Facilitating creative thinking - for iPod/iPhone: Recent Episodes

The Open University

How do you solve your problems? This album follows two facilitators as they lead a 2-day workshop in creative problem-solving, providing a chance to adopt a new approach to the difficulties we encounter in our daily lives. Their reflections on time-keeping and good facilitation provide insight whilst the group tackle problems they’ve experienced at work, using different processes and techniques. This material forms part of The Open University course B822, Creativity, innovation and change.

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An introduction to this album

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The facilitators focus on preparing the group for the creative problem-solving session.

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Transcript -- The facilitators focus on preparing the group for the creative problem-solving session.

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What’s really behind the problem, and how does the facilitator steer the group?

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Transcript -- What’s really behind the problem, and how does the facilitator steer the group?

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Techniques for stimulating the flow of ideas.

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Transcript -- Techniques for stimulating the flow of ideas.

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How a group makes decisions and deals with discord.

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Transcript -- How a group makes decisions and deals with discord.

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How a facilitator helps participants to see problems in a new light.

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Transcript -- How a facilitator helps participants to see problems in a new light.

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A group has a go at working without facilitators; meanwhile you have a chance to think like a facilitator.

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Transcript -- A group has a go at working without facilitators; meanwhile you have a chance to think like a facilitator.