Serious Creativity - Techniques and Thinking Tools to Boost your Creative Thinking (online)

Good ideas don’t arise by chance! Learn how to develop new solutions systematically - also for your thesis.

This workshop connects creativity techniques and thinking tools with a model of the creative process so that you know when to use which tool and develop an understanding of the creative process in general. You will experience how to use the techniques to develop your thesis and to cultivate new ideas and solutions for the challenges you face.

Goals:

• understand and practice basic principles of creative thinking

• apply these principles to your challenging situation in your doctoral project

• start to tackle your challenge with the help of others

• develop specific steps on how to proceed

Contents:

• factors and principles of creativity

• understanding of creative thinking as a process

• assessing your individual situation

• how to create a work environment that supports creativity

• how to formulate challenges for your situation

• how to develop ideas for solving your challenges

• how to develop a personal action plan

This course will be conducted online.
Technical requirements: Access to internet, laptop, camera, microphone, zoom (potentially).
Your email address will be forwarded to the trainer for organizational reasons.