Creativity Courses

Since creativity is such an important skill for today's workplace several courses on this topic have been made available for free on MOOC platforms across the world. Personally I've taken a course on creativity on Coursera which is called Creativity, Innovation and Change, one organized by Tina Seelig on Novoed called Creativity: Music to My Ears and I've also found one on edX called Creative Thinking: Techniques and Tools for Success. There's also one I'm taking right now on the importance of play in our everyday lives on FutureLearn. What I found out in these courses is that creatives can be split into two groups: you have the adapters who take an idea and modify it to fit the needs of someone else and you have the innovators who can come up with new, fresh ideas out of the blue. I've also learned about brainstorming, SCAMPER as creativity techniques and ways in which I can declutter my brain to think more creatively (tip: writing helps). There has also been a course called Reinvent Yourself: Unleash Your Creativity, a course which taught me about the strength of our beliefs and ways in which we can adapt them to fit our creative goals.

So if you are curious and ready to delve into an interesting part of your thinking give these courses a try.