Creativity and innovation are integral to an organization’s ability to survive and thrive in today’s competitive marketplace.
This course provides students with an understanding of how creativity and innovation can be facilitated and managed in a work setting.
Students will learn about theoretical conceptualizations of creativity and innovation as well as practical applications involved in fostering creativity and innovation in the workplace.
Students will be expected to play an active role in learning through class exercises, class discussions, and dialogue with guest speakers, and presentations about real (or planned) innovations in organizations.
Game: Pick 3 students, explain game Is to make machine motion + sound, class guess answeres until they are correct, give them 60 seconds to figure it out – GO!
What is the purpose?
To play
To break down barriers.
To show this is a safe place
Who feels a little more relaxed than they did before the game?
To successfully call on motivation, curiosity and fear, making breaking connections, and evaluation you can practice and exercise in those dynamics, just like an athlete.
With practice and exercise, you can improve the ability, confidence, and strengths you’ll need to put the dynamics into play.
We practice with words every day – how far have your words advanced in the last two years? What has contributed to this advancement, confidence, application?
Sun Tsu, The Art of War: “Know thy enemy, know yourself.”
“I am my own worst enemy.”
“To thine own self be true.”
Motivation: Intrinsic or Extrinsic? Do you know what you want in life? What is your special purpose?
Curiosity: Do you allow yourself time to explore your interests? DO you learn daily? Have fun? Are you satisfied? Do you want more?
Management of Fear and Stress: Are you able to manage fear and stress in yoru life? Does anxiety overtake you? Are you able to share your fears in a humorous light?
Connection Breaking: Can you accept when things don’t work? Can you be wrong? When is wrong acceptable? Can you be silly? Can you tolerate ambiguity, the unknown?
Connection Making: Do you enjoy new ideas, the unknown? Others ideas? Can you create absurd ideas at will?
Class Exercise: Write down what you want to be when you grow up? Write down 5 things you will be able to do when you reach this goal.
Creative Evaluation Capability: Can you identify merit in ideas? Others ideas? Do ideas have good parts, bad parts? Can you like an idea even if you don’t think it will work?
Self-Confidence: Can you find answers to problems you don’t know anything about yet? Are you creative? Tell me why (self-confidence) I should think you are creative. Can you listen to criticism without it creating fear?
Ability to Innovate: Can you get others to follow your ideas? Can you accept a compromised idea? Can you identify and idea and get an idea to work?
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Note: Provide this as a document for students to complete to reduce how much thinking they need to format. Some didn't get assignment.
Share several in class to help others understand better, demonstrate how others are addressing, defining
Exercise:
Draft a creative profile of yourself.
Answer for each item
I will pick 5 students randomly to present to the class. (Test confidence in front of an audience)
You have 5 minutes.
Class Quiz: Managing Creativity at Shanghai Tang
Discussion: Managing Creativity at Shanghai Tang
, Harvard Business Review
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