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UPthEM – Upskilling Pathways for Employability
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General information

Aim - Thematic area description

This module and its accompanying activities are designed to develop Creative Thinking as a
skill and to help you to apply it in the daily running of your business and for your personal
development. The suggested activities will enable you to think creatively when you want to
solve a problem; need to overcome challenges or when you want to develop something
innovative.

In essence this module will act as a framework to support you in facing and overcoming your
challenges in the process of turning them into opportunities. Sustainable change requires
innovation; if there is no innovation the ability to thrive will be more limited in a world that is
changing so rapidly. True innovation begins with taking a different perception of processes,
resources and markets; only from this new point of view will it be possible to change how we
do business. Doing business as we did yesterday is no longer feasible and sustainable. That is
why we are increasingly being challenged to become more competitive which means that we
have to change the way we produce our products or deliver our services, the way we package
our products or present our services and even the way we market them.

During the production of this mоdule, as well as the whole Programme, we have taken into
account the needs of adult educators and trainers so it can be easily adapted and used as a
teaching aid.

If you are a trainer using Creative Thinking tools can enable you to:

• Be more engaged with trainers
• Have more powerful results
• Develop effective teaching methods
• Become time efficient
• Help your trainees become self-reliant and more capable
• Create an atmosphere of excitement and anticipation
If you are a trainee you could:

• Realise fully your potential
• Focus your attention
• Sustain your creative environment
• Be an effective problem solver
• Develop an achievable vision for your future
Usually when we have an issue or problem to solve we are often overwhelmed with all the
aspects. This state can easily get in the way of clear thinking! If we can separate out all of the
thoughts and emotions and deal with them in an organized way, then what we are left with is
space to use creativity in the thinking process.

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