Course description
Reinvent yourself: Unleash your creativity
Leading companies look for innovative thinking in new hires and for career advancement. Yet only 1 in 4 of us feels truly creative. Time to reinvent yourself and unleash the creativity lying dormant in all of us.
Dr. Roberta Ness, featured TED speaker, author, and one of America's leading creative thinking innovators, will guide you through her exclusive 5-step program to being an effective innovator. Learn to break free from your usual thinking pattern and start generating creative solutions to life's challenges. Sharpen your powers of observation, make surprising associations, expand your idea space, and even master how to think backwards. Hone your creative thinking skills by solving real-world problems from business and science.
Who should attend?
Prerequisites:
None
Course delivery details
This course is offered through The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health, a partner institute of EdX.
2-4 hours per week
Costs
- Verified Track -$89
- Audit Track - Free
Certification / Credits
What you'll learn
Students will learn how to:
- Solve a problem that calls for a new approach
- Identify habitual ways of thinking and find novel alternatives
- Use thinking tools such as analogy, reversal, expansion, narrowing, changing point-of-view
- Find the best innovative approach to solve specific problems
- Spread what you've learned and effectively communicate your ideas with others
About edX
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