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Creative Collaboration
Course Code: BM-COLB
We have all heard the expression “two heads are better than one.” The benefits of getting people to generate and share ideas together are clear; not only do diverse perspectives lead to better decision, but collaborative team efforts also result in better solutions. Effective collaboration is about more than harmonious agreement or efficiency. Today's complex challenges require teams to navigate ambiguity, unearth bold ideas, and embrace a new way of working—one that harnesses the power of diverse perspectives and creative thinking to push past the obvious, safe solutions to the truly innovative ones. Gain the skills and techniques you need to foster creative collaboration and unleash the potential of a team.
The course is aimed at Managers who want more give-and-take with their creative peers, project-based individuals or teams that seek the knowledge and skills to work more effectively with fellow colleagues.
There are no prerequisites for this course.
On completion of the course, you will have gained the knowledge and skills on how to:
- Explain the place of idea generation in the team creative process.
- Introduce quick and easy ways to warm up a team or group before embarking on a creative activity, such as strategic planning, problem solving, visioning, or product development.
- Present structured processes for generating effective ideas for products, plans, or business needs of any kind.
- Provide tools for enhancing the creative performance of organizational groups and teams.
There is no exam associated with this course.
Modules
- Absolutely Positively
- Any Questions?
- Building a Better Mousetrap
- Categories
- Discussions
- Find another Way
- Finding the “Good” Idea
- Firing Line
- Greatest Dream: “No One Has…”
- I Am Here
- I Wish…
- Making Connections
- One Voice
- Picture This
- Quick Draw
- Reasons Why
- Sound Ball
- Story Dance (Word at a Time)
- Uses, Uses, Uses
- What If ?
- What the Heck Is It?
- Metaphor
- Yes, And/Yes, But
- Automatic Writing
- Collective Notebook
- Wall Chart/Graffiti
- Brainstorming—Standard
- Brainwriting
- Buzz Groups
- Checklists
- Fishbowling
- Force-Field Analysis
- Idea Gallery
- KJ Method
- M Brainstorming
- Matrix Analysis
- Nominal Group Technique
- Pass It On
- Using Goals
- Arts and Crafts
- “Bad Ideas” Technique
- Collective Vision
- Combining Teams
- Crazy Idea Game
- Exaggerate the Problem
- Field Trip
- Free Fit
- Guided Reflection-Vision
- Incubation
- Make Connections
- Metaphors
- Putting It All Together
- Role Perspectives
- Story Boarding
- Second Guessing
- Attention Quiz
- Buffoonery Battle
- Change
- Company Picnic
- Competitor/Protector
- Count To…
- Name Go
- Clapping
- Simon Does Not Say
- Story Name Game