BSBINN801 Lead innovative thinking and practice - Assessment Task 02

Task A

Carefully read the following:

The Senior Management Team of King Edward VII College has analysed and discussed your Innovation Strategy and decided to prioritise training for staff on developing innovative and creative thinking techniques.
They would like you to design, develop and deliver a training session for staff on developing and using innovative and creative thinking techniques.
If the training is successful, this will also be rolled out to students as a cutting-edge service to assist students in their studies and future career.

Complete the following activities:

1. Develop a training session on developing and using innovative and creative thinking techniques.
One of the organisational learning strategies that has been adopted and prioritised by the company is teaching staff about innovative and creativity thinking techniques. It is considered to be an important part of fostering a workplace culture of innovation and managing risks associated with innovation.
It is felt that by helping employees develop these skills, it will be possible to stimulate greater innovation within the organisation.
You are required to research and then design a training session (of approximately 2 hours) for staff on innovative and creative thinking techniques.
Use your own innovation and creative thinking skills to their full to design and develop this training session for staff. You will need to provide staff with information about innovative and creative thinking techniques, as well as coordinating activities that give them some practice in applying them.
Use the Innovative and Creative Thinking Training Outline Template to provide an outline of the session.
In the next activity you will be required to develop a supporting PowerPoint presentation to deliver the training, so include that in your outline.

2. Create a presentation.
Using PowerPoint (or another presentation program), create a presentation that will support the staff training that you will be giving.
The presentation you develop should include all of the content that you have planned in your Training Outline, including key points and activities.
You should include notes in the slides to support you when you are delivering the session. Save this file as Innovation Training Presentation.

3. Prepare a draft email to your assessor.
It should introduce and summarise the contents of the attachment and seek their feedback.
The text should ask for the place, date and time that you can conduct the staff training.

4. Deliver training on innovative and creative thinking techniques
You are required to deliver your session on innovative and creative thinking techniques to the staff.
Your assessor will organise 2 students who will roleplay staff attending the presentation. Deliver the training using the session outline you have developed, as well as the training aids. Prior to delivering the presentation, make sure that you practice your delivery, so you are well prepared. You will be assessed on your presentation technique as well as the content of your presentation.
During the training session, you are required to demonstrate effective communication skills including:

• Speaking clearly and concisely using language and vocabulary that your audience can easily understand
• Using non-verbal communication to assist with understanding
• Asking questions to identify required information
• Responding to questions as required
• Using active listening techniques to confirm understanding

During the session, you will also be required to demonstrate your personal leadership approach to foster innovation that you demonstrated during the meeting in Assessment 1 Task B.