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Think Different

Creative Thinking & Innovation (TDF04EO)

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Savvy

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Course Overview

What Will Students Learn?

  • How to identify the difference between creativity and innovation
  • How to recognize their own creativity
  • Ways to build their own creative environment
  • The importance of creativity and innovation in business
  • Problem solving steps and tools
  • Individual and group techniques to help generate creative ideas
  • How to implement creative ideas

What Topics are Covered?

  • What are creativity and innovation?
  • Individual creativity and how to get creative
  • Developing the right environment for creativity
  • Creativity and innovation in business
  • Where does creativity fit into the problem-solving process?
  • Defining the problem
  • Creative techniques (RAP model, shoe swap, mind mapping, metaphors and analogies, situation/solution reversal)
  • Encouraging creativity in a team (brainstorming, rolestorming, brainwriting, stepladder, and slip writing)
  • Putting it all together

What’s Included?

  • Instruction by an expert facilitator
  • Small, interactive classes
  • Specialized manual and course materials
  • Personalized certificate of completion

Course Content

  • Academy Topics

    • Course Overview

    • Learning Objectives

    • Pre-assignment

    • Pre-course Assessment

    • What Are Creativity And Innovation?

    • Creativity And Innovation: A Breakdown

    • Know Your Creative Potential

    • Individual Creativity

    • Know Yourself

    • Tips For Increasing Your Individual Creativity

    • Boost Your Creative Juices

    • Get Creative

    • Pre-assignment Review

    • Developing The Right Environment For Creativity

    • What Does A Creative Environment Look Like?

    • Tips For Building Your Own Creative Environment

    • Build Your Creative Environment

    • Creativity And Innovation In Business

    • The Role Of Creativity And Innovation In Business

    • The Birth Of The Four Seasons: A Case Study

    • Where Does Creativity Fit Into The Problem-solving Process?

    • Problem-solving Models

    • Phase One

    • Phase Two

    • Phase Three

    • Defining The Problem

    • Problem Identification

    • Eight Essentials To Defining A Problem

    • Tie It All Together

    • Using The Power Of Eight

    • Creative Techniques

    • The Rap Model

    • The Shoe Swap Technique

    • Walk A Mile

    • Using Mind Mapping

    • Map It Out!

    • Metaphors And Analogies

    • Make A Metaphor

    • Situation/solution Reversal

    • Reverse It To Solve It

    • Bring On The Toys!

    • Draw It Out!

    • Encouraging Creativity In A Team

    • Brainstorming

    • Plan It Out!

    • Rolestorming

    • Act It Out!

    • The Stepladder Technique

    • Brainwriting

    • The Slip Writing Technique

    • Putting It All Together

    • Nancy Clue and the Case of the Software Upgrade

    • Create Ideas and Choose Your Solution

    • Personal Action Plan

    • Course Summary

    • Recommended Reading List

    • Post-course Assessment

Paid
  • Lessons 55
  • Skill Beginner
  • Last Update 27/02/2025