Business Innovation 
                                            
          
                                                       
         Every  big  business  starts  with  a  BRILLIANT  IDEA 
                                                                                       
       Learn from the world’s famous Award-winning creativity expert 
                                     Michael Michalko 
                                                       
      This  workshop  is  developed  in  collaboration  with  Michael  Michalko,  author  of  the  renowned 
      Thinkertoys: A Handbook of Business Creativity. Michael is a leading creativity expert who 
                                                       
      specializes in providing creative-thinking workshops and facilitating think tanks for clients which 
      range from Fortune 500 corporations, such as DuPont, Xerox, Kellogg's, General Electric, Kodak, 
                                                       
      Microsoft,  Exxon,  General  Motors,  Ford,  USA  Today,  AT&T,  Wal-Mart  and  Hallmark  to 
      governmental agencies.                           
      The workshop covers the BEST and most handy toys from Michael’s work and it will turn everyone 
      into creativity geniuses.                        
                                                      By completing this workshop, learners will be able to: 
                                                           Appreciate  the  simplicity  of  our  Thinkertoys  methodology  and 
                                                            continue to apply the toys learned to enhance efficiency and quality 
                                                            of their routine work 
                                                           Adopt  a  structured  approach  in  problem  dissection  and  idea 
                                                            generation to guarantee: 
                                                                Depth and Breadth of problem analysis   
                                                                Quality of idea   
                                                                Quantity of idea & Fluency of ideation process   
                                                           Participants  will  work  as  a  team  in  analysing  problems,  providing 
                                                            creative idea and perfecting idea into practical solutions 
          
                                                           Business  executives  who  are  accountable  for  product  and  service 
                                                            innovation   
                                                           Line  managers  who  want  to  streamline  operations  and  facilitate 
                                                            continuous improvement in the workplace 
                                                           Marketing professionals who want to come up with creative ideas to 
                                                            market their products 
                                                           R&D professionals who want to develop products and services that 
                                                            demand public attentions 
                                                           HR and training professionals who want to assist organizations in the 
                                                            design and implementation of new business objectives   
          
                                                                 Case Studies 
                  Learning the success stories from the Most Innovative Companies in the world 
                  Learning the qualities from the creative leaders in the world: Steve Jobs, Thomas Edison, Richard Branson, etc.   
                  Participants will form teams and explore the success factors of the companies / creative leaders via interesting games 
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                                                Thinkertoys Methodology / Game Plan   
                  Problem Dissection                                            Idea Generation                                            Idea Screening 
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                                                        Problem Dissection Tools 
                  The Suspects: a powerful tool to expand people’s perspective in viewing a problem and start thinking of tackling a problem from 
                   multiple stakeholders’ angles 
                  Time and Space: Shift learners’ here-and-now perspective into a holistic approach; the tool is highly practical to analyze complicated 
                   business problems 
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                                                           Selected Thinkertoys   
                  Games / exercises to illustrate the concepts of Selected Thinkertoys 
                  Blue print (Step-by-step guide) for Selected Thinkertoys   
                  Examples of product / services 
                  Template / attribute list in facilitating the application 
                  Exercise & practice   
                  Selected Thinkertoys (1): False Faces; Idea Box; SCAMPER 
                  Selected Thinkertoys (2): Brutethink; Idea Box (Advanced); Idea Grid 
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                                                                   Group Toys 
                  How to deploy Thinkertoys in group setting 
                  Effective techniques in leading a team to conduct meeting / discussion hitting the issue and generating promising ideas 
                                      ◆       Idea Quota       ◆       Idea Ticket       ◆   Gallery Technique      ◆ 
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                                                                    End Toys 
                  Develop screening criteria from different perspectives and hitting management’s mind 
                  Rational decision-making tools to select the best options 
          
          
          
             Thinkertoys                           Descriptions                                           Application 
                                  How to find ideas by reversing conventional         Business solution requires unique and original idea 
                                  assumptions                                         (e.g. expand scope for existing business) 
                                  How to identify and box the parameters of a         Develop new product / services concept or business 
                                  challenge to quickly produce thousands of new       scheme / marketing strategy 
                                  ideas 
                                  How to manipulate what exists into something        Business operation improvement and enhancement 
                                  different                                           towards existing product / services 
                                  Forces a connection between two dissimilar          Brainstorm of out-of-the-box ideas towards gifts, 
                                  concepts to create a new idea                       event / promotion and advertisement   
                                  How to identify and box the parameters of a         Develop new product / services concept or business 
                                  challenge to quickly produce thousands of new       scheme 
                                  ideas 
                                  How to find new ideas and creative strategies 
                                  using a grid to organize complex masses of          Develop strategy to identify market’s unmatched 
                                  information                                         needs   
          
                                                       
          
                                                      Mr Kelvin Fung    B.Sc. (HK) B.BA (HK). Cert.T&D (UK). M.Sc.Training & HRM (UK) 
                                                      In the past 20 years, Mr Fung has personally trained and coached more than 
                                                      50,000 supervisors and managers in the Asia Pacific region. He is the world’s 
                                                      1st Thinkertoys Master Trainer certified by Mr Michael Michalko, originator 
                                                      of the Thinkertoys methodology. 
                                                      Prior  to  joining  LMI  Academy  as  the  CEO,  Mr.  Fung  was  in  managerial 
                                                      capacities in the training functions of PricewaterhouseCoopers, the world's 
                                                      largest professional services firm and Cathay Pacific Airways. 
                                                      Mr Dick Yip       B. Soc. Sc. (HK) 
                                                      Dick  Yip  is  a  highly  experienced  trainer  and  facilitator  who  have  led 
                                                      Management  Skills  Training  programs  for  a  wide  range  of  corporate, 
                                                      government,  and  education  organizations.  Dick  is  currently  the  Principal 
                                                      Consultant  of  LMI  Academy,  a  consulting  firm  specializing  in  the 
                                                      development  and  provision  of  research-based  executive  development 
                                                      programs. 
                                                             
                                                           Date             8 – 9 May 2014 
                                                           Time             9:00am – 6:00pm 
                                                           Venue            TBC 
                                                           Course Fee       HK$5,900 
                                                           Class Size       Max 20 
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
                                                                                         
          
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