Creativity

“Nothing is more relevant to us than ourselves”

We passionately believe in ourselves and embrace innovation in all that we do. Our aim is to push the boundaries of what is considered possible as individuals and as a business.

Highly motivated by all things creative, we focus on going with the moment, flowing with the group process, visual and sensory learning and experiential and action learning methods. These learning methods are at the heart of our work - they ignite the passion in the people we work with, give strength to personal and professional growth and act as a springboard for creativity and change.

We believe that genuine learning is a process which starts from within the learner themselves. This is the starting point for an individual to grow and develop and learn in his or her own direction and in their own way. Experiential and creative learning provides a forum for self knowledge and is a way of using a person’s everyday experiences as data for learning about human relations. This model of learning has power and impact because it offers relevance to the individual, and confronts basic emotional issues with which people have to deal with every day.

The issues of fear of change, new working practices, adapting style and practice, team dynamics and acquiring work related knowledge and expertise are central to most people’s daily interactions, and learners using this model gain an increased awareness of these issues through organised and focussed experiences.

Experience has shown us that we learn skills most effectively through practice toward an ideal model, knowledge of results, and positive reinforcement. Our training is designed to encourage the people whom we train to participate and become actively involved in learning, and to take responsibility for their own learning.

We believe that experiential learning methods facilitate a sense of ownership over the learning that occurs in these circumstances.

In conventional training models the focus is often primarily on the trainer while the learner’s responsibility is to take notes, listen, think, and memorise, then apply the content of the course in practice. Instead of concentrating on content and expecting learners to accept examples in faith, we use experiential learning methods to focus directly on the learner so that they can experience the issues as well as identifying with them intellectually.

Experiential Learning techniques allow both cognitive (knowledge) and affective (emotional) behaviour involvement. They enable learners to see, hear, feel and examine their own uniqueness in action and this provides them with a more complete learning event. By participating in situations that generate a broad spectrum of emotions, learners are given the opportunity to examine their feelings and behaviour when they interact with other individuals. They are taken through a process which facilitates an awareness of personal responsibility for actions and behaviour, and allows learners to begin to identify their own personal styles in relationships.

Our training methods are designed to facilitate group processes which allow learners to experience relevant activities designed to enable them to examine common shared experiences with other team members and contribute towards reflective practice issues.