Da Vincian Creative Environment
Baroque music
Brain food
Power naps

The Se7en da Vincian Creative Techniques

1. Questioning assumption
2. Association
3. Modeling from Nature
4. Visual Mapping
5. Box of Randomness
6. Forced Connections
7. Ambiguous Doodling

Lectures, games, creative puzzles, creativity mini-projects and presentation. Baroque music will be played and videos of creative commercial applications will be screened.

For executives who want to learn more about Leonardo da Vinci and use his principles to create something innovative.

Michael Lum holds a Bachelor of Accountancy from National University of Singapore and a Master of Commerce from the University of New South Wales, Sydney. To hone in his skills, he pursued a Graduate Diploma (Training and Development) from Civil Service College, Singapore and a certificate in counseling.

For the last 19 years Michael has been speaking in various management topics both in Singapore and in the region. Michael is an associate faculty with SIM University and an associate trainer with NUS Extension, NTU, Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants and Marketing Institute of Singapore.

Michael is a certified trainer with American Board of NLP (Neuro-linguistics Programming), American Management Association International trainer and Louis Allen Leadership Program. An Associate Certified Coach with International Coaching Federation, he is also an IACT stressologist, NGH hypnotherapist, Laughter Yoga instructor and an Advanced Toastmaster Gold.

Prior to setting up his own business, Michael was the general manager of British and local MNCs. He was also marketing manager of an American MNC and spent 3 years working as a chief accountant in Sydney.

A wordsmith in his spare time, Michael is the bestselling author of "I Once Wore Diapers”, “No Failure; Only Success Delayed”, “Who Broke My Rice Bowl?”, “From Beggars to Millionaires” and “Make The World Your Oyster!”. The first book is translated into 4 languages. He is a regular contributor in management to Recruit, Straits Times.
In recognition of his selfless social contribution for his free talks amongst mid-life retrenched workers and singles, he was awarded ABC True Hero 2003, a social enterprise award pioneered by ABC Stout. Michael is interviewed regularly by the press, radio and TV for his work.