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(Toronto location only)
Course number: 088646
Course length: 0.5 day(s)
Businesses are constantly looking for innovative ideas that will put them one step ahead of their competitors. In order to arrive at a truly new idea, a team leader or manager must understand how to manage the innovation process. This course offers effective managerial strategies that address the organizational aspects of managing a creative team, supporting that creativity, moving an idea to implementation, and troubleshooting ideas to help guide a team through the innovation process.
Course Objective: You will identify how a creative team works and what your role is as team leader. You will explore how to lead a creative team from idea to implementation and how to troubleshoot problems in the innovative process.
Target Student: Any manager or team leader who wants to guide a team of creative individuals to maximum productive innovation.
Prerequisites: Recommended courses: Business Writing, Presentations and Practical Leadership.
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
Lesson 1: Managing the Creative Environment
Topic 1A: Support Creativity
Topic 1B: Manage a Creative Team
Topic 1C: Troubleshoot the Creative Environment
Lesson 2: Moving from Idea to Implementation
Topic 2A: Choose the Best Project for Implementation
Topic 2B: Refine Ideas
Topic 2C: Decide to Implement or Abandon an Idea
Topic 2D: Troubleshoot During the Implementation Phase