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"Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower." -Steve Jobs



Innovation sprints are a structured but dynamic method for group brainstorming. Learn how to use tried and true creative thinking techniques to generate and choose new ideas for business products, services, and solutions. In this dynamic workshop, you will learn the basics of practicing divergent and convergent thinking techniques. In an energetic team environment, we will generate new ideas for products and services, pitch them, analyze and select winning ideas for future development.


After this workshop, you will be equipped with a framework to disrupt thinking patterns, find inspiration, stimulate creativity, promote change and agile thinking in your team. Everyone is an innovator! Come and discover why!

Session Outline

Ice-breaker and Introduction

  • What is it? Neuroscience explanation of Creativity
  • The Divergent and Convergent Thinking Model
  • Evidence it works
  • Why Creativity is top soft-skill in demand
  • Intrepreneur versus Entrepreneur
  • Product, Service and Social Innovation
  • Creative mood boosters
  • Office supplies for brainstorming


How to run an innovation sprint?


Step 1: Challenge statement

  • Drafting guidelines and examples
  • Challenging the Challenge – using Design Thinking
  • Challenge statement metamorphosis

                Expansion Method

                Reduction Method

                Replacement Method

  • Group work on mock Innovation Sprint Challenge Statement

   

Step 2: Divergent Thinking Session

  • Explore tools to spark ideas

                Antipodes- Reversing assumptions

                Word Surge - Random word association

                Walkabout – Stimulation from surroundings

                Object morphing – Inspiration though combining objects

                Vision - Feeding your brain with imagery

                Fantasy Trip -Using the power of imagination

                Wow Powwow - Utilizing conversations

                Acronym Whim - Using SCUMP and SCAMPER

                Shuffle – using Ideation and Innovation card decks

  • Individual ideation work
  • Team ideation work

     

 Step 3: Convergent Thinking Session

  • Explore decision making tools

                 Chip voting

                 Impact & Effort Matrix

                 NUF Test

                 PMI Test

  • Team analyzing, organizing and pitching ideas
  • Individual selection of ideas for future development


Conclusion

  • Creative Leadership
  • Tips for promoting innovation in the office
  • Overcoming corporate Siloing and Brain Block
  • Rewarding innovative thinking
  • Stockpiling ideas in the innovation pipeline (Idea Pool)
  • Maintaining an inventive spirit


Review and Survey

Who Should Attend?

This course will be valuable to you if:

  • You are an employee who wants to develop creativity as a soft skill.
  • You are in a leadership role and want to start or improve an innovation program.
  • You are already involved in innovation but want to learn techniques to boost the creativity of your team.
  • You are involved in creative projects and need to overcome brain block.
  • You are a designer or engineer and want to find possibilities for future projects.
  • You want to be a pioneer in your industry.
  • You want to have fun and think outside the box.

Agenda

08:45 Registration & Networking
09:00 Morning Session
10:30 Morning Session Coffee Break
10:45 Morning Session
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Afternoon Session
15:30 Afternoon Session Coffee Break
15:45 Afternoon Session
17:00 Session Ends

Refreshments will be served during the coffee break for the attendees. Lunch at a nearby restaurant is also included with the ticket price.

Speakers

  • Lindsay Prater (Consultant at Unbox Your Brain)

    Lindsay Prater

    Consultant at Unbox Your Brain

    Lindsay （林琳）is an innovation and creativity consultant based in Shanghai. She launched Unbox Your Brain to promote innovation awareness and curate ideation meth-ods for companies and individuals in China. Her technical mind combined with a well-rounded experience in cross-cultural organizations enables her to guide clients to solve problems in untraditional ways. She has coached entrepreneurs and executives to stretch their imagination and break out of traditional thinking patterns to discover novel ideas. She facilitates innovation sprints and brainstorming sessions for corporations and entrepreneurs. She is a licensed Professional Engineer who has lived and worked in China for over a decade. She graduated and worked at Georgia Tech a USA top-10 university and speaks Mandarin (HSK level 5). When she isn’t immersed in innovation training or working on her inventions, she enjoys conversing about life with people from all over the world and celebrating nature.
    Reach out to her at lindsay@unboxyourbrain.com for more information on her service

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Tickets

Early Bird Tickets will stop selling on May 29. 


A prepayment is required for all full-day training sessions. 

全天培训课程需要提前付款。


Half-day session training vouchers cannot be used for full-day training programs.

全天会员培训无法使用"半天会员培训免费"券。

Member Ticket
Member Price RMB 3,650
Member Company Employee Ticket
Standard Price RMB 3,650
Non-Member Ticket
Standard Price RMB 4,650

Registration

  • All registrations shall be made online before the session. For full-day sessions, payment also shall be made before the session.
  • For half-day sessions, AmCham Shanghai members are eligible to attend free of charge with Training Credit*; AmCham Shanghai members without Training Credit are eligible to attend at "Member Rate"; Employees who work at AmCham Shanghai member companies are eligible to attend at "Employee Rate".
  • For full-day sessions, AmCham Shanghai members are eligible to attend at "Member Rate"; Employees who work at AmCham Shanghai member companies are eligible to attend at "Employee Rate"; Non-members are eligible to attend at "Non-Member Rate".
  • Limited spaces are available and attendance will be given on a first-come, first-served basis.
  • Members please bring your membership card and non-members bring your business card upon check-in at the training session.
Walk-in and Cancellation Policy
  • This session requires confirmation of attendance in advance. If you attend this session without prior registration, you will be charged an RMB50 "walk-in" fee as member and RMB100 as employee.
  • Cancellation: If you need to cancel your registration for a half-day session, please notify Ivette Corominas at (86 21) 6169 3010 or email ivette.corominas@amcham-shanghai.org no less than 24 hours in advance. If you need to cancel your registration for a full-day session, please notify Ivette Corominas at least two weeks prior to the session for a full refund. Cancellation made within two weeks before the session will not be refundable.
  • To ensure that you have a seat, please come to the session on time. Open seats will be released to other guests 15 minutes after the session starts.

Venue

AmCham Shanghai Conference Center (Xintiandi)

27F, Infinitus Tower

No.168 Hubin Road, Huangpu District
新天地胡滨路168号无限极大厦27楼
Shanghai, China

If you have any questions please contact Ivette Corominas

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