Cracking the Creativity Code Discovering Ideas

Skill at discovering new ideas, and delivering them, may be one of the most important practical job skills, in today’s and tomorrow’s job market. Creativity is an acquired skill, one that improves with practice. This course aims to empower individuals who believe they have lost their innate creativity, because they, their employers or teachers prefer the three R’s: replication, repetition and rote, to innovation. We show how to re-ignite rusty creative powers. During this course, you will learn proven tools, frameworks and concepts useful for discovery– generating an endless stream of new ideas implementing at least some of those ideas with skill and persistence, based on books and articles written by the instructors.

In the first part of the course, you will learn a proven structured method for generating and implementing world-changing ideas known as ‘Zoom in, Zoom out, Zoom in’ that makes creativity more accessible to everyone. In the following weeks, you will learn practical proven tools useful for delivering ideas by employing the basic principles of business and management. You will practice the method, use it to tackle challenging real-world needs and produce a 2-3 minutes video presenting your idea.

Course Learning Outcomes

On successfully completing this four-week course, you will be able to:

• Manage a process to generate an unending stream of creative ideas
• Lead a process of innovation and implement ideas through all phases from discovery to delivery.
• Apply creativity to a wide range of strategic management issues.
• Solve problems with a high degree of innovation, creative thinking and risk taking.
• Use and apply proven structured method for generating and implementing world-changing ideas known as ‘Zoom in, Zoom out, Zoom in’.
• Develop and implement an innovation in your own practice.
• Identify new and unfamiliar challenges and reflect on these challenges from a creative point of view, action they require and service they provide.
• Demonstrate creative problem solving skills for defining, structuring and solving real world operations management problems.

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Syllabus

Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Week 1
What is Creativity?
Week 2
Zoom in, Zoom out, Zoom in
Week 3
Creativity in practice
Week 4
Reinventing yourself
Week 5
Bonus material (ungraded module)

FAQ

When will I have access to the lectures and assignments?

Access to lectures and assignments depends on your type of enrollment. If you take a course in audit mode, you will be able to see most course materials for free. To access graded assignments and to earn a Certificate, you will need to purchase the Certificate experience, during or after your audit. If you don't see the audit option:

What will I get if I subscribe to this Specialization?

When you enroll in the course, you get access to all of the courses in the Specialization, and you earn a certificate when you complete the work. Your electronic Certificate will be added to your Accomplishments page - from there, you can print your Certificate or add it to your LinkedIn profile. If you only want to read and view the course content, you can audit the course for free.

Is financial aid available?

Yes. In select learning programs, you can apply for financial aid or a scholarship if you can’t afford the enrollment fee. If fin aid or scholarship is available for your learning program selection, you’ll find a link to apply on the description page.

Reviews

thanks for the Teacher.. he is really good at it.. and he conveyed his passion to us, successfully

Although some aspects were repetitive, I do enjoy learning from the many stories of creative problem solving.

It was educative and impactful, I learnt a lot about cracking the creativity code.

Vvery best course in the world..I am really stunned after seeing the knowledge of sir..i am very happy after completing the course..