Length:
2.5 hours – 3 hours

Course Overview
Effective teams are able to work together toward a common goal and exciting and innovative ideas can be the result of successful teamwork. This workshop combines teamwork principles and innovative thinking to create a final project of your choosing.

The workshop will begin with 30-45 minutes of pair and small group exercises designed to get the group’s creative juices flowing while providing a foundation for applying improv methodology to innovation. The group will then be divided into smaller teams and assigned a project that will require them to work together as a creative team.

Project choices include creating a: Movie Trailer, Original Game, a Solution to a Company Challenge, or even a Brand-new Invention.

Audience

• Departments or teams that work closely together and have become “stuck” in their ways of working
• Any group that perceives itself as “not creative” (IT, Accounting, finance, no offense!)
• Managers or supervisors who want to foster a creative group approach within their teams
• Cross-functional teams that want to increase creativity and innovation

Topics Covered

• Acknowledging and building on ideas in a group setting
• Identify and use active listening as a tool to encourage innovation
• Filtering creative ideas

After this workshop you will be able to…

• Avoid getting stuck when innovating in group settings
• Use effective communication approaches to improve teamwork
• Know your team member, other department or brand-new people in an entirely different way!