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Creative Problem Solving

Creative Problem Solving: Ideating with AI

In this fast-paced, hands-on workshop, participants will discover how the fusion of proven ideation techniques and cutting-edge generative AI can spark bold, actionable solutions to real-world business challenges. 
Led by innovation expert Bryan Mattimore — who brings over 25 years of experience guiding Fortune 500s and high-growth companies alike — this workshop offers a powerful toolkit of AI-enhanced ideation methods. Whether you're looking to: 

  • Launch or market new products and services 
  • Design smarter sales and promotional strategies 
  • Rethink manufacturing, logistics, or supply chains 
  • Reinvent hiring and retention programs 
  • Elevate customer satisfaction 

…this workshop will equip you to think bigger, move faster, and ideate smarter.

One in-person session
October 28, 2025
8:30 AM – 4:30 PM

Cost: $995

* Enroll two or more employees and receive a 20% discount on registration.
* TCU alumni, faculty and staff receive a 30% discount as part of our community.
* U.S. veterans and non-profit employees are eligible for a 10% discount in recognition of their service.

Skills and Insights You Can Apply

Participants will explore and apply a range of team and individual ideation techniques — each demonstrated using AI prompts and real-world case examples. These include: 
  • Problem Redefinition 
  • Wishing-Triggered Brainwalking 
  • Story Creation for Sales Innovation 
  • Trend Triggers for Market Relevance 
  • The Worst Idea Technique 
  • TRIZ: The Theory of Inventive Problem Solving 

Bonus: Attendees are invited to submit real (non-confidential) business challenges in advance. Select challenges will be used during live demonstrations of the AI-driven ideation process — making the experience highly relevant and immediately applicable.

Is This Course Right for You?

Ideal for cross-functional teams, innovation leads, marketers, and anyone looking to apply AI for bold idea generation.

Faculty Leader

Photo: Bryan Mattimore

Bryan Mattimore

Cofounder, Growth Engine Company

Bryan W. Mattimore is Cofounder and “Chief Idea Guy” of the Growth Engine Company, a twenty-three-year-old innovation agency based in Stamford, Connecticut. In his business consulting career, Bryan has given over one-hundred keynotes, facilitated over a thousand brainstorming sessions, and managed two hundred successful innovation projects, leading to over $3 billion in new sales annually for one-third of the Fortune 100 companies.

Clients include: BNY Mellon, Ford, IBM, LVMH, Merck, Novartis, Pepsi, Pitney-Bowes, P&G, Shell, State Farm, and Unilever. He is also a Senior Fellow with The Conference Board, and an instructor for both Caltech and TCU Neeley School of Business in their Executive Education Departments.

Bryan’s five books on ideation and innovation processes include 21 Days to a Big Idea (Diversion Books), 99% Inspiration (Amacom), Idea Stormers (Wiley Jossey-Bass) and the generative AI book, Quirks. A cum laude graduate of Dartmouth College with a major in psychology, his newest book is Islands of Invention, How to Create Extraordinary Innovation Centers, co-authored with McKinsey consultant, Claus Raasted.

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