| Course/Workshop Title: |
Creative Thinking and Innovation |
| Course/Workshop Description |
The workshop consists of four modules (4 weeks, 4 hours each) including a final project. The four modules are:
- Basics on Innovation and Creativity (1 week or 4 hours)
- The Innovation and Creativity Process (1 week or 4 hours)
- Best Practices, Tools/Methods Application (1 week or 4 hours)
- Evaluation (Group presentations and debrief) (1 week or 4 hours)
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| Course/Workshop Duration: |
4 weeks, 4 hours each
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| Course/Workshop Objectives: |
Through the workshop, participants will:
- Enhance performance and results through innovation and creative thinking
- Learn practical frameworks and tools that can be used by participants to help them structure successful innovation in various areas of the business
- Explore different techniques for managing creative organizations
- Contribute to the development of an environment of creativity and innovation in the organization
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Expected Learning
Outcomes/Competencies: |
This workshop will:
- Develop Innovative and creative thinking, increase productivity, improve time management and find new ideas for your life and business.
- Understanding creativity science. (Know what elements are at play in a group that conduce to good creative sessions, and apply them)
- Better internal communication (Experiencing a higher mutual connection during creative teamwork will have positive outcomes for your overall communication.)
- Trust in your creative skills (You will understand the ins and outs of the creative mechanism at play, and be able to replicate them under any circumstance.)
- Quicker pace of creative work (You will tangibly improve the efficiency of the time spent in ideation processes, and free time and resources for other applications.)
- Respond to the rapid pace of change
- Create, develop, & launch new products, services, or strategies
- Develop creativity & innovation skills and learn what you didn't in school
- Learn to build a culture that sparks inspiration and collaboration, develop your ability to think creatively, and ensure your next innovation project is set up for success.
- Through interactive lectures and dynamic discussions that draw on proven theories, you’ll learn the skills, techniques, and strategies you need to successfully sustain growth and gain a competitive advantage for your organization
- Know how to apply entrepreneurial methods and tools to assess and refine new business ideas
- Understand the different aspects of launching your business idea
- Improve your persuasion and pitching skills
- Identify: Thinking habits that restrict and limit problem solving, ways to always build on ideas and rapidly produce more than you need, iterate and select the most effective and powerful ideas.
- Show: Leadership and confidence in stronger facilitation and ideation skills, creative divergence and disruptive change.
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| Who should attend the course? |
This workshop is designed for
- Entrepreneurs and business ownerswho need to find new ways to create value in the marke.
- Corporate innovators, including business development managers, product developers, engineers, designers, etc. tasked with driving growth.
- Investors, consultants, and chief innovation officers who are looking to sharpen their idea assessment and idea iteration skills.
- Students, academicians, business scholars, and researchers.
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| Requirements |
Required BA / BS degree that can be replaced by acceptable managerial experience.
Proof of English language proficiency. |