Generating Creative and Innovative Ideas: Enhancing Your Creativity

What makes a person creative? Do you consider yourself creative? Certain personal characteristics have been linked with creativity; for example, a willingness to take risks, the ability to connect diverse ideas, and open-mindedness. And most important, perhaps, is believing that you are creative. LAUNCH  RESOURCES

Many people get stuck because they think "I'm not a creative person". But everyone has creative potential. Understanding the characteristics you possess that boost your creativity and those that inhibit it can help you enhance your creative output in the workplace. This course explores the essential attributes of a creative person. It also describes barriers to creativity and how to overcome these. In addition, it demonstrates how you can enhance your creativity in the workplace. 1 hour. LAUNCH



Resources

Access these resources on your smartphone, tablet, or PC, when and where you need it.

SkillBriefs. Brief summaries of the key points of the course.

• Personal Characteristics for Creativity
• Creativity Barriers
• Enhancing Your Creativity

Job Aids. Tools for applying course concepts.

• Overcoming Barriers to Personal Creativity. Use this job aid to as a reference to the strategies for overcoming personal barriers to creativity.
• Boosting Your Creativity. Use this job aid as a reference to the strategies for enhancing your personal creativity.

Follow-on Activities. Activities for practicing skills.

• Enhancing Your Creativity. Use this follow-on activity to record how you have or might use the strategies for enhancing your personal creativity.

Presentation and Facilitation Guide. PowerPoint deck presenting the core content of the course. Can be used for personal study or team training.