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About the Course

In today’s ever-growing and changing world, being able to think creatively and innovatively are essential skills. It can sometimes be challenging to step back and reflect in an environment which is fast paced or when you are required to assimilate large amounts of information. Making sense of or communicating new ideas in an innovative and engaging way, approaching problems from fresh angles, and producing novel solutions are all traits which are highly sought after by employers. This course will equip you with a ‘tool-box’, introducing you to a selection of behaviours and techniques that will augment your innate creativity. Some of the tools are suited to use on your own and others work well for a group, enabling you to leverage the power of several minds. You can pick and choose which of these tools or techniques suit your needs and interests, focusing on some or all of the selected approaches and in the order that fits best for you. The practical approach of this course enables you to acquire an essential skill-set for generating ideas, with plenty of: - Fun e-tivities and exercises; - Practical lectures and tips; - Video representations of the techniques in action. By the end of this course you should be able to: - Pick a type of brainstorming you think will be useful to apply to a challenge - Use alphabet brainstorming in tackling a challenge - Use grid brainstorming in tackling a challenge - Use a morphological chart to synthesise a solution to a challenge - Use the TRIZ contradiction matrix to identify recommended inventive principles - Apply SCAMPER to a range of challenges The greatest innovators aren’t necessarily the people who have the most original idea. Often, they are people- or teams- that have harnessed their creativity to develop a new perspective or more effective way of communicating an idea. You can train your imagination to seize opportunities, break away from routine and habit, and tap into your natural creativity. Join this course and a community of practitioners in CREATIVITY!...

Top reviews

M

Jul 22, 2020

Amazing to find out that I have been using the Six thinking Hats tool all my adult life and I wasn't even aware of its existence! As an Event Manager, I would definitely be applying many of the tools.

OE

May 29, 2020

I enjoyed this course right from the start. The videos are relatable and exciting as so were the reading exercises to get a better knowledge of how to think and easy, fast steps to get to those ideas.

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By Huong N

Sep 13, 2020

It's been such a pleasure to complete this course. Before taking it, I am an emotion labour and don't know whatever it takes. I have been refreshed myself and worked with intelligence mind. During almost my university-driven learning times, I can't solve any problems related to my job, that is to say I have to ask many people about it. Shame on me! Now a few questions about myself are answered and it leads me to a new revolution. Thanks Professor Peter Childs so much!

By J. C F

Dec 13, 2020

It's a very fun and useful course! I believe we've been practicing "creative thinking" everyday in our life to solve different problems, however, not many of us knows techniques and tools for creative thinking in a systematic way. With participating this course, I reflected what I've known about creative thinking techniques and tools and what I never heard or practiced yet. More practicing of these techniques and tools in my work and life going forward for sure!

By Алла В Б

Apr 28, 2020

This is an incredibly useful course for developing creativity! So much valuable, practical information was provided in this course. I thank the founders of this course for their work, for the really working tools for developing creative thinking that can be used in any field of activity, both individually and when working in groups. I am happy to be a student who has completed this course and, at the same time, I am sorry that this journey has ended.

By Dr V D - P

Aug 19, 2020

i am really happy to undertake and complete such a wonderful course on creative thinking - great videos and wonderful demonstration by prof.Peter with his students. It gave us more understanding on the concepts. i am a professor in design school and this course has helped me to learn lot of new concepts. i assure these will be applied in my teaching lifelong. once again i thank the team for designing such a useful and fruitful course in "creativity"

By John K B

May 22, 2020

The course was very enriching and an eye-opener to a world of multiple tools for thinking techniques. I was spell-bounded to the course through the duration. Every moment was a time of new discovery. Oh, Prof. Peter Childs was a joy to listen to. His profound understanding of the subject and practical application was a well of knowledge to me. The knowledge i have garnered from this course will no doubt aid my decision making in my profession.

By Paula B

Sep 20, 2020

Everyone should take this course to boost their creativity! I love the mix of theory and application leaving learners to really practice all concepts. One thing that needs to be improved is the filtering in the discussion area as some people are not submitting anything or non-sensical phrases or sentences. Overall, if you want to improve creative thinking, this course is a must take. Thank you to Peter Childs and the team for this course.

By Zsófia S

May 8, 2021

I'd like to thank Professor Childs and his associates and students the absolutely useful, interesting and inspiring course. I am sure I am going to use these methods both in my profession and in my everyday life. More, I will check out other courses in the field because I want to enhance my creativity and as I could realize during this course, there is more in it than I would have thought before starting this course.

By OYELAKIN A S

Jun 19, 2020

i really love this course as i gained more than i expected. also it opens to my eyes and gives me a clear understanding of creative thinking. learnt the different tools of creative thinking, good visuals, clear sounds, interaction with other participants. i really love this course and i recommend it to everyone looking forward to think out of the box with the everyday challenges they are faced with.

