Systematic Creative Thinking: Tools for Success
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Systematic Creative Thinking: Tools for Success at Coursera Overview
Duration | 10 hours |
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Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Intermediate |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
Systematic Creative Thinking: Tools for Success at Coursera Highlights
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- 8 quizzes
Systematic Creative Thinking: Tools for Success at Coursera Course details
- 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 at Coursera Curriculum
Week 1
Creativity, creativity tools and the creativity diamond
Example solutions for use of morphological analysis
Principles of morphological analysis
Systems and subsystems
Group Application
Systems and subsystems examples
Knowledge Check: Morphological Analysis
Your turn
Morphological Chart Examples
Week 2
Introduction to the principles and use of a morphological analysis chart
Morphological analysis applied to plot generation
Group application of morphological analysis to plot generation
Renewable energy options (self-marking)
Housing Archetypes (self-marking)
Software is available
Plotlines and associated archetypes
Production of a morphological analysis chart
Practice quiz
Sub-systems and grid
Plot line challenge
Week 3
Short cut to experience
TRIZ Principles
Example using the principles of invention list to run through for a challenge
Improving and worsening features example
TRIZ parameters or features (self-marking)
Improving and worsening features
Use of the TRIZ Contradiction Matrix example
Introduction to TRIZ
The 40 Inventive Principles
The 40 Principles: 1-10
The 40 Principles: 11-20
The 40 Principles: 21-30
The 40 Principles: 31-40
The 39 parameters
Improving parameters for EV thermal comfort
Improving and worsening features example
Principles of invention
Week 4
Contradiction and its resolution
Aircraft embarkation
Eye medication example
Packaging
Your turn (self- marking)
Interview with TRIZ expert Karen Gadd
Introduction to the contradiction matrix sheet
Smart little people
Extending the use of TRIZ to non-technical challenges
Your turn
Example 1
Eye medication example
Week 5
SCAMPER details
Scamper for Architecture
Ideas for tackling the ocean plastics challenge (self-marking)
Team innovation using SCAMPER
Ideas for improving well-being (self-marking)
Creativity Tools and the Creativity Diamond
Introduction to SCAMPER
Knowledge check on SCAMPER
Application of SCAMPER to the ocean plastics crisis
Using Scamper to Improve Wellbeing
Week 6
Societal design
Review of the creativity diamond framework
Societal design morphological chart
Use of weighted criteria for idea assessment
Use of TRIZ for resolving challenges with an idea
Use of SCAMPER for idea elaboration
Your turn: Societal design morphological chart
Evaluation matrix using feasibility, viability and desirability criteria
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