An Intensive 5-day Training Course
Powerful Creative Thinking &
Problem Solving
Developing Key Leadership Skills and Principles in the Workplace
Scheduled Dates
Classroom
| 15 - 19 Dec 2025 | Dubai - UAE | $5,950 | RESERVE A SEAT |
| 29 Dec 2025 - 02 Jan 2026 | Amsterdam - The Netherlands | $5,950 | RESERVE A SEAT |
| 26 - 30 Jan 2026 | Dubai - UAE | $5,950 | RESERVE A SEAT |
| 23 - 27 Mar 2026 | Dubai - UAE | $5,950 | RESERVE A SEAT |
| 30 Mar - 03 Apr 2026 | Paris - France | $5,950 | RESERVE A SEAT |
| 13 - 17 Apr 2026 | Riyadh - Saudi Arabia | $5,950 | RESERVE A SEAT |
| 27 Apr - 01 May 2026 | London - UK | $5,950 | RESERVE A SEAT |
| 01 - 05 Jun 2026 | Dubai - UAE | $5,950 | RESERVE A SEAT |
| 06 - 10 Jul 2026 | Dubai - UAE | $5,950 | RESERVE A SEAT |
| 10 - 14 Aug 2026 | Berlin - Germany | $5,950 | RESERVE A SEAT |
| 28 Sep - 02 Oct 2026 | Los Angeles - USA | $7,950 | RESERVE A SEAT |
| 02 - 06 Nov 2026 | Dubai - UAE | $5,950 | RESERVE A SEAT |
| 14 - 18 Dec 2026 | Dubai - UAE | $5,950 | RESERVE A SEAT |
| 28 Dec 2026 - 01 Jan 2027 | Amsterdam - The Netherlands | $5,950 | RESERVE A SEAT |
Online
| 15 - 19 Dec 2025 | Online | $3,950 | RESERVE A SEAT |
| 06 - 10 Jul 2026 | Online | $3,950 | RESERVE A SEAT |
| 14 - 18 Dec 2026 | Online | $3,950 | RESERVE A SEAT |
Would an alternative date be more suitable?
We offer a variety of tailored training options, customized to meet your organisation's needs. Delivered anytime, anywhere, we make it easy to bring expert training directly to your team.
Why Choose this Training Course?
This Powerful Creative Thinking & Problem-Solving training course is designed to equip executives with the necessary knowledge, insights, and practical tools to foster creativity within their organizations. Participants will learn effective, easy-to-apply techniques to critically analyze challenges and generate innovative solutions.
In today’s fast-paced and dynamic business landscape, the ability to develop fresh ideas and think creatively is a key asset. Professionals who can drive innovation, approach problems strategically, and inspire creative thinking within their teams will be in high demand.
Key Focus Areas of this training course:
- Gaining a deeper understanding of business, psychological, and social principles that encourage creative thinking and innovative approaches.
- Developing new perspectives and practical strategies to generate fresh, original ideas both individually and within teams.
- Exploring critical thinking best practices to facilitate productive discussions and positive debates.
- Learning structured problem-solving techniques and proven management tools to brainstorm, evaluate, and implement effective solutions.
- Strengthening leadership skills to build a collaborative and efficient team environment that enhances problem-solving and decision-making.
What are the Goals?
By the end of this Powerful Creative Thinking & Problem-Solving training course, participants will be able to:
- Gain a deeper understanding of the creative process and its role in business success.
- Recognize how the right balance of challenge and pressure can enhance creativity.
- Approach interactions with external clients and stakeholders with greater confidence.
- Foster more productive and engaging discussions in team meetings.
- Encourage open debate, innovation, and positive change within their organization.
- Inspire and promote creative thinking and innovative problem-solving in teams and projects.
Who is this Training Course for?
This Petroknowledge Powerful Creative Thinking & Problem-Solving training course is suitable to a wide range of managers, executives and professionals but will greatly benefit those undertaking a role that requires them to encourage more creative solutions and improvements in processes and teamwork. This course if therefore highly suitable for:
- Engineers, Designers and other Technical Specialists
- Marketing, Communications and Public Relations Professionals
- Project Managers, aiming to improve project creativity and productivity
- Senior Managers responsible for improving team performance
- Change Managers seeking to influence a change in culture and behaviour
- Professionals (lawyers, accountants) involved in innovation and change
How will this Training Course be Presented?
This training course is designed to be dynamic, engaging, and highly practical. The approach combines theoretical insights with practical methods and tools to ensure that participants can return to the office, to apply what they learn to improve their organisations. Key components of the training methodology include training course presentations, interactive workshops, real-world case studies, peer learning and group discussions, and learning to use practical tools and methods through in-class exercises.
This Powerful Creative Thinking & Problem-Solving training course adopts a blended learning methodology to ensure that participants not only gain the knowledge and skills needed to promote more creativity and innovative solutions - but also the confidence to apply these methods effectively in their everyday work and supporting positive change and performance improvements in those they lead.
Organisational Impact
Organizations will gain immediate value as participants return equipped with new skills and techniques to enhance leadership and management effectiveness. Participants will be able to:
- Integrate and advocate for creative processes in business projects.
- Navigate innovation challenges and adapt more effectively to change.
- Strengthen relationships with clients, suppliers, and key stakeholders.
- Foster an environment that nurtures creativity within their teams.
- Encourage meaningful discussions and critical thinking to drive performance
Personal Impact
Driven and motivated participants will gain valuable personal and professional benefits from this Powerful Creative Thinking & Problem-Solving training course. They will be able to:
- Engage confidently with senior leaders on topics related to change, innovation, and creativity.
- Support and inspire their teams to think creatively and generate new ideas.
- Develop strategic plans to strengthen key business relationships.
- Organize and lead engaging, innovative workshops and meetings.
- Enhance their ability to generate and refine effective solutions.
Daily Agenda
Day One: The Leadership Context: Creativity and Critical Thinking
- Introduction: Organizational challenges and change
- Defining - Critical thinking
- Defining - Creative thinking
- Understanding innovation: The need to do things differently
- Why our management style matters
- Understanding you: Your personality & your values
Day Two: Promoting Better Critical Thinking Skills
- Thinking critically: Bias & Fallacies. Quantitative & qualitative methods
- Systems one and two: Thinking fast & thinking slow
- Active listening & critical conversations: The power of critical questions
- Business analysis process tools and mapping.
- Classic critical analysis: Swots, value chains, forces and models
Day Three: Promoting Better Creative Skills
- Understanding the creative individual
- Understanding personal motivation and mindset: Encouraging flow
- Using design thinking: Encouraging divergence and convergence
- Creative thinking tools and methods: managing effective brainstorming
Day Four: Encouraging Effective Teamwork and Creativity
- Team dynamics and roles in creative environments
- The value of creative conflict and debates and avoiding group think
- Lean and agile tools: Improving work processes and meetings
- Leading by example: Improving focus and promoting effectiveness
- Feedback and coaching: Promoting performance improvement
Day Five: The Creative and Critical Organisation
- The business canvas: A creative and critical tool
- Business model: Application and practice
- Cultural dimensions - working internationally and different approaches
- Encouraging creative and critical culture
- Next steps and your personal development
Certificate
- On successful completion of this Training Course / Online Training Course, a PetroKnowledge Certificate / E-Certificate will be awarded to the delegates.
