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Gordon Institute of Business Science Course

Lead for Creative Thinking

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Lead for Creative Thinking

Course overview

A blended online course for leaders aiming to foster innovation and creativity across their organisations. It focuses on developing personal creative intelligence and building a culture conducive to creative thinking, using a metaphorical “eye” model that guides learners through different lenses of creative thinking. The course combines self–assessment, team evaluation, and environmental design to build creative leadership capacity.

Course curriculum

Who would benefit?

  • Executives who have a vision for equipping their organisations to compete and thrive in complex and rapidly changing environments.
  • Leaders who seek to develop a culture of creativity and foster collaborative problem solving across siloes.
  • Managers who are tasked with furthering an innovation agenda.
  • Professionals who want to expand their toolkit for innovative problem solving and creative thinking.

Course outcomes

What will you learn?

  • Understand and assess personal creative mindset.
  • Identify and leverage individual creative thinking styles.
  • Evaluate and enhance team culture for creativity.
  • Remove barriers to innovation in work environments.
  • Design rituals and processes that reinforce creative values.

Lecturer

Nina Pearse and Celia Falkenberg

Course summary

Format: Online learning with Student Success officer throughout learning journey
Certification: Certificate of Completion
School: Gordon Institute of Business Science
Duration: 8 Weeks
Breakdown: 3–4 hours of self–paced learning per week, plus 4 live sessions
Language: English

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Lead for Creative Thinking

Nina Pearse and Celia Falkenberg

Nina Pearse is a dynamic and creative facilitator with a vision to transform business and society by helping people tap into their creativity. Nina has an honours degree in business science from the University of Cape Town. She is an Agile Talent professional, an associate of the Neuroleadership Institute and a qualified Insights facilitator. Nina has worked in learning and change related roles for nearly twenty years as a management consultant, human resources specialist and leadership practitioner. She has delivered training on five continents over the past two decades.

Celia Falkenberg is a creative educator and architect. She believes that all humans are inherently creative. As co-founder of Creativity Wake-Up, her passion and purpose is to inspire and equip people to bring into being, creative solutions to challenges and opportunities. She has an Honours Degree in Architecture from the University of Cape Town and graduated with distinction for a Master’s Degree in Housing and Urbanisation from the Architectural Association in London. She has studied and presented at the Creative Education Foundation in New York. She worked as a practicing architect for over twenty years and uses these experiences to design and facilitate creative learning.

 

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