Memory Training and Creative Problem Solving Course - 1 Day

Introductions.

What do you want to gain from attending this course?

Memory training was invented by the ancient Greeks, around 500BC. In those days, there was no internet, there were no printed books, and so if you wanted information, you got it from listening to others, or remembering what you saw.

In the old days, memory training was an essential part of your education, as a good Greek.

But in the modern world, memory was replaced by the book and then by the computer. So, we don’t bother with memory training any more.

As a result, most of us have untrained memories. That limits our effectiveness because we forget names and facts, we can’t remember much of what we read. Most people are limping along with a lazy, untrained, out-of-condition memory.

However, we can rapidly improve our memory capacity with the right training. Just like the Olympic athletes from Ancient Greece, we can improve our memory muscles.

All memory is based on using five basic concepts: Repetition. Association. Imagination. Structure. Effort. That gives us our first memory device: mnemonic. RAISE your game.

Memorise this list:

• R = Repetition
• A = Association
• I = Imagination
• S = Structure
• E = Effort

Your memory remembers what is sees more than once.
Repetition is the mother of learning.
You need to review according to a specific formula.
We will reveal the special formula for effective reviews.

Memory works by making associative links between events.
One thing reminds you of another thing. Memory training relies on your natural ability to make associations. But training harnesses this natural ability and develops it to a greater degree.
We will show you how.

Imagination is the driving force of memory.
Association and imagination work together to create mental links.
Your job as a memory expert, is to make mental links between two things: what you already know, to what you want to remember.

All knowledge is structured. If it is unstructured, it falls apart in the mind and is forgotten. If you impose a structure on knowledge, you will remember it.

Even when using special techniques, it takes a certain amount of effort to memorise anything. We will show you how to make your efforts, productive efforts.

Exercises memorising names, numbers, facts and stats

Problem solving is about how to close the gap between what you have and what you want.
The gap between what you have and what you want is called 'the Problem Space'. You need ways to fill that space.

Problem solving has two major sets: logical analysis and creative imagination.

Logic is a systematic, step by step approach, to solving problems. Almost all problems are best tackled by analysing its components and figuring out the facts, identifying causes and coming up with practical solutions. This is the problem cause solution analytical method.

Examples of logical analysis in problems solving

Many problems cannot be solved by pure logic. Instead you need the creative imagination. Creative imagination is not necessarily logical, it involves visualisation, music, inventiveness, imagery, fantasy and humour. Creative problem solving is what built the Disney organisation.
Examples of how to improve your imagery.

Mind mapping is a great way to combine the creative and the logical minds. Mind mapping allows you to be creative and orderly and systematic at the same time, and to record your ideas on paper or on computer.
We will show you how.

Tap into your office 'mastermind' by using multiple brains to crack the case!

You have heard the slogan, "Two minds are better than one."
The mastermind is your secret weapon in problem solving. You get more brains in the room and you decimate your problems by combining the multiple brains to form a mastermind.

If you have enough good brains all working to solve your problem, then success is assured.
We will go over the rules for effective team problem solving.

Examples of creative problems solving.
Summary action plan.