90 minutes · Live online · Future Skills 101
Bold ideas are a trained skill, not a gift.
A 90-minute session that treats creative thinking as a trainable skillset, not a personality trait. You leave with exercises to actually build it.
The problem
Most people treat original thinking as something you either have or don't, so they wait for inspiration instead of practicing the skill that produces it.
Believing creativity is innate quietly gives you permission to stop practicing it.
The first idea that comes to mind is rarely the most original one in the room.
Without a way to generate and evaluate ideas deliberately, creative thinking stays a matter of luck.
If you've ever waited for inspiration that didn't show up, this is the session that shows you a better way in.
The core idea
Train the skill behind bold ideas.
Creative Thinking 101 treats originality as a trainable skillset, with practical exercises for generating, stretching and evaluating ideas so bold thinking becomes a habit rather than a mood.
How it works
The 90 minutes are the middle. What happens either side is what makes them stick.
No pre-work worksheet. Just show up ready to think about a challenge that could use a bolder idea.
Optional, before the sessionArne van Oosterom walks you through practical exercises for generating and stretching ideas, live, so creative thinking starts to feel like a method, not a mood.
90 minutes, live onlineTake your certificate, then bring what you've learned back to your work, or go further with a private session for your whole team.
Optional · ongoingWhat you take away
This is an introduction and it's honest about that. Ninety minutes buys you a working set of exercises, which is more than most courses manage in a day.
Why original thinking is trainable and what that actually means in practice, not in theory.
101Exercises for pushing beyond the first, most obvious answer to a challenge.
101A method for separating idea generation from judgment, so neither one blocks the other.
101How to keep the practice going after the session, so bold thinking becomes routine.
101Who it's for
What people notice
They notice that you:
And afterwards
Everyone who attends gets a Future Skills Certificate for Creative Thinking 101, shareable on LinkedIn and one tile in a collection that grows as you take more of the series.
If the session opens something up, coaching is there: one-to-one, or with your team, on a real challenge worth a bolder idea. Ask on the day, or get in touch.
Practical details
Want it for your whole team, in your own context? Get in touch.
Dates & booking
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Want it for your own team? Every Future Skills 101 course is also available bespoke and in-house on a date that suits you. Get in touch to set it up.