Thinking and doing the same things faster and better is not enough for innovation; we need creativity. Fortunately, creativity is a skill you can learn. This course will examine when, why, and how you can be creative so you can go through the creative process more efficiently and effectively. It teaches concrete steps to enable you to change your perspective to see new possibilities and solutions. It clarifies what to expect from the creative process and provides support for how you can sustain your progress. It also provides guidance on leading a supportive culture for creativity. The result is an ability to increase your own creativity and that of your teams and organizations so as to recognize and develop new opportunities.
Creativity Toolkit I: Changing Perspectives
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Creativity Toolkit I: Changing Perspectives
This course is part of Innovation: From Creativity to Entrepreneurship Specialization
Instructors: Jeffrey Loewenstein
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What you'll learn
Generate creative ideas and solutions more frequently.
Progress through the creative process more efficiently and systematically.
Generate more and better creative ideas.
Develop greater perseverance even in the face of rejection.
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There are 5 modules in this course
You will become familiar with the course, your classmates, and our learning environment. The orientation will also help you obtain the technical skills required for the course.
What's included
4 videos5 readings1 assignment1 discussion prompt
In this module you will learn why creativity matters, what creativity is, and how to get started being creative.
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12 videos2 readings4 assignments
In this module you will learn a way to break down what it is we are currently thinking so that we can consider changing it to generate new outcomes.
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7 videos2 readings3 assignments1 peer review
In this module, you will learn that creativity can be joyful, intrinsically motivating, and even liberating. You will also learn how to manage your organization so that your employees find ways to persist through the process as well.
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10 videos2 readings5 assignments
We want to be more creative ourselves, and we also want to support the creativity of others. In this module, we examine how to help encourage creativity in our teams and organizations. We explore how the cultures we set can support creativity though supporting members’ motivation to be creative and providing opportunities to be creative. We examine how core tasks around providing feedback, setting rewards, and managing resources and setting constraints can encourage rather than discourage creativity. We also review the role of context, and how the spaces in which we work signal creativity is welcome or unwelcome. Through our actions and leadership, we can foster openness, autonomy, and playful experimentation, and thereby support creativity in our teams and organizations.
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12 videos4 readings7 assignments1 plugin
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This course is part of the following degree program(s) offered by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. If you are admitted and enroll, your completed coursework may count toward your degree learning and your progress can transfer with you.¹
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Excellent! Well structured. Coursera is a great platform. The professors are engaging and seem to really care about their students. I learned a lot over the last 4 modules.
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Reviewed on Dec 13, 2020
This course made the process of creativity clearer, and it provided methods to find ways to be creative when you're stuck through systems like PAGES.
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Reviewed on Sep 5, 2020
Excellent, well structured course!!! has lifted my creative thinking process. Fantastic course instructors with cordial course presentations.
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