Creativity Toolkit II: Creative Collaboration (Coursera)

The ideas that we generate, individually or collectively, will be evaluated by others, such as bosses, funders, and customers. These audiences will likely have different concerns when they hear about your ideas and are likely to evaluate ideas differently than you do. We need to pitch our ideas in ways that get others excited about them, rather than bored or confused, so that we can expand the group of collaborators in our creative efforts.

Course 4 of 7 in the Innovation: From Creativity to Entrepreneurship Specialization

Syllabus

WEEK 1

Course Orientation

You will become familiar with the course, your classmates, and our learning environment. The orientation will also help you obtain the technical skills required for the course.

Pitching Ideas

In this module we will examine the role of social influence tactics for encouraging others to respond positively to our requests. There are many ways to encourage people to want to comply. Next, we examine the role of forming communications that are likely to be understood and found appealing by others.

WEEK 2

Evaluating Ideas

Evaluating ideas is an important part of the larger creative process. This module will examine biases that enter into the process and ways to mitigate them.

WEEK 3

The Allure of Team Creativity

In this module, you will learn that teams have the potential to stimulate creativity, but they often fall short for a variety of reasons.

WEEK 4

Breaking the Barriers to Team Creativity