This course is for leaders who directly or indirectly make decisions that impact their teams and their organizations and want to be efficient, productive, and effective while overcoming obstacles and challenges with creativity.
This course strengthens your skills in the following leader behaviors:
Creative problem solving identifies opportunities for solving problems where conventional thinking has failed. Leaders are encouraged to find new perspectives and create innovative solutions to problems that inevitably arise.
In this course, we will learn the difference between creativity and innovation and how leaders can foster an environment of innovation, which allows for creative problem solving.
In this session, we will define and understand the difference between creativity and innovation, while challenging our thinking and perceptions. We will also understand how different internal and external factors impact our perception and how our perception affects creativity.
Virtual Session (30 minutes) + Online Journal (15 minutes) + Activity (15 minutes)
In this session, we will explore how the workplace environment may encourage or inhibit the creativity and innovation of employees. We will also define the “Fifteen Percent Rule” and how it impacts employees, as well as explore the importance of having an “Idea Sponsor” and the process of capturing ideas.
Virtual Session (30 minutes) + Online Journal (15 minutes) + Activity (15 minutes)
In this session, we will introduce various tools leaders can use for creative problem solving including Mind Maps, Analogies, Fish Bone Diagram, Affinity Diagram, SCAMPER, Sticky Notes, Brainstorming, and more. We will learn how to apply these tools to situations that arise in the workplace.
Virtual Session (30 minutes) + Online Journal (15 minutes) + Activity (15 minutes)
This course strengthens your skills in the following leader behaviors:
It covers structured approaches to problem identification, brainstorming techniques, and decision-making strategies to foster innovation.
Yes, it equips everyone from team members to managers with critical thinking and solution-generation skills.
Yes, the course includes collaborative activities that build group problem-solving capabilities and creativity.
You will be able to approach challenges more creatively, make data-informed decisions, and increase team innovation output.
