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Ignite Your Everyday Creativity

Creativity is an essential skill for the 21st Century that is innate in all people and can be nurtured. We constantly need new and better ideas for almost every aspect of our professional and personal lives. The goal of this course is to help you recognize, develop and act upon the creativity that you already possess. We will accomplish this using three methods: b aware, b inspired, and b creative. Upon completion of this course participants will: Recognize the inherent creativity in yourself and others. Identify characteristics of a creative person that relate to yourself. Develop creative problem solving skills using the basic elements of the creative process. Examine qualities of a creative environment in real world settings. Evaluate an idea using the creative product criteria.

Status: Innovation
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Course22 hours

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SM

5.0Reviewed Nov 10, 2020

Very great course.learnt a lot in picking up opportunities in everything.happy and satisfied.thank you

RK

5.0Reviewed Jan 3, 2021

A good foundation on problem solving techniques. There is a lot of information to get through and the more you apply these techniques the better grasp of the subject you will have.

MK

4.0Reviewed Dec 24, 2015

Old curriculum but the flow is great. Very helpful. Thank you!

JC

5.0Reviewed Jan 13, 2018

An excellent course that really opens up the mind to creative opportunities in everyday life, with plenty of tools useful for application throughout work and at home.

AN

5.0Reviewed Nov 4, 2017

I enjoyed this course a great deal. I found it inspired me and increased my confidence to persevere with creative pursuits.

PG

5.0Reviewed Mar 6, 2018

One of the best course I pursued on Coursera so far. It was worth the effort

DJ

5.0Reviewed Apr 10, 2021

this was great opportunity for me to open my mind that I have never thought about it

E

5.0Reviewed Oct 24, 2016

The course boosted my creativity. I am now more confident in exploring and experimenting different things.

MP

5.0Reviewed May 2, 2017

This was a fun and engaging way to get me thinking about creativity as a skill and process rather than divine inspiration.

RR

5.0Reviewed Aug 6, 2025

Creativity is everywhere and everyone is creative in their own way This course really help me open my mental tools to understand my creativity and help me build my confidence.

PS

5.0Reviewed Apr 9, 2017

I enjoyed this course it gave me another way to view creativity and apply in my daily life.

SM

5.0Reviewed Apr 28, 2016

excellent content & treatment with thought provoking videos & transcripts

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