Brainstorming and Solving - Interactive

Give your mind the freedom to come up with ideas and solutions. This interactive course will provide viewers with skills, strategies and some fun learning about brainstorming and problem solving.

At Cutting Edge, Dion provides insights into brainstorming strategies, while Carol is the solver. Cutting Edges resident brainiac, Sam likes to keep his mind agile by consuming walnuts. Dion is a fan of protein smoothies and exercise. Casey uses giant post-it notes for wild ideas while Steve likes having a whiteboard in his bathroom. At a brainstorming meeting, Marcus has everyone trying brain cages to stimulate their thinking. Casey and Steve dream up a new shoe idea that will enable hiking, jumping and swimming ideal for triathletes. Sam and Dion favor mind mapping for creative work and Dion leads a mind mapping activity with the Cutting Edge staff as a team building exercise. Openness, honesty and lack of judgment are conducive to positive group brainstorming sessions.

Key Learning Points

• Don’t be dull INSTEAD: Sharpen your mind
• Don’t hold back INSTEAD: Be open to ideas
• Don’t sidestep problems INSTEAD: Solve with facts and logic
• Don’t stifle the group INSTEAD: Challenge everyone creatively
  
  

Comedy makes learning fun

This interactive course is part of the popular Cutting Edge Communication Comedy Series created by Psychologist Eve Ash and comedienne Erin Brown starring Emmy-award winning Kim Estes. This powerful training series follows several characters as they battle challenges, negotiate conflicts and learn from mistakes about professionalism, leadership, communication and safety. This Australian produced series was filmed on location in Los Angeles.