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To Possible Through The Impossible 

Systematic Creative Imagination Development:
Essentials and Techniques

One-day Hands-on Basic Training and Certification

Trainer: Valeri Souchkov

Fee: EUR 400,- (excl. 21% VAT)

June 19, 2013, 09:00-18:00
Utrecht, The Netherlands

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Probably, no one will argue that creative imagination is an essential part of our personal development and personal skills in the 21st century. We all possess it, but do we use it to full extent?

This course targets at providing an answer how to unlock the potential of your creative imagination and how to develop it.

You might ask, “There are already many courses on creativity. Why one more course?” The answer is simple: at this course we are not just talking about what creativity is and what we need to enhance it, but learn how to improve and develop it with a number of systematic techniques which help directly generate new “out-of-the-box” ideas and systematically develop creative imagination. Not just learning several new techniques, but learning how to evolve our imagination and capabilities to think out of the box. Like any skill, creative imagination requires development – and it can be developed. And it can be done systematically. Systematic approach to Creative Imagination Development (CID) – this is what makes this course unique and different.
 
The course content is based on findings and developments of one of the best minds within creativity studies: Genrich Altshuller, who has been widely known as the founder of TRIZ, a Theory of Solving Inventive Problems. Today TRIZ is the best known practice to solve inventive and innovative problems. But while TRIZ primarily focuses on technological and business areas, and takes considerable time to learn and master, the CID techniques can be used in every area, learned very quickly, and immediately put to practice.
 
Skills with Systematic Creative Imagination Development not only help to come up with new ideas. They help to recognize existing opportunities and see ahead of others.
 
In addition to helping developing creative imagination CID techniques have successfully used to invent new products and add new features to existing products, solve technical and business problems, find new creative ideas for marketing and advertisement, books and screenplays, paintings and photo art, even home decoration – virtually every area where creativity is demanded. CID can also be successfully used at team sessions to facilitate new ideas generation.

Before the workshop, the registered participants obtain a set of video lectures about CID.

The workshop is conducted in English language.

• Ordinary thinking vs. systematic creative thinking: what are the differences?
• Psychological inertia, fears, and barriers: how to fight?
• Out of the box thinking: why difficult? What can be done to improve?  
• Recognizing and eliminating existing and potential contradictions: a basis for generating new ideas.
• Creative problem solving with Ideal Final Result
• Multi-Screen Vision
• Focal Objects technique
• Operator "Size-Time-Cost"
• Parametric intensification
• Trend Extrapolation technique
• Gold Fish technique
• Four-Story Modeling
• Fantogramma
• Principles of Creative Innovation
• Innovative storytelling and scenario creating

• Practice: All techniques are practiced in groups on real cases.

A fee for the training is EUR 400,- per person (excl. 21% VAT). The fee includes: 

• Course seat.
• Course slides.
• Course Guides and References.
• Collection of video lectures.
• Lunch and refreshments.
• After-course free 3 months informational phone/online support.
• 10% discount of the extended (advanced) TRIZ courses.

The fee must be paid before the course. Payment is possible via wire transfer or credit card.
 
Cancellation is free three weeks before the course, otherwise we retain 20% of the fee.

50% discount* is applicable to full time students.
10% discount* is applicable in the following cases:

• Two or more participants of the same organization visiting the course.
• Payment of a course fee is done at least 30 days prior to a course starting date.

* Discounts are not cumulative

Upon completion of the course, you will get Certificate of CID practitioner.

Utrecht is a central "hub" of the Netherlands which is is easy to reach from every direction and is situated within 30 minutes by direct train from Amsterdam airport Schiphol.
Upon registration, we will provide you with details of the course location and a list of possible accommodations.
The course starts at 09:30 and finishes at 18:00, with a lunch break at 12:30-13:30.

Please note that the number of participants is limited due to practical orientation of the course. To timely register for the course, please visit our Registration page

In case you have any questions please contact us via e-mail or call
+31-6-84805587 or +31-53-4342884