Online: Creative thinking and innovation

Inventive solutions to everyday problems

Creative thinking: a brainstorm of ideas that inspires you to ask questions. It trains your brain in "free association," teaches you to think without limitations, and to recognize opportunities and take advantage them. Who wouldn't want that? If you are able to make connections between things which aren't logical to others, then you have the basis for creative thinking. In this learning journey, you will start looking at things differently and act accordingly. Step out of your comfort zone and learn to think outside of the box. This will give your creativity the unbridled opportunity to grow and develop.

Theme: Vitality & Resilience
Duration: 4 hours
Spread out over 1-4 months
Change the perspective of a problem

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For whom?
What and how

This learning journey is intended for people who want to come up with creative solutions for everyday problems. For people who want to:

think beyond limitations of their environment
be able to say what they think
suspend judgment
find creative solutions to apply to their daily lives
break through established patterns and learn innovative, different ways of thinking
follow in the footsteps of Italian inventor and artist Leonardo da Vinci

Part of the Learning Pathways 21st century skills and Innovation

What will I learn?
In this creative thinking course, you will learn that the basis of creative thinking has four major components. First you will learn to be open to new things. You won't make judgments about these things. You will become familiar with the skills required to think creatively, and you'll learn to demonstrate the necessary courage to do this. Are our examples or tasks too strange or uncomfortable for you? Then choose something that you can work with. But do realize that you have to step outside of your comfort zone in order to really think creatively! Introducing new ideas and proposing original solutions go hand in hand with being daring and getting noticed. During this creativity training, learn to think outside the box and step out of your comfort zone. By discovering new possibilities without judging, you will learn to look at the world differently. The creative thinker keeps looking where most other people stop. You will learn to do this in this creativity course by adopting a different attitude, being curious, and fully using all of your senses.

What will I learn more?
You will learn about how both sides of your brain work: the right side (feelings, creativity, and fantasy, among other things); and your left side (logic, reason, facts, and figures, among other things). And how these two sides need each other. You will learn to feel your experiences more intensely by using all of your senses. This in turn will strengthen the connections in your brain that help you store information. It will improve your memory and enable you to recall experiences better. All aspects that are very useful for creative thinking.

What will I do?
During this course you will learn different ways of thinking by using your creative tool – your brain – differently. One of the strongest characteristics of creative thinkers is that they can switch fluidly from fantasy and imagination to logic and analysis. They consciously use both sides of their brain. You will focus on the six senses that are needed to be able to (and dare to) think creatively: design, story, symphony, empathy, play, and meaning. And you'll practice with various abilities to become increasingly creative.

In this learning journey you'll learn:

come up with original solutions for everyday problems
be curious and make optimal use of your senses
think outside of established frameworks
step outside of your comfort zone in a way that fits you

A sneak preview

Check out the sneak preview below. Explore a few chapters and you'll see that our journeys are engaging and activating: online learning can definitely be fun and exciting!

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Meet the master

Our online courses are written by our "masters." Each one of them is an expert in their field, and they all have many years of experience. Among them you'll find trainers, psychologists, coaches, authors, etc.

Frans van Gaal is the master behind this creativity course. Frans is an enthusiastic master in the area of creativity. He is also a social historian, creativity expert, and man of action.

Frans van Gaal

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