Skills you'll gain

Specialization - 3 course series

Throughout the three courses within this specialisation, you will have the opportunity to undertake a series of assessments where you will apply what you have learned about different aspects of creative thinking, at an Introductory, Systematic, and Advanced level.

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

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN • Familiarity with a range of approaches to creativity • The principles of morphological analysis for generating ideas • the principles of invention • To be able to identify the recommended principles of invention for a given scenario of improving and worsening features • How to use the SCAMPER creative idea provocation tool • Use of the creativity diamond framework to guid what approach to creativity to use SKILLS YOU WILL GAIN • Familiarity with a range of approaches applied to creativity • Systematic idea generation and creativity • Being able to use a morphological chart to develop a range of solutions • How to produce a morphological chart • use of the TRIZ contradiction matrix in identifying principles of invention for resolving contradictions in problem solving • Application of the SCAMPER creative idea provocation tool

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN • Biomimicry and using insights from nature • Use of analogy and metaphor in creativity • A range of creative thinking and reasoning approaches • The use of AI to generate creative outcomes • Attributes of creativity and their assessment • Use of the creativity diamond SKILLS YOU WILL GAIN • Biomimicry • Use of analogy and metaphor in creativity • Accelerated proficiency in creative thinking styles • Use of some AI enabled platforms to generate outputs • Creativity assessment • Use of the creativity diamond in practice to aid in the selection of an approach to creativity relevant to your project or activity

Systematic Creative Thinking: Tools for Success

Advanced Creative Thinking and AI: Tools for Success