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Innovation and problem solving skills

We've developed this course to provide engineers with the process, language and tools to raise their own effectiveness when innovating and problem solving.

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Summary

We've developed this course to provide engineers with the process, language and tools to raise their own effectiveness when innovating and problem solving.

The programme provides tools for defining the problem, generating creative options and ideas, and then filtering and evaluating these to apply the most relevant.  It's interactive and participants will be encouraged to experiment with the tools and apply them. They will then be able to use these skills in the workplace when working in teams to solve problems.

Who should attend?

This programme is suitable for engineers and non-engineers at all levels.

How will I benefit?

After the course you will be able to: 

  • Understand why we find creativity difficult and how we can overcome this! 
  • Better understand the problem by using a range of problem definition techniques
  • Apply a range of problem solving tools
  • Understand your problem solving styles preference and "flex" your style to situations and audiences in order to get the required result.
  • Recognise the different types of innovation and how to select the appropriate type in your work
  • Understand and apply a wealth of creativity techniques to solving your problems
  • Know how to move from generating ideas to applying them to problems
  • Evaluate and apply the best idea to solve the problem
  • Effectively stimulate and get the most from your team when solving problems
 
Contributes 14 CPD hours

The course covers several tools that are valuable for generating ideas that would not normally be considered. Teaches you to look at things from a different perspective.

Adrian Leigh Toyota

Key topics

• What do we mean by innovation?
• Generating ideas.
• Tools for creativity.
• Problem-solving styles.
• Defining the problem and focusing.
• Evaluation and implementation.
• Pulling it all together - Innovation processes.
• Pulling it all together - Action planning.

Mapped against UK- SPEC competencies: B, C and D

  1. Design and development of processes, systems, services and products - For Chartered Engineers: ‘Apply appropriate theoretical and practical methods to the analysis and solution of mechanical engineering problems’ For Incorporated Engineers ‘Apply appropriate theoretical and practical methods to design, develop, manufacture, construct commission, operate, maintain, decommission and re-cycle mechanical engineering processes, systems, services and products’
  2. Responsibility, management or leadership - For Incorporated and Chartered Engineers: 'Provide Technical and commercial leadership’
  3. Communication and inter-personal skills - For Incorporated and Chartered Engineers: 'Demonstrate effective interpersonal skills’

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  • Duration:
    2 days
  • Location:
    London
  • CPD Hours:
    14
  • UK-Spec:
    B, C, D

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