Cre Ativ Cognicion

“A huge thanks for what was hands down the best and most practical training I have ever done.  As a mediator I loved the close parallels between the hats and the various stages and foci of mediation, but even apart from that I pretty much started using the training as soon as I walked out the door. ” (March 18 participant)

Join us for a highly interactive day of learning and practical application of 12 thinking tools at Melbourne’s most prestigious training venue.

People and organisations are seeking improvement and quality across many areas except that which is the most important – the quality of the way we think.

If we improve the quality of our thinking the quality of the actions that follow correspondingly improve.

The Six Thinking Hats are designed to dramatically improve the way we think. The methods are used to look at issues from multiple perspectives and help us to move beyond our habitual thinking styles to achieve a more rounded and thorough view of a given situation.

In this full day session participants will develop:

• a sound understanding of multiple thinking styles,
• the ability to design and facilitate effective, outcome oriented meetings,
• the ability to generate new ideas using lateral thinking methods,
• the ability to design and lay out a thinking process, and
• become a more thorough and objective thinker.

The session will be held at Melbourne’s premier training venue and all participants will be provided with an optional work-based assessment with which to immediately start to apply the methods back in the workplace. Successful completion of this assessment provides the “Blue Hat Facilitator” Pin.  Email & telephone coaching will be provided to assist with this at no additional cost.

Date & Time : 8:30am – 4:30pm, Friday May 27, 2011

Where: The Airlie Leadership Development Centre, 260 Domain Rd South Yarra

Value: $499/person with an early rate of $449/person up until May 13

Other: Participants from all sectors are welcome. Coffee/Tea will be provided upon arrival by qualified Baristas and the highest quality morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea will be provided. (If you’ve been to Airlie before you’ll know what this means!)

To Register: Click Here

For more information contact Laurel Sutton 0417 321 296 laurel.sutton@cre-ativ-cognicion.com.au or Frank Connolly 0400109 727 think.quick@me.com

It has been said that up to 90% of the mistakes we make are not a result of poor logic, but a result of mistakes in our perception. The “Power of Perception” training will provide you with 10 simple strategies for sharpening and improving your perception and focusing your thinking in a more comprehensive, effective and  efficient manner.

This course assists participants to develop more broad and inclusive viewpoints and create a framework for defining and addressing a given situation.

A work-based assessment will be provided to all participants with a view to assisting an immediate application of the methods back in the workplace. Coaching via phone and email will be available free of charge to assist participants to complete this assessment.

You should attend this course if you or your staff have a need to:

• Improve your scanning of specific issues and the broader environment,
• Think with greater structure and clarity,
• Use methodical and construtive problem sensing and solving techniques,
• Make confident and considered decisions’
• Avoid first pattern-match solution orientation and,
• Avoid impulsive behaviour and judgements.

Date: Tuesday May 31

Time: 8:30am – 5:00pm

Location: Airlie Leadership Development Centre, 260 Domain Rd Sth Yarra

Value: $499/person with an early bird rate of $449/person up until May 13. Bookings of 3 or more also attract the early bird rate.)

Other: This is a public workshop and participants from all sectors are welcome. Coffee/tea/Hot chocolate on arrival, morning tea, lunch and 

afternoon tea will be provided.

To Register: Click Here

For further information please contact Laurel Sutton 0417 321 296 or laurel.sutton@cre-ativ-cognicion.com.au or Frank Connolly 0400 109 727 think.quick@me.com

Having recently participated in the development of a KM strategy for DSE and been part of the KM Asia forum, it started me thinking again about KM and revisiting some of the work I did when I was with VPSCIN and Vicpol.

I came across a definition of KM we devised after having facilitated a workshop around KM for Vicpol. The struggle at the time was to convince people that knowledge was more than simply adding to the intranet and that it had a people basis. One of the first steps was the following definition that still has some traction today:

“Knowledge Management is adding to, sharing and shaping what we know, to create action that adds value.”

We had used a process of emergence in the workshop and coupled this with looking at some of the literature……….not unlike the process that was recently undertaken in DSE.

However where I think I have moved to is the notion that you cannot manage knowledge…it is rather an emergent process for the individual and groups and happens with the right conditions being present to facilitate exploration, curiosity, learning and thinking.