By Ann V

Nov 6, 2022

I was able to learn new ways of thinking and how they would be applied through homework assignments, tests, discussion forums, and projects

Some more words to describe this course were design engineering because you were able to resolve issues through the use of certain terms such as SCAMPER and TRIZ which you will learn what they are later on and why they're useful to resolve any kind of issue.

By Sreehari S

May 18, 2020

Beautiful. When you realize that even the simplest technique is really powerful tool that helps in Idea creation. This course will help you realize that you too are a creative thinker. Our mind is a powerful tool and we need just to make it believe what its capable of. This course can help with that. Don't forget to actively engage in the given tasks. Your participation is an important factor.

By Swati T

Apr 15, 2021

I have thoroughly enjoyed this course and found the explanations provided, videos, pdf documents, articles very very informative which can be used and applied in our daily life. Thank you much to our instructor Peter Childs who has very clearly presented this course explaining the difficult concepts perfectly. I would recommend people should definitely enroll for this course.

By Sourav K S

Jun 1, 2021

First of all I want to thank Sir for providing us his valuable knowledge and this course.This course has personally helped me realize that there are many creative ways to solve challenging problems.

thank you sir, thanks a lot.

your admirer

Sourav Kumar Shaw from India

By Natthanit O

Jun 19, 2020

Very useful course for someone who is working in the marketing or agency field where new ideas are essential for work. Highly recommend for someone who wants to have a techniques to generate creative idea not only by themselves but also in team. I have to be honest that It's been a tough 7 weeks with several assignments & quiz on what we actually learn from the course.

By Mohammed J A

Oct 27, 2020

This course is design in a very interesting and systematic way. It has increase my skill of creative thinking and using its different tools and techniques, which will definitely help me to achieve my professional and personal goals in future.

Thank you very much to sir Peter childs and the entire team of Imperial college london and coursera.

By ZAHID M C

May 3, 2020

FIRST OF ALL I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU TO GIVEN ME OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN BUTT IN THE DIFFERENT WAY ,SECONDLY THE CREATIVE THINKING TECHNIQUES AND TOOLS FOR SUCCESS REALLY HELPFUL FOR ME AND THE RECENT CAREER . BEING A CONCIERGE MANAGER IN PEARL CONTINENTAL HOTEL IN LAHORE PAKISTAN , THAT THE REALLY STRONG TOOLS FOR MY HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY

By Bhavya B

Jun 6, 2020

This course is great to keep challenging ourselves with right tools and mindset to traverse through randomization, combination and systematic approaches for creativity.

As rightly mentioned by our mentor Peter Child, creativity is imagination with responsibility. Thank you so much for opening the doors towards this path for success.

By Ram n R

May 14, 2020

The entire course was really amazing and it gave me a wonderful experience in understanding the various ways of creative thinking throughout the course. I Thank coursera for this wonderful experience and opportunity. My heartfelt thanks to Peter childs the course instructor for his wonderful way of explaining the concepts .😊😊😊

By Fraz I

Sep 30, 2022

The content of this course was just perfect and taught professionally. By learning this course, I have realized the difference between mediocre and high level institutions. Imperial College London is truly a high level institution and they have been kind enough for offering such courses which people like us can learn online.

By Bruno d A

Jun 13, 2020

The course was great! It teaches many different techniques which can be used in our daily routine. I'm sure I will be able to use some these techniques in my working also. Regarding other techniques, such as TRIZ, I'm curious to learn more. It was a pleasant experience, I could learn and also have fun with some tasks!

By Manabu T

Jun 19, 2020

I had an excellent experience participating in this virtual course! The instructor's enthusiasm for the topic of creativity was very evident in the video lectures. I learned a lot that I can apply in my personal and professional life. If you are at all interested in this subject, I would highly recommend this course!

By Duraiya S

May 28, 2020

Creative Thinking Techniques and Tools for Success is a very interesting and useful course. It is complete with clear instructions, examples, videos, opportunities to use the techniques learnt and evaluation and feedback. What I learnt is very versatile and can be used in personal as well as professional situations.

By Ho L L

Aug 10, 2020

This course is fascinating!! The techniques you can learn in this course is priceless!! No matter who you are, if you are a human being, you have to attend this course for enhancing your creativeness so that you can come up with better solutions for the problem you face. This course is fun and eyes-opening!!

By Peter G R T

Sep 13, 2020

It gives me great pleasure to announce that I have passed course "Creative Thinking: Techniques and Tools for Success" with Grade 91.50%.

I do recommend this course to my colleagues, as it has lots of benefits, new skills and new thinking concepts such as how to think creatively and innovatively.

By Asadova M N

Jun 2, 2020

Thank you very much for creating this chance during these days. I am very happy for taking part in your course. I have improved my knowledge and experience. I think my lessons will be more productive in future. I wish the organizers of this course good health, happiness and success in this life.

By Halia S

Jul 19, 2020

I have discovered a lot of powerful and useful techniques for creative problem solving. Now I feel that I've got a couple of smart decisions for my career development and the development of my YouTube channel. The tasks are very interesting and unique. Thank you our dear professor Peter Childs!