Spark Innovation Within a Team

• Create opportunities to maximise innovation within the team
• Organise and agree effective ways of working
• Support and guide colleagues
• Reflect on how the team is working
• Create opportunities to maximise innovation within the team
• Organise and agree effective ways of working
• Support and guide colleagues
• Reflect on how the team is working
• Demonstrate the performance and knowledge evidence necessary to be an effective and proactive member of an innovative team
• Form an innovative team
• Support and guide innovation in a team environment
• Create opportunities to maximise innovation within the team
• Organise and agree effective ways of working
• Support and guide colleagues
• Reflect on how the team is working
• Demonstrate the foundation skills required to be an effective and proactive member of an innovative team

Week 1: Think like an innovator

In week 1, we will delve into what innovation is and practice thinking with an innovation mindset. We will explore innovative companies and people and look at innovation within Australia.

Week 2: Maximise innovation within a team

In week 2, we will turn innovative ideas into team projects. Here we will explore the importance of teams and how to build them in a way that maximises innovation.

Week 3: Work effectively as a team

Week 3 focuses on how to work well together as a team. We will explore ways to encourage innovation from the top down, as well as delve into different techniques for fostering innovative within a team, such as brainstorming and problem-solving techniques.

Week 4: Reflect on, review and reward innovation

Finally in week 4, we will work through the process of reflecting on and reviewing innovation within a team and how to give feedback. We will consider the challenges and barriers to innovation, challenges you may face in your team and ultimately, how to reward and celebrate innovation after your team project has drawn to a close.

Week 5: The finish line!

This week, we will share our innovation challenge Major Tasks and showcase the Innovation Solutions that teams within the course have been working on. High fives!