This Creative Thinking specialisation consists of three courses, designed to enhance learners' creativity skills by employing diverse brainstorming techniques, systematic creativity tools, and advanced creative thinking strategies. Throughout the specialisation, participants will gain expertise in using approaches such as the creativity diamond framework, biomimicry, analogy, metaphor, and AI-enabled platforms in order to generate innovative ideas and effectively address challenges or opportunities in their projects or activities.

Creativity concerns the development of new ideas. Throughout human history, the application of ideas has led to transformations of our daily lives and society. Modern business activity thrives on recently developed ideas, and it is through creativity that we address both challenges and opportunities. In this module, we will help you develop your implicit understanding and skills in creativity. You will be introduced to a series of creativity tools that can be used to augment the ideas you might come up with independently. Specifically, we will develop your skills in list, sticky-note, grid and alphabet brainstorming through an introduction to the principles of the tool, along with examples and an opportunity for you to have a go. A framework called the creativity diamond is used throughout the course to guide which approach to creativity to use and when. 

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

Introduction to Creative Thinking: Tools for Success

Creativity is a widely acclaimed attribute. A range of creativity tools are available that rely on creativity principles to enable systematic idea generation. This module builds on the first module where various types of brainstorming were introduced along with the creativity diamond framework which provides a guide to which type of creative approach to use. Here we will introduce systematic creativity tools that can be used to provoke a wide range of ideas that might not normally arise and can be used to augment your innate creativity. 

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

Systematic Creative Thinking: Tools for Success

Creativity is important in nearly every facet of life. Advances in neuro-science, computing and psychology, along with developments in other domains and cross-disciplinary areas have resulted in ever increasing understanding of creativity. This module will explore some advanced approaches to creativity such as the use of analogy and metaphor, various thinking styles and the role of artificial intelligence. A framework called the creativity diamond is used to guide the selection of approach to creativity relevant to your project or activity. 

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

Creative Thinking Tools for Success and Leadership

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