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How does your team ‘think outside of the box’?

Imagine your next meetings, creative projects or project experiences, as conducted and created by a team of fully engaged, connected, creative and energized performers with a well defined vision and purpose who are focused on thinking out of the box to deliver meaningful results and deliverables.

Objective

Kevin Cottam, Director and Choreographer of large multi-disciplinary events will introduce and facilitate participants through an interactive fun team-building/project development workshop, which outlines an organic creative and strategic planning process as seen from the perspective of a Director/Choreographer and Producer.  The participants will learn tools, a development process and methodology and directly apply this to a project they bring to the workshop.  In other words, they will simulate a production or project.

Kevin has utilized this process to co-create successful productions, inspire teams, set strategic goals and time lines, develop leadership, relationships and communication lines, establish roles and responsibilities in such productions as the 1988 Calgary Olympic Closing Ceremonies; the 2001 World Athletic Championships Opening and Closing Ceremonies and many more small to large innovative live and TV productions.

This workshop process encourages thinking out box, shifting the ‘individual and team mindset’ and looking at project development from a different point of view. It also allows the participants to leverage their professional knowledge, utilize what is relevant while framing from a different perspective or mindset.

Content

• Learn a project development creative process called CLIC = Connect, Listen, Inspire, Create
• Boost energy of the team by co-creating, inspiring recognition of talents and roles and embracing leadership
• Develop strategic goals and time lines
• Develop a mindset of looking at infinite amount of possibilities
• Learn to expect the unexpected
• Create solutions based on the mental, physical, emotional and spiritual intelligences
• Learn the importance of asking powerful questions
• Develop a project you are currently working on using the tools in the workshop

Methodology

• A combination of theory, creative development and hands-on project development
• The will be invited to work individually, in dyads and groups/teams with collaborative and co-creative exercises that stimulate the creative senses
• They will create together with colours on big sheets of paper a picture i.e story of the project they are creating or developing
• Music will assist in the creative process by setting a calm and energized environment
• Some exercises will engage them in a more physical nature to experience sensory feelings (important for creation and communication)
• Engage in playful activities (e.g. to wear clown noses)

Deliverables

• Experience a different mindset or perspective on the creative process and ingredients that make up a successful event from view point of a director
• Learn a simple project development process called CLIC = Connect.Listen.Inspire.Create
• Boost energy team experiences by focusing on vision and purpose of the project
• Introduce to individuals and teams that play is integral to develop a harmonic working environment
• Explore the idea of expanding the roles and responsibilities to creative collaborators
• Take a project you are developing and work through the process.

Duration

• 1-5 day program depending on the amount of in-depth content - plus post team coaching 3-6 months on more issues of project development
• It can be done over a period of time such as in an arts school or college
• It can also be divided into specific workshops based on Leadership, Creative Process, Developing a Vision, Growing team empowerment