Managers: Collective Creative Problem Solving
Program Summary
Through a fast-paced exploration of skills, tools, and activities related to curiosity, adaptability, trust, imagination, and curiosity. This session will boost your ability to solve problems creatively with others.
What You Will Learn:
- Skills, tools and resources to strengthen your ability to boost creativity in yourself and others
- A deeper understanding of how trust, adaptability, curiosity and imagination contribute to more creative problem solving
How You Will Learn (in-person):
- Hands-on activities proven to boost collective creativity
- Digital interaction using third-party engagement tools (e.g. Mentimeter) - remember to bring your phone, tablet, or laptop!
- Interactive presentation with slides and conversation
- Small group discussion
- Storytelling and examples
- Self-reflection
Audience
This session is open to managers, directors, team leads, and members with postional authority.
Participant Expectations for the live Zoom and in-person sessions
- To attend the full session. People arriving late, leaving early, or dropping in and out negatively impacts the experience for everyone. We understand that emergencies happen, but if everyone starts out with a full commitment and focus for the duration of the session, it makes the experience so much better for everyone
- To actively participate in the activities, be that personal reflection, small group conversations, and large group discussions. (And using audio and video for online sessions)
- Be open and engaged with the content of the session, even if it doesn't immediately resonate with you. We encourage you to try things out and help us create a positive learning environment for all participants
- To be professional, kind, and courteous to fellow participants and practice patience, confidentiality, and inclusivity
About Your Facilitator
Dr. Rebecca Sutherns is an insightful and high energy coach, strategist, and world class facilitator who has served as a trusted advisor to hundreds of mission-driven organizations in Canada and internationally. Rebecca is the author of three books on adaptable leadership and a frequent keynote speaker. She is a skilled communicator, with a particular gift for helping leaders reimagine their next chapter, personally and organizationally.
About Your Host
AAPS is your labour relations organization representing the Management and Professional Staff group to your employer UBC. AAPS is a separate organization from the University, and your conversations with us are confidential. We offer members professional labour relations advice that is in your best interest as an employee. We encourage you to get to know AAPS and your Collective Agreement.
The AAPS Professional Development Program is designed and hosted by AAPS for our members. We offer a variety of topics on management, leadership, interpersonal skills, workplace skills, as well as personal and social development. The AAPS PD Program is designed in consultation with the AAPS Board of Directors and staff. Member Services Officer Sarah Muff is the program's architect and manager. She staffs the PD events. If you have ideas or feedback, please email Sarah at sarah.muff@ubc.ca.
Registration Information
The AAPS Professional Development program is designed for and offered exclusively to AAPS members at no cost. AAPS members can register to attend an in-person, live Zoom session, or access the recorded version. Before registering, please consider your schedule and your ability to actively participate.
The live Zoom sessions require you to use audio, and video is also strongly encouraged. For the in-person and live Zooms, your presence and focus are important for the structure of this session. If that doesn't work for your schedule this time around, no worries, there is always the recorded version.
If you have accessibility requirements or questions, please email sarah.muff@ubc.ca. Zoom auto-captions are always enabled for our sessions. Please let me know if you need a live transcriber, interpretation, or other specific audio or visual supports for in-person or Zoom sessions. If you have other accessibility requirements for in-person sessions or would like more information about the venue, I can also answer those questions.
You can register for this session on our website: https://aaps.ubc.ca/aaps-pd-registration