WINV060 Creative Problem-Solving for Innovation: Getting Everyone Out of the Box

 
 
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Course Description

Business innovations and scientific discoveries often result from romantic experiences, rags to riches stories, and chance. However, business insight and scientific discovery is also a way of thinking that can be learned and practiced.

If you have always understood that optimal performance demands creativity, innovations and insight, then this course is for you. Learn to access and maximize the creative tools, energy, and skills you have to generate productive and sustainable solutions.

Course Outline

  • Who is creative?
  • Creativity myths and myth busters
  • Great stories of creativity, innovation and insight
  • What is creativity?
  • The differences between innovation, insight, adaptation, divergence, convergence, and creative problem solving
  • Barriers to creativity: Physiological and neurological blocks
  • Unlocking creative insight: Physiological and neurological keyholes
  • Tools and strategies for sustaining and managing creativity and innovation:
    • Integrated focus
    • Multi-think vs multi-task
    • Visual brainstorming
    • Idea management
    • Remote association
    • Assumption destruction
    • Blue ocean strategy
    • Problem finding

Learner Outcomes

  • Explore the field of creative problem solving, and particularly insight problem solving.
  • Improve your ability to solve problems in a more creative way.
  • Exercise your research and analytical skills on a realistic issue or problem.
  • Build and develop your ‘creative’ toolbox.

Applies Towards the Following Certificates

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Section Title
Creative Problem-Solving for Innovation: Getting Everyone Out of the Box
Type
Online
Days
M
Time
5:00PM to 6:00PM
Dates
May 06, 2024 to May 13, 2024
Type
Online
Dates
May 06, 2024 to May 26, 2024
Type
Online
Days
T
Time
5:00PM to 6:00PM
Dates
May 21, 2024
Schedule and Location Requirements
Contact Hours
3.0
Delivery Options
Course Fee(s)
Tuition non-credit $695.00
Instructors/Guest Speakers
  • Barb Collombin
Section Notes
Course Drop or Withdrawal
A course drop or withdrawal can be requested by students through the Student Portal. Deadline dates for each noted below:
   Drop Deadline: 5-May-2024
   Withdrawal Deadline: 16-May-2024
 
Course Transfer
Students wishing to transfer sections or courses should contact PCS directly for support.

All drops, withdrawals and transfers are subject to the applicable Refund Policy.
Section Title
Creative Problem-Solving for Innovation: Getting Everyone Out of the Box
Type
Online
Dates
Jun 03, 2024 to Jun 23, 2024
Type
Online
Days
T
Time
5:00PM to 6:00PM
Dates
Jun 04, 2024 to Jun 18, 2024
Schedule and Location Requirements
Contact Hours
3.0
Delivery Options
Course Fee(s)
Tuition non-credit $695.00
Section Notes
Course Drop or Withdrawal
A course drop or withdrawal can be requested by students through the Student Portal. Deadline dates for each noted below:
   Drop Deadline: Jun 5, 2024
   Withdrawal Deadline: Jun 13, 2024
 
Course Transfer
Students wishing to transfer sections or courses should contact PCS directly for support.

All drops, withdrawals and transfers are subject to the applicable Refund Policy.
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