Creativity
If a business does not continue to develop and improve, then it is in decline. Its competitors will develop new products and services, and will find ways to deliver them more quickly and more cheaply. The continuous, detailed improvements in performance delivered by Lean, Kaizen and Theory of Constraints are essential to the maintenance of competitiveness, but they will not always be enough.
Sometimes a completely novel product or process is required. It is often not easy to recognise when such a novelty is needed, and then not easy to develop it. We need a way to encourage our minds to change gear, to start to think "out of the box".
Creativity techniques free the mind from the constraints of conventional, iterative, thought processes. Everyone is capable of creative, original thought, but most are conditioned to apply logical reasoning rather than intuitive mechanisms. Lateral & parallel thinking and metaphor are powerful techniques for liberating the innate creativity within your business.
Sherpa Consulting makes extensive use of creative problem solving processes, imagery and metaphor in helping its clients to solve their problems. Some of these techniques are outlined on the pages in this section. Contact Sherpa to learn more about these techniques and to discover how they can be used to solve problems in your business.