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NIPSEA Leadership Competencies (AGILE) → 3) Insightful Thinking → Critical Thinking & Problem Solving

Creative Problem Solving


Description
14h

Language (Audio): English
Language (Subtitles): Arabic, French, Portuguese (European), Chinese (Simplified), Italian, Vietnamese, Korean, German, Russian, Turkish, English, Spanish
Level: 1

Original Source: https://www.coursera.org/learn/creative-problem-solving

This course deals directly with your ability for creativity which is a critical skill in any field. It focuses on divergent thinking, the ability to develop multiple ideas and concepts to solve problems. Through a series of creativity-building exercises, short lectures, and readings, learners develop both an understanding of creativity and increase their own ability.

This course will help you understand the role of creativity and innovation in your own work and in other disciplines. It will challenge you to move outside of your existing comfort zone and to recognize the value of that exploration. This course will help you understand the importance of diverse ideas, and to convey that understanding to others.

The principal learning activity in the course is a series of "differents" where you are challenged to identify and change your own cultural, habitual, and normal patterns of behavior. Beginning with a prompt, e.g. "eat something different", you will begin to recognize your own limits and to overcome them. In addition, you are encouraged to understand that creativity is based on societal norms and that by its nature, it will differ from and be discouraged by society. In this course, the persistence of the creative person is developed through practice. At the same time, these exercises are constrained by concerns of safety, legality, and economics, which are addressed in their creative process.
Content
  • Week 1: Introduction to the Course
  • 1.1 Welcome/Introduction
  • 1.2 Course Methods - Creative Skill Development
  • 1.3 Idea Generation - Brick Activity
  • 1.4 DSD General Introduction
  • 1.5 DSD 1: Eat - Introduction
  • 1.6 Critiquing and Making Improvements
  • 1.7 The Creativity Crisis (Published in Newsweek 2010)
  • Week 2: Divergent and Convergent Thinking
  • 2.1 Steven Johnson - Where Good Ideas Come From
  • 2.2 Divergent and Convergent Thinking
  • 2.3 Play and Creativity
  • 2.4 DSD 2: Child
  • 2.5 Steven Johnson's TED Talk - Where Good Ideas Come From
  • Week 3: Creativity, Motivation and Observation
  • 3.1 Applying Divergent and Convergent Thinking
  • 3.2 Creativity and Motivation
  • 3.3 Mindmapping
  • 3.4 Beliefs, Habits, Skills and Knowledge
  • 3.5 Give Differently - Introduction
  • 3.6 Attribute Listing - Observation and Application
  • 3.7 Supplementary - Bricolage & Exquisite Corpse as Creativity Techniques
  • 3.8 Supplementary - Developing Creative Thinking Skills
  • Week 4: Creativity and Observation
  • 4.1 Creativity and Motivation
  • 4.2 Left Brain & Right Brain Thinking
  • 4.3 Top 10 Things About Creativity
  • 4.4 Moving Forward
  • 4.5 Conclusion
  • 4.6 Supplementary - Creativity Models and Theories
Completion rules
  • All units must be completed
  • Leads to a certificate with a duration: Forever
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