Momentum Creative Problem Solving -- Basic Training

This is a 3.5 hour online workshop. The primary benefits to learning MOMENTUM CPS:

• Improved ability to solve complex problems alone or with groups
• Learn to shift your thinking rapidly in order to create more effective solutions, faster
• Leverages your inherent creativity, imagination, and analytical talent
• Momentum CPS provides a common language and process for teams to process challenges
• Momentum CPS is effective brainstorming -- going far beyond typical methods
• CPS is an essential tool set for personal or organizational change and innovation
• Develop solutions for sustainability and social innovation
• Experience the Fun and Joy of solving difficult problems making a better life

What Is Momentum CPS?

Momentum Creative Problem Solving (MCPS) is a three phase, six step process for solving complex problems. It's a structure, a model, a process, and, it's non-confining. In fact, it's a launch pad for improvisational problem solving.

If you have a thorny, scary problem, or a huge but complicated opportunity, MCPS is perfect for understanding, working through, creating, inventing, polishing ideas, and getting into action. It is highly useful and appropriate for individuals or teams.

Proven by Large Organizations and Creative Individuals for Many Years

CPS is used by many large organizations including P&G, Leo Burnett, BBDO, Frito Lay, and many others. It's been used by entrepreneurs, artists, and educators around the globe to improve and innovate. MCPS is an updated model with a new emphasis on improvisation within the structured process.

Many professional facilitators (and coaches) use CPS as an essential framework. Facilitators continue to add new tools and techniques further amplifying CPS flexibility and effectiveness.

Professional innovators often use CPS as a foundation and add elements/tools of Design Thinking, Agile, and Lean to compliment and essentially "roll their own" innovation systems.

It's Brainstorming Done Well, And More

MCPS is far more than "brainstorming." In fact, it's the process steps that come before and after idea generation that makes CPS a complete creativity and innovation system.

Newbies often get surprisingly good results. As people use it and become more familiar with the process, results get even better.

MOMENTUM CPS is only offered by GFi

CPS training is not generally available. Due to Covid in-person training in CPS has stopped. This training is led by Master Trainer Gregg Fraley, who has used, taught, facilitated, and improved CPS tools since 1990.

The MOMENTUM CPS workshop includes how to:

1. Learn the mindset of rapid improvisational flow between modes of thinking.
2. Identify and clarify what challenge to work on, including mindset, need for a mandate, and ways to improve organizational innovation culture.
3. Conduct discrete research steps which includes emotional and factual data
4. Perform "problem framing" and perspective shifting (end of Phase One)
5. Think up great ideas -- doing idea generation (aka brainstorming) on focused problem frames.
6. Develop and Improve ideas using templates, canvases, and story telling (end of Phase Two)
7. Develop complete solutions, which can include several types of prototyping
8. Plan for action and begin implementation (end of Phase Three)

Participants in this training will learn the Momentum CPS process and work through a challenge of their choice as part of the course.

Course Materials Included:

• A .pdf copy of all slides and graphics
• An electronic copy of Jack's Notebook, a business novel about creative problem solving (CPS)
• A one page summary of MCPS, a quick view of the process, a "cheat sheet"
• One hour of coaching with Gregg Fraley post session

Gregg Fraley is a master trainer in creativity and innovation. He's the author of "Jack's Notebook, a business novel about creative problem solving," which teaches CPS in story form. Gregg teaches Momentum CPS to companies like Georgia Pacific, Coca-Cola, and W.R. Grace.

Unlike many creativity and innovation trainers, Gregg is a proven entrepreneur in technology. He's also a thought leader who has taken the original Osborn-Parnes model and improved it by adding more tools and methods to make the original model more complete and flexible. The Momentum CPS model includes new tools for scaffolding ideas, problem framing, and implementation. The new tools borrow from educational psychology and comedic improvisation.

Team Discounts

Groups of 3 or more receive a 10% discount. Use "Group3" Promo Code

Groups of 10 or more receive a 20% discount. use "Group10" Promo Code

Momentum CPS can be the glue that gets your team working together to create solutions.