Patrick Harris
Patrick is the former Director of Creaticity for the Orange Group.
Patrick was co-designer and manager of the corporate strategic think-tank that underpinned the company's group-wide strategy during the octane-fuelled period of 1998-2002.
In 2003 he founded thoughtengine, a consultancy focusing on creativity, strategy, brand and futures. Patrick is a former non-executive Director of France Telecom UK R&D and is a current Director of Medinge, a brand think-tank focusing on furthering the humanitarian efforts of brands and their organisations. Read more...
Overview
Thinking creatively is not a special skill possessed by a lucky few, it is a talent in each of us to be nurtured and celebrated. Yet many of the processes and activities around us stifle rather than encourage creative thinking.
The Masterclass covers:
Creative approaches to thinking differently about issues facing your business. Patrick's background ensures that experienced-based concepts are the basis of the masterclass;
Participants apply these concepts to specific issues they face, in a real time, hands-on environment.
Topics include: Strategic Purpose and Principles as well as Creative Tools, Process, Culture and Environment.
The masterclass can be tailored for use in teams, projects, departments, or whole organisations.
Takeaway (Benefit to Client)
An understanding of the need and key ways to release talent in organisations.
Greater awareness of individual creative potential.
Better developed creative characteristics.
A creative toolkit for use in the workplace.
Appreciation of traits of creative teams.
An improved ability to make and use creative space.