How to mobilize creativity skills to fight climate change
A 2-day masterclass for climate activists
If you are a Brussels climate advocate who wants to improve how you innovate and manage conflicting ideas, join this 2-day Smarter Together’s masterclass with collective intelligence and creativity experts. You will:
Discover the Creative Problem Solving process (CPS) to produce innovative solutions, far beyond your basic “brainstorm”.
Experience the dynamic balance of divergent and convergent thinking and how to use it to produce more and better ideas.
Enhance your creative thinking and facilitation skills by learning a diverse set of reliable ideation tools.
Understand Polarity Thinking so you can overcome chronic conflict and polarization.
Learn how to clarify the underlying values associated with each pole and the benefits of leveraging both perspectives.
Learn to identify early warning signals of an over-reliance on one pole and how to achieve more balanced outcomes.
Programme
3 independent sessions, half a day each:
Session 1 – Thursday 14 Sept. 9AM-1PM Fundamentals – Pr. Todd Lubbart & Florent Vinchon Understand the creative and psychological dimensions of political messaging and of policy-making. Build your creativity roadmap based on the 7Cs method.
Session 2 – Thursday 14 Sept. 2PM-5.30PM Discover Solutions – with certified coaches Ingrid de Clerq, Tim Switalski & Branko Broekman Apply the process of Creative Problem Solving to your most immediate and pressing creative challenges.
Session 3 – Friday 15 Sept. 9AM-1PM Leverage Polarities – with certified coaches Ingrid de Clerq, Tim Switalski & Branko Broekman Respond to issues that seem irreconcilable and find creative ways to transcend conflicting perspectives.