Can individuals, teams and organizations be trained to produce more creative ideas and valuable innovations? For businesses, non-profits and government agencies, VisionMining offers three engaging, enlightening, mind-altering photography-based programs that help do just that.

1. Creativity and Innovation Workshops. Armed with point-and-shoot or cell phone cameras, participants perform a variety of "assignments" that open minds to fresh ways of perceiving—and solving—problems. Probing discussions following each assignment focus on critical objectives:

   • Finding new ways to think and work by challenging mindsets/assumptions.
   • Overcoming status quo bias, risk-aversion and lack of self-confidence.
   • Exploring problems from multiple viewpoints.
   • Enhancing motivation, collaborative efforts, and leadership skills.

2. Team Building Events. Group activities with cameras are designed to enhance teamwork, demonstrate the benefits of exploring diverse viewpoints, and apply methods for finding new perspectives. This "team building with a creative spin" involves less in-depth discussions and more picture taking than our C&I Workshops.

3. Presentations/Keynotes. Photographs and anecdotes serve as an entertaining springboard to revealing ways to enhance workplace creativity, innovation, teamwork and more. For relatively small groups, presentations can include substantial audience interaction.