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About the Course

In today’s ever-growing and changing world, being able to think creatively and innovatively are essential skills. It can sometimes be challenging to step back and reflect in an environment which is fast paced or when you are required to assimilate large amounts of information. Making sense of or communicating new ideas in an innovative and engaging way, approaching problems from fresh angles, and producing novel solutions are all traits which are highly sought after by employers. This course will equip you with a ‘tool-box’, introducing you to a selection of behaviours and techniques that will augment your innate creativity. Some of the tools are suited to use on your own and others work well for a group, enabling you to leverage the power of several minds. You can pick and choose which of these tools or techniques suit your needs and interests, focusing on some or all of the selected approaches and in the order that fits best for you. The practical approach of this course enables you to acquire an essential skill-set for generating ideas, with plenty of: - Fun e-tivities and exercises; - Practical lectures and tips; - Video representations of the techniques in action. By the end of this course you should be able to: - Pick a type of brainstorming you think will be useful to apply to a challenge - Use alphabet brainstorming in tackling a challenge - Use grid brainstorming in tackling a challenge - Use a morphological chart to synthesise a solution to a challenge - Use the TRIZ contradiction matrix to identify recommended inventive principles - Apply SCAMPER to a range of challenges The greatest innovators aren’t necessarily the people who have the most original idea. Often, they are people- or teams- that have harnessed their creativity to develop a new perspective or more effective way of communicating an idea. You can train your imagination to seize opportunities, break away from routine and habit, and tap into your natural creativity. Join this course and a community of practitioners in CREATIVITY!...

Top reviews

SD

May 12, 2020

Wonderful Course. Fantastically designed and smartly executed. Loved the whole concept of activities and engagement through various means. Enriched very nicely with good knowledge. Thanks!!

KS

Jul 24, 2020

Course is really fantastic. Provokes nice ideas with different creative methodologies. These techniques can be used in daily life to nurture individual self development and confidence

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By Jason B

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May 30, 2025

Great course.

By demiana n

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Oct 14, 2022

excellent

By Himanshu P

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Sep 9, 2023

wonderful

By Abdeljabbar N I

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Mar 20, 2022

very good

By ERWIN

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Jun 21, 2021

excellent

By Olivier W

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Nov 17, 2022

perfect!

By Rajesh k b

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Dec 24, 2021

The best

By Tiago I

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Feb 21, 2024

Take it

By MOHAMMED M

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Sep 6, 2024

thanks

By remon n

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Aug 17, 2024

great

By 万晓萌

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Jul 10, 2022

Nice~

By ANBU S S 2

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Jun 30, 2021

Nice.

By Fahad A

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Jul 23, 2025

good

By Ramesh M

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Jun 5, 2025

Good

By NAYA M D

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Sep 9, 2021

good

By SRI C V

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Sep 9, 2021

good

By Joe H

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Sep 9, 2021

Very

By SHENKUMAR R P

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Sep 6, 2021

good

By Sowmiyaa

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Jun 6, 2020

Nice

By Lonneke O

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Dec 2, 2025

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By JAIR D F B

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Nov 18, 2025

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By MARGARITA G M

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Feb 25, 2022

In general, I would recommend this course. I wish I had taken it many years earlier. Regarding TRIZ, I wish it had been explained to a larger extent, it was not very clear as to how to solve a problem since I am not involve in engineering. Here only 2 principles were mentioned and tho orther 37 not. Part of CPS and Doble Diamond were not very clear either.

By Tiara W H

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Nov 10, 2022

the course is just too boring :( It tells about creativity but I don't see "creative" itself inside the content. Tho, the material is pretty comprehensive. If you can keep up with "bored" content, take this course.

By HY_Original L

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Oct 5, 2022

I find the course is delivered in a skewed towards Auditory sensory learning. Since people are from mixed of V, A and K learning styles, I hope coursera can consider improving the delivery mode of such courses.

By GRECIA C D L

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May 31, 2022

Me gustaria mas que todos los archivos de lectura y ejercicios pudieran estar tambien con la opcion de traducirlos a español ya que se me dificulto por que no se el idioma de ingles