues The Vocabulary of the Domes

4:00 – 4:45 pm	Mini Project and Final Presentation

4:45 – 5:00 pm	Q & A Session