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The Strategic Creativity System
4.8 (9)
4 Weeks
·Cohort-based Course
Transform how you lead strategic and creative teams through new insights, tools, frameworks, and tactics. Let's unleash your potential.
The Strategic Creativity System
4.8 (9)
4 Weeks
·Cohort-based Course
Transform how you lead strategic and creative teams through new insights, tools, frameworks, and tactics. Let's unleash your potential.
Course overview
Practical, powerful, and proven.
What this course is
✔ A proven collection of insights and tactics for leaders of strategic & creative teams
✔ A new way to understand and develop your self, team, and organization
✔ An immersion into high-performing, innovative cultures and how they work
What this course is NOT
✘ Another design-thinking workshop
✘ A showcase of theoretical principles that cannot be actioned
✘ A one-size-fits-all prescription
Why I created The Strategic Creativity System™
➤ People are the greatest assets in organizations, but many overlook the science that fuels their productivity and creativity.
➤ Many essential leadership skills can be learned and honed, but they are mistaken for soft skills and are undervalued or ignored.
➤ I use my experience leading innovation programs and scaling capabilities at Frog Design, Fahrenheit 212, and Capgemini to unify the most impactful techniques I know and make them accessible to anyone.
The 4-week course includes
✦ Live presentations
✦ Practical frameworks
✦ Real-world case studies
✦ Group working sessions
✦ Q&A and large group discussions
✦ Live office hours
✦ A 1:1 coaching session
✦ Community chat & support
✦ Personal activity workbooks
Proven in the real world
⭑ I built this course as a greatest-hits collection of techniques I've used for years with my teams. They are clear, insightful, hands-on, and immediately actionable tactics that can apply to your current situation.
⭑ I've helped innovative companies like Samsung, IKEA, Bloomberg, Target, GSK, and Mondelēz use this system's techniques to apply creativity to business challenges and improve performance.
⭑ These tactics have been used by the highest performers in my teams to set growth goals, become formidable leaders, and accelerate their careers.
⭑ Over 1,000 strategic and creative professionals have already benefited from the material.
Who this course is for:
01
Emerging or Experienced Leaders of Strategic & Creative Teams
Elevate leadership, innovation IQ, collaboration, and problem-solving prowess.
02
Growth-Minded Professionals & Self-Improvers
Unlock self-insight, strengthen EQ, improve teamwork, and excel in personal and career growth.
03
Creative Thinkers & Innovators
Go beyond design thinking, boost strategic creativity, master problem-solving, & build an innovative culture.
What you’ll get out of this course:
Know Yourself
Uncover your natural strengths and limitations in 8K definition with an insightful personality framework.
Build Empathy
Understand others in a new light, reduce conflicts, and transform your teamwork with insights and tips.
Strengthen Relationships
Elevate how you work and collaborate with your peers, reports, clients, and leaders with key tactics.
Enhance Everyday Interactions
Learn practical techniques that boost day-to-day productivity, creativity, and collaboration.
Create Development Goals
Identify growth goals for yourself, your team, and your relationships.
Rethink "Creativity"
Gain a new understanding of creativity and how you and others approach problem-solving.
Decode "Problem-Solving"
Learn the fundamental skills of creative problem-solving that generate reliable results.
Overcome Common Team Challenges
Study the dynamics of creative teams to anticipate issues and learn how to get through them.
Survive Problematic Process Traps
Uncover the most common problem-solving process traps, then learn how to escape and thrive.
Discover the Secrets of Innovative Cultures
Unpack the principles and practices enacted by innovative cultures that produce reliable results.
Integrate What Works
Identify what resonates with your situation, what to integrate, and define where you'll start.
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Course Syllabus
01
Orientation
- Getting started with intros, goals, and course tools
02
Understanding yourself & others, and setting goals
- How to understand yourself, your strengths, and your limitations, through a unique personality framework
- How to identify growth goals for yourself and your team
03
Building stronger relationships and honing key interaction skills
- How to build stronger relationships with your peers, reports, and leaders with key tactics
- How to apply practical collaboration techniques for day-to-day productivity, like compassionate criticism and feedback
04
Rethinking "creativity" and decoding how people solve problems
- How to think about creativity and the different ways that people solve problems
- How to work through any creative problem-solving process with key skills
05
Common team challenges & process traps
- How to anticipate, avoid, and remedy common team dynamics issues
- How to recognize and escape the most common problem-solving process traps
06
Principles and practices of innovation cultures
- How to classify the principles and recognize the practices enacted by innovative cultures that produce reliable results
07
Design, discuss, and evolve your own personal plans
- How to apply select features from The Strategic Creativity System™ to your specific situation, and identify ways to get started
08
Wrap-up & reflection
- Reviewing and reflecting on course highlights, celebrating peers, and final Q&A
Course Schedule
8 sessions in 4 weeks - 90 minutes each
Tuesdays & Thursdays
11:00am - 12:30pm ET
Eight sessions packed with:
- Presentations and theory
- Practical frameworks
- Real-world case studies
- Working sessions to apply the material to your context
- Q&A and large group discussions
Before and after session homework
~30 minutes
Each session will suggest some before and after effort on your part. You'll get out what you put in, but we'll never ask for more than 30 minutes in between modules.
Throughout
On-demand
Reach out anytime for clarifications or feedback. You can also interact with your cohort through the Maven community portal anytime.
Meet Your Instructor
Adam Rubin
I have been committed to leading innovation, strategy, and design teams throughout my career. I gained valuable experience from working at top firms such as Frog Design, Fahrenheit 212, and Idea Couture. By scaling skills and capabilities to hundreds of professionals within Capgemini and for my clients, I have impacted cultures, leaders, and teams worldwide.
My experience spans all sectors, as I have worked with new product development teams and corporate innovation groups within many Fortune 500 companies. Some of my past clients include Samsung, Bloomberg, Marriott, IKEA, Coca-Cola, Target, GSK, Prudential, Mondelez, UBS, and Stanley Black & Decker, among others.
My passion is unlocking the full potential of people and teams. I have overseen the development and deployment of massive talent programs, trained over 1,000 strategic & creative professionals, and coached leaders to deliver exceptional results. Using carefully-selected and crafted frameworks, I help teams solve problems confidently, reliably, and effectively.
My ultimate goal is to help leaders and teams maximize their impact through strategic problem-solving and collaboration. With The Strategic Creativity System™ and this course, I am directly bringing some of my favorite and most impactful techniques to leaders.
Schedule a free informational meeting
Curious to learn more? Unsure if this course is right for you? Schedule a meeting with me and we'll discuss what's on your mind.
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Learning is better together.
Active hands-on learning
This course puts theory into practice through live workshops that apply new skills and frameworks to your existing teams and projects.
Interactive and eye-opening
You’ll interact with like-minded peers through breakout rooms, where you'll share and integrate insights from others, broadening your perspectives.
Engage in a community of leaders
Join a community of like-minded people who care about growth and doing consistent, great work.
Flexible
If you're worried that you'll miss a session, they will all be recorded and available. Live sessions are best, but life happens, and you'll catch up easily.
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Your organization may be able to cover your tuition
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