This course explores how to foster creativity and innovation within teams and organizations. Drawing on current research and practical frameworks, learners examine the key factors that enable creative collaboration and practice tools and techniques designed to stimulate productive, innovative thinking in group settings.
Module 1: Introduction to Creativity and Innovation in Teams
Explores the foundations of creativity and innovation and their importance in modern organizational and team success.
Module 2: Drivers of Creative Collaboration
Examines the key factors that influence creativity in groups, including culture, communication, and psychological safety.
Module 3: Creative Thinking Frameworks and Models
Introduces established frameworks and models that support structured creative and innovative thinking.
Module 4: Tools and Techniques for Idea Generation
Focuses on practical methods such as brainstorming, mind mapping, and other ideation techniques to stimulate creativity.
Module 5: Facilitating Innovation in Group Settings
Explores strategies for guiding teams through collaborative problem-solving and innovation processes.
Module 6: Applying Creativity to Real-World Challenges
Engages learners in applying creative and innovative thinking tools to solve practical organizational problems.
By the end of this course, learners will be able to:
Explain the factors that support creativity and innovation in teams
Identify challenges that inhibit creative thinking in organizations
Apply structured creativity tools to generate new ideas
Facilitate group techniques such as brainstorming, provocation, and other ideation methods
Encourage productive collaboration and innovative problem‑solving
Support sustained creativity within teams and organizational settings
Certificate of completion
This class is an independent-study course. Students will have all the resources needed to successfully complete the course within the online material. A student helpdesk is available for technical support during the course enrollment.