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About the Course

This course deals directly with your ability for creativity which is a critical skill in any field. It focuses on divergent thinking, the ability to develop multiple ideas and concepts to solve problems. Through a series of creativity building exercises, short lectures, and readings, learners develop both an understanding of creativity and increase their own ability. This course will help you understand the role of creativity and innovation in your own work and in other disciplines. It will challenge you to move outside of your existing comfort zone and to recognize the value of that exploration. This course will help you understand the importance of diverse ideas, and to convey that understanding to others. The principal learning activity in the course is a series of "differents" where you are challenged to identify and change your own cultural, habitual, and normal patterns of behavior. Beginning with a prompt, e.g. "eat something different", you will begin to recognize your own = limits and to overcome them. In addition, you are encouraged to understand that creativity is based on societal norms, and that by it's nature, it will differ from and be discouraged by society. In this course, the persistence of the creative person is developed through practice. At the same time, these exercises are constrained by concerns of safety, legality, and economics, which are addressed in their creative process....

Top reviews

AF

Mar 1, 2016

SO INTERESTING AND FUN. Have you ever took a stranger'S secret and propose another stranger to take that secret in exchange of one of his? This course is an opportunity to do crazy stuff like that!

RJ

Feb 14, 2021

A concise and informative course. The course consolidates my fundamental knowledge about the different components and concepts of problem-solving and decision-making. I really learned a lot.

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By Wafaa A N

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Feb 17, 2022

Good Course

By Nisha W J

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Jul 1, 2020

It was good

By Mrunal D P

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May 3, 2020

Interesting

By Ata A

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Mar 13, 2025

very good

By Mukul W

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Jun 27, 2020

Good one!

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Apr 14, 2023

muy útil

By Deepak B

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Jul 25, 2020

Good one

By Mamta S

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May 9, 2020

Great!!!

By Shubham M

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May 17, 2020

IMPROVE

By Amal M A

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Sep 4, 2023

ممتازة

By Saleh B

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Jul 13, 2023

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Jul 5, 2020

Gooodd

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Nov 24, 2024

bueno

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Oct 2, 2022

good

By Bruno M P S C

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Jun 30, 2021

buena

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Apr 3, 2024

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Aug 27, 2023

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By arepallynikhitkumar a

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Nov 24, 2020

good

By Mariam O A

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Sep 18, 2020

Nice

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Jul 3, 2020

good

By Koustav M

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Jun 9, 2020

Good

By Sanjay K

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May 21, 2020

good

By Gaurav R

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Aug 14, 2022

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Sep 1, 2023

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By Lauren H

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Apr 12, 2021

Overall, I enjoyed this course. I found the readings to be very insightful along with the supplementary materials (there was a stellar Ted Talk) but some of the videos fell a bit short for me along with some of the activities. I enjoyed the thought and meaning behind the DSD challenges but some of the instructions and encouragement to complete these activities/challenges in public felt odd to me and read more like a sociology 101 course. In the same vein, I think the rolling admittance of an online course like this does not lend itself well to group feedback/discussion time. I didn’t see many people interacting in the discussion sections or providing meaningful feedback so that part felt a bit futile. However, again the ideas behind these DSD challenges were great and I appreciated trying to think of new things to do and ways to be more creative in my own life, changing my habits, etc. I picked up some good tips and tricks in terms of mind mapping and attribute listing which I will definitely use to help me problem solve in the future. So overall, I enjoyed the course and learned new things but it ultimately felt very surface level (which could be very fair considering this was a beginner course) but I wished there had been more personal activities that focused on building and growing my own creativity.