Fostering Creative Thinking in the Workplace (TRN147)

Overview

Delivery method

Online

Duration

1.5 hours

Audience

Employees

Supervisors

Managers

Description

Creativity is increasingly becoming an in-demand skill for today's workforce. This online self-paced course introduces the importance of promoting creativity and fostering the use of creative thinking in the workplace as it relates to problem solving and innovation. Through a series of videos and writing exercises, participants will practise applying their creativity skills, specifically within a Government of Canada context.

Topics include:

• defining creativity and its importance
• introducing the basic concepts behind the neuroscience of creativity
• identifying the benefits of creative thinking at work
• exploring methods to promote, develop and strengthen creativity in the workplace
• applying different creativity techniques, exercises and activities in the workplace