AA
5.0Reviewed May 15, 2024
Thanks for the introduction. Although I'm in the creative industry, this course added a lot to me.
Thank you to Professor Childs for making the course available. Great course material.
Introduction to Creative Thinking: Tools for Success
Creativity concerns the development of new ideas. Throughout human history, the application of ideas has led to transformations of our daily lives and society. Modern business activity thrives on recently developed ideas, and it is through creativity that we address both challenges and opportunities. In this module, we will help you develop your implicit understanding and skills in creativity. You will be introduced to a series of creativity tools that can be used to augment the ideas you might come up with independently. Specifically, we will develop your skills in list, sticky-note, grid and alphabet brainstorming through an introduction to the principles of the tool, along with examples and an opportunity for you to have a go. A framework called the creativity diamond is used throughout the course to guide which approach to creativity to use and when. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN • The principal facets of creativity • Principles of creativity • A framework that can be used to guide which approach to creativity to use • Metrics that can be used in assessing creativity • The importance of managing our thinking • How to use and apply list, sticky note, grid and alphabet brainstorming SKILLS YOU WILL GAIN • Divergent and convergent creativity • Assessing creativity • Principles of brainstorming • List, sticky-note, grid and alphabet brainstorming
Status: Critical Thinking
Status: Brainstorming
BeginnerCourse13 hours
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AB
5.0Reviewed Jan 20, 2024
Amazing start of Creative Thinking Tools for Success and Leadership Specialization course! Thank you so much!
AL
4.0Reviewed Jun 1, 2025
Focuses on brainstorming methods for generating ideas. Also explains the diamond: going from divergence to convergence.
FL
5.0Reviewed Aug 15, 2023
Thank you to Professor Childs for making the course available. Great course material.
LN
5.0Reviewed Jun 6, 2024
Me encanto el curso porque son metodologias practicas de trabajo. Y es posible utilizarlas en la actividad rutinaria
HA
5.0Reviewed Jan 11, 2024
Thank you for this opportunity 🙏🏻 the course is enlightening and inspiring
CD
5.0Reviewed Jun 11, 2025
Very informative, inspirational and well structured. Thanks a lot!
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Fiona Lin
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Reviewed Aug 16, 2023Hanan Abdulhadi Alakshan
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Reviewed Jan 12, 2024Thank you for this opportunity 🙏🏻 the course is enlightening and inspiring
Aishwarya Pankaj Degaonkar
5.0
Reviewed Aug 18, 2023I signed up for this course the moment I saw that this was a Spezialisation eventually leading to clubbing creativity with AI. GenAI is already here on LinkedIn, Google Docs and I really wanted to learn how could I be more creative and use those tools for my professional growth and development. Even though I have just finished the first course of this specialization, I am inspired and now I want to learn more.
The quizzes were really well made, they foreshadowed as to what is anticipated in the next lessons and I loved that detail about it the most.
Since this is a very new course, I would highly recommend this to anyone who is interested in developing their creative mind. I am in education industry and I thought I could use this course to upskill myself, but this course truly welcomes all the industries.
عبدالرحمن بن محمد المشيخي
5.0
Reviewed Jan 9, 2024But where are the training hours? Is it reasonable to create a certificate without hours? How can I benefit from it? In this way, I cannot benefit from it
فرحان جلفيف مجادع الرويلي
5.0
Reviewed Dec 15, 2023An outstanding program. Thank you very much. May God reward you with goodness and may God grant you success in all goodness and pleasure
Alina Budiak
5.0
Reviewed Jan 21, 2024Amazing start of Creative Thinking Tools for Success and Leadership Specialization course! Thank you so much!
DHAIFALLAH MANSI BIN SADI ALZAHRANI DHAIFALLAH MANSI BIN SADI ALZAHRANI
5.0
Reviewed Jan 10, 2024محاضرة قيمة تحمل كما غزيرا من المعلومات والمهارات المعينة على التفكير والنجاح والتصميم في شتى المجالات
Rehab Radhi Aqeel Alaqil
5.0
Reviewed Jan 23, 2024تمنيت لو كان هناك ترجمة بالعربي- دورة مميزة ومحترفة ومتكاملة وبعد آخر في تقديم الدورات اونلاين
Raj Singh
5.0
Reviewed Oct 11, 2023Nice course offered by Coursera
SHAREFAH DHFAR H AL GHORAH SHAREFAH DHFAR H AL GHORAH
5.0
Reviewed Jan 7, 2024دورة شاملة للتفكير الابداعي
MANAL SAUAD ATYAQ ALANAZI MANAL SAUAD ATYAQ ALANAZI
5.0
Reviewed Jan 25, 2024ما شاء الله تبارك الرحمن
Umer Cheema
5.0
Reviewed Aug 6, 2023Very interesting course
EID MARDI Z ALSHAMMARI
5.0
Reviewed Jan 11, 2024ممتازه واستفدت الكثير
MANEERAH HASAN ZAID HAMDI
5.0
Reviewed Jan 6, 2024أجمل دورة ماشاء الله
Effat Jameel AbdulRaheem Sanyour
5.0
Reviewed Jan 6, 2024معلومات ثرية ورائعة
SAAD FALAH MUSAIKH ALSHAMMARI SAAD FALAH MUSAIKH ALSHAMMARI
5.0
Reviewed Jan 13, 2024شكرا جزيلا لكم ...
MANSOUR MOHAMMAD I AL MANDAH MANSOUR MOHAMMAD I AL MANDAH
5.0
Reviewed Jan 24, 2024شكرا على كل ماقدم
نوره عبدالرحمن ابراهيم العريك
5.0
Reviewed Jan 8, 2024شكرا استفدت كثيرا
NAIFAH SUWAILEM EID ALATAWI NAIFAH SUWAILEM EID ALATAWI
5.0
Reviewed Jan 21, 2024كل الشكر لجهودكم
Eid Awadh Jurayyan Alanazi
5.0
Reviewed Jan 18, 2024thanks every all