Half-day workshops

Building and maintaining dynamic, creative teams is one of the greatest challenges facing any organisation. Often the methods people use to tap into their own creativity are uncertain, unpredictable and destructive to team creativity. For many people, how creativity works is a mystery, they simply know that on a good day they've got it.

These workshops help participants understand how to master their own creativity, and more importantly, how to support and nurture the creativity within their teams and the organisation as a whole.

  Experiential learning

Theoretical discussions are combined with artistic activities such as painting and sculpting to give an in-depth understanding on both an intellectual and emotional level.

3 principle areas are addressed:

• How to free individuals and teams from patterns of thinking and behaviour that block natural creativity

• How to develop the tools and techniques that trigger and support creativity both personally and in others.

• How to develop a life-style and working environment that helps continuously support and nurture creativity

Example of a typical half-day programme.

  Locations

Workshops may be held at international venues as required or at our principal training centre: Maison des Arts near Nice.

  Group size

Location is the only restriction on group size. Workshops are tailored to the specific requirements and the facilities available.

Maison des Arts has a maximum capacity of 40 participants.

  Fees

Fully inclusive half-day at Maison des Arts (per participant) from:     90.00 Euros / 60 GBP

For other locations please contact us.

Typical half-day workshop programme

Programmes are tailored to requirements. The following is a typical half-day programme.

Duration: 3 hours.

  Introduction (5 minutes)

What is creativity and why do we need it?

  Warm-up group painting activity (15 minutes)

A fast moving exercise involving the whole group designed to stimulate spontaneity and imagination.

  Creativity talk (40 minutes)

• Fundamental elements of creativity
• Why, where and when are we creative?
• Using the right side of the brain.
• The conscious and subconscious.
• Intuition.
• Fear, Risk & Play
• Creative blocks
• Tools and techniques

  Demonstration (20 minutes)

A painting demonstration illustrating the use of a variety of creative tools and techniques.

  Tea / Coffee break (15 minutes)

  Activity (50 minutes)

The group divides in 2 - half sculpting clay, half painting

Individuals work on their own piece towards a chosen theme. During the session they are periodically given a number of instructions that either challenge or support their creativity. A number of tools and techniques are exercised as well as periods of group collaboration.

  Presentations (20 minutes)

Each participants makes a brief presentation describing their experience and how their work evolved into the finish piece.

  Wrap-up (15 minutes)

A final reminder of the key tools and techniques as well as some practical advise on how to create a supportive and nurturing environment for creativity at work.

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