Course Name

Innovation in the Workplace

Contact Hours: 7

Course Description

Creativity can do more than just spark the next Big Idea for your organization. It’s also a critical skill for finding unique solutions to problems and new ways to improve on old processes. This series will help you to build your creativity and encourage it in others in productive ways that help your organization’s bottom line.

Outcome

By completing this course you will learn to: Define creativity and innovation Describe the characteristics of left- and right-brain thinking Identify a strategy for successfully accessing the right brain Broaden your view of your consumer Describe an effective empathy board List and describe ten common enemies of innovation Discuss and apply strategies for circumventing the enemies of innovation Identify the importance of questions to innovation Describe how to ask questions to promote innovation Describe the roles that logic and energy play in the innovation process Explain the Kao-Leonard innovation model Explain how exercises can help you make the shift to brainstorming ideas Describe the components that make up our personalities Measure an idea's energy based on its relevance and uniqueness

Assessment

Students may master the course/s by achieving a percentage at or above 70% for each individual lesson, through their scoring results of the course questions, the skill assessment, or a combination of both.

Outline

Included are the modules: Defining Innovation and Determining Your Point of View Identifying the Enemies of Ideas and Innovation Asking Questions Harnessing Energy Creating Ideas Measuring Success