Where do I fit in?
Our world seems to become faster and more complex by the day. Many of us live in large cities and work in large corporations. Even our schools are huge institutions, dwarfing the individual. Is it any wonder that people often feel lost and insignificant? And yet we live in a time when individual decisions really matter – where we shop, what we eat and how much energy we use, all affect the world around us. Never before has it been so important to take our place within the collective and to feel that our contribution has meaning and value. The success of communities, businesses, governments, and society as a whole rests on each one of us finding out where we fit in.
Our Creative Potential
Creativity is the only currency of today that is sure to provide interest for tomorrow. The world has a huge, largely untapped reservoir of creative potential just waiting to provide innovative ideas and solutions for the challenges that face us. The source of this reservoir is people! People of all ages, from all cultures, countries, businesses, organizations, communities, families, geographic areas and socio-economic backgrounds. Everyone has creativity! Creative ability is often equated with being artistically talented, but that is not so. Instead, it applies to absolutely every aspect of life, for without it nothing would happen. It is both the common denominator and the most valuable commodity in today’s world. CS provides a key to the vault which hides this treasure.
How Will CS Address Your Needs?
Many people are simply unaware of their own creative potential They have valuable ideas or solutions to offer, but are too shy or fearful of ridicule to offer them. Often this is due to the lack of a creative culture within their group or organization. In the R-Directed world of the future, can any organisation afford to ignore the development of their greatest asset?
No matter the size or purpose of your business, corporation, school, organization, club or family, if you are ready the CS process will work its alchemy of transformation and provide new avenues to:
- Creative Thinking,
- Problem Solving,
- Team Building,
- Conflict Resolution,
- Organizational Change
Challenge us with your scenario of need, give your people the opportunity to participate in a CS programme and you will tap your greatest resource – the creative potential of the human beings around you
How Does CS Transform People?
CS generates an environment of acceptance in which all ideas and creative impulses may be brought forward without being restrained by judgement or ridicule. We begin by providing innovative tools which allow each individual to discover and express their innate, and often unrecognized ability to produce unique and original ideas.
An ongoing progression in the transformative process weaves together individual contributions, culminating in a creative group presentation that both surprises and inspires.
The CS programme is experiential from beginning to end; a process in which all participate fully and equally so that no contribution is overlooked or discarded. Not only does this build the confidence of the individual, but also the confidence of the group as a whole. The process provides opportunities for the group to discover the enormous creative potential to be drawn from its individual members, and sparks awareness of the advantages and strengths generated by a unified whole, one in which each member has found their place and purpose
What We Offer You
Every person is different, so too are the different organisations they inhabit. We at CS honour that individuality by customizing our process to meet specific needs. Rather than force you to fit a preconceived mould of our making, we instead remould CS to target your desired outcomes. Our Programme and its Elements are flexible, adaptable, transformative and wide ranging in application. We put our creativity to work in order to build yours.
Whether you have 1, 10 or 100 people, CS will guide them through a process that transforms their individual and shared stories into that of a mutual, cohesive and dynamic force that benefits the whole. Using our six Elements, participants become the authors, composers, choreographers and designers of their own lives, and the life of the group to which they belong. People and groups are inspired and encouraged to generate and maintain a culture of creativity
Who Can Benefit from CS?
CS is adaptable to any age group and in almost any location.
In Schools: CS can provide programmes to encourage students and staff to develop new, creative ways to learn and to come together to build a thriving educational community.
In the Work Place: CS can help teams find new strategies to address business goals and new ways to get to know each other.
In the Community: CS programmes can bring new understanding between different sections of society and provide a creative way of resolving conflict between people in dispute.
Some Outcomes of the CS Process
- A growing culture of creativity
- a cohesive organisation
- groups that perform as “ideas and solutions” incubators
- confident people sure of their own worth and place within the whole
- a shared climate of enthusiasm and co-operation
- acceptance of differences and recognition of their enriching effect