Creating Breakthroughs: Innovating in Government
Unleashing Creativity to Improve Your Organization's Performance
Overview
Creative solutions need not come from outside --they already exist in your organization. And nobody knows your organization better than you and your coworkers. If possible, bring your team to this program and learn proven techniques for becoming deliberately creative. You will also have the chance to practice applying these methods using key issues drawn from your organization.
Through this program, the Federal Executive Institute (FEI) will teach you a step-by-step process used in real-world situations to plan strategically, develop new products, clarify vision and mission and reduce costs. Whether you're participating as an individual or as part of a team, bring a complex problem to the program and:
- Clarify the issue to make sure you're solving the right problem
- Work on techniques to effectively evaluate your ideas
- Develop an action plan including practical techniques for successfully implementing solutions
How You Will Benefit
- Understand how to build group consensus around complex issues
- Ensure consideration of many breakthrough or "outside-of-the box" ideas
- Reduce off-focus debates and tangents dramatically
- Reduce meeting times drastically
- Foster equal participation by all group members, including bosses and subordinates
- Make group decisions faster
Who Should Attend
SES members, GS-15s and their equivalents in state, local, and international governments