Innovation Generation: How to Be Creative - University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

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4.5
4 reviews
  • This course made it feasible for us to apply the learnings to this present reality. Team discussions are stunning and the TA's are exceptionally helpful. Mentor is straightforward, truly admired it.
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  • Good course for such a brief period: gives you a technique to basically approach imaginative considering. Motivating forces thoroughly considering of the container. It's just a 5 week course, which obviously is insufficient to be completely prepared in innovative considering, however having gained the apparatuses, now the pragmatic work is personal.
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  • I think this course will intrigue and I will attempt it. I am imaginative and constantly need to study development.
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Learn from a renowned innovation expert how to spark your creativity. This proven method will make you more open-minded and productive.  With this course you earn while you learn, you gain recognized qualifications, job specific skills and knowledge and this helps you stand out in the job market.

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4.5
excellent
  • This course made it feasible for us to apply the learnings to this present reality. Team discussions are stunning and the TA's are exceptionally helpful. Mentor is straightforward, truly admired it.
    |
  • Good course for such a brief period: gives you a technique to basically approach imaginative considering. Motivating forces thoroughly considering of the container. It's just a 5 week course, which obviously is insufficient to be completely prepared in innovative considering, however having gained the apparatuses, now the pragmatic work is personal.
    |
  • I think this course will intrigue and I will attempt it. I am imaginative and constantly need to study development.
    |
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4.3
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Ex-student

5.0
19/11/2016
What I would highlight: This course made it feasible for us to apply the learnings to this present reality. Team discussions are stunning and the TA's are exceptionally helpful. Mentor is straightforward, truly admired it.
What could be improved: Nothing bad.
Would you recommend this course?: Yes

Jose Ignacio Valenzuela

5.0
22/10/2016
What I would highlight: Good course for such a brief period: gives you a technique to basically approach imaginative considering. Motivating forces thoroughly considering of the container. It's just a 5 week course, which obviously is insufficient to be completely prepared in innovative considering, however having gained the apparatuses, now the pragmatic work is personal.
What could be improved: Everything OK.
Would you recommend this course?: Yes

M Musa

3.0
21/10/2016
What I would highlight: I think this course will intrigue and I will attempt it. I am imaginative and constantly need to study development.
What could be improved: Nothing.
Would you recommend this course?: Yes

Jon Hauris

5.0
20/10/2016
What I would highlight: The educator was exhausting and given stale, time worn thoughts. Be that as it may, more awful was her self-importance and hawking of her social plans. There was scarcely a misrepresentation of objectivity and it didn't identify with the course. Far more terrible was her shut mindedness to thoughts unique in relation to hers. More regrettable course I even took.
What could be improved: Nothing.
Would you recommend this course?: Yes
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2017

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The average rating is higher than 3.7

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Subjects

  • Innovation
  • Ideas
  • Science
  • Novel ideas

Course programme

Innovative thinking is one of the top characteristics global businesses look for in their employees. Yet only 1 in 4 of us feel that our creativity is where we want it to be. Why should this surprise us? Almost none of us has ever been taught how to be inventive. This course is based on an extraordinarily successful program that has been presented at over 70 top American universities. Over the next 5 weeks Dr. Roberta Ness, an internationally renowned physician-scientist and an expert in innovative thinking, provides proven techniques to expand your originality. The method she will teach you is described by the acronym PIG In MuD: Define the problem, identify frames, generate all possible alternatives, incubate, meld to your best ideas, and disseminate. Your mascot will be Eggbert, an uptight, risk-avoidant pig who will learn a thing or two along with you. Along with Eggbert, you will sharpen your powers of observation, making surprising associations, expanding assumptions, pulling questions apart, and thinking backwards. Solving real-world problems in business and science, you will hone your creative thinking skills. In a final group project, you will be amazed by how creative you have become. Since the top projects will be voted up onto the home page and visible to all collaborating companies, you may even come across unique career opportunities when you and your ideas are “discovered.” The funding for this course was made possible by the UTHealth Innovation in Cancer Prevention Research Training Program (Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas grant #RP140103). The content is solely the responsibility of the creators and does not necessarily represent the views of the Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas.

Additional information

Dr. Roberta Ness Dr. Ness has often been called one of America’s foremost experts in innovative thinking. Dr. Ness received her MD from Cornell University and her MPH from Columbia University. She currently holds the James W. Rockwell Professorship in Public Health at The University of Texas School of Public Health and is the Vice-President for Innovation at The University of Texas Health Science Center.

Innovation Generation: How to Be Creative - University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

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