Creative Problem-Solving Accelerator
Uncover your hidden creative problem-solving preferences. Then get the tools to do it better.
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Course overview
You ARE creative!
Most people believe they just aren’t that creative. Most people see creativity as reserved only for art students, designers, or people who go to Burning Man.
Most people are wrong!
This course will help ANYONE learn to harness their unique perspective and life experience to solve tough challenges.
Who is this course for
01
Seriously Stuck. You need to solve a sticky problem or tackle a perplexing project and seek new tools to get going.
02
Collaboratively Challenged. Why can't everyone see problems the way you do? You need better approaches to creative collaboration.
03
Creatively Curious You never thought of yourself as the “creative type,” yet, you wonder what latent creativity has gone untapped.
What you’ll get out of this course
Think more creatively
Use a research-based self-assessment and proven framework to gain insight into your own creative problem-solving preferences and apply them effectively.
Work more collaboratively
Once you understand your preferences, you'll be better equipped to understand other people's thinking styles and learn tactics to communicate with less conflict while making faster progress.
Find innovative solutions to complex challenges
Apply your new insights with easy-to-use tools and a repeatable process for clarifying, ideating, developing, and implementing your creative solutions.
What people are saying
Christina Garofalo Bonifacio
Shannon D. Silva
Stevie Rabinowitz
Joan Green
Meet your instructor
Dan Leavitt
Dan Leavitt
Founder & Chief Levity Officer (CLO) at Leavity Systems
Dan has spent over 20 years in corporate learning, leadership development, and professional coaching. While his childhood dream was to be a writer for Saturday Night Live (SNL), he’s found this whole L&D thing to be a solid fallback. He believes every great facilitator and coach is 1/3 amateur stand-up comedian, 1/3 ex-theater kid, and 1/3 self-styled academic. It should be noted; however, there’s currently no empirical evidence to back this theory.
During his career, he’s been lucky to work with some of the world’s best leaders at iconic brands like Gap, Banana Republic, Old Navy, Facebook, and Instagram. He’s worked as an influential individual contributor, manager, and director, supporting all levels, from frontline staff to C-Suite leaders. Today he continues this work as the founder of Leavity Systems.
He lives in Southern California’s Inland Empire. He has three sons, two stepsons, one wife, and one semi-pet/stray cat.
Course syllabus
4 live sessions • 4 lessons • 3 projects
Week 1
- ✍️
Complete FourSight Assessment
Submit by Feb 23
Feb
24
I Am [Not] Creative: LIVE Workshop #1
The FourSight Thinking Profile
FourSight is a multi-item assessment that reveals where your energies lie in problem-solving. Every profile contributes in some way. You'll receive an email with instructions and the assessment link on your first day of class.
Go Deeper on FourSight
You can download and review the full FourSight: Thinking Profile Interpretive Guide to explore more about your profile and the framework.
Week 2
- Pick something that you will be comfortable sharing and talking about during our class sessions
- Try to have a clear goal (i.e., what success could look like) if you were to solve this problem
- 📄
Clarify & Ideate Tools
Complete by Mar 4
Mar
3
I Am [Not] Creative: LIVE Workshop #2
Mar
4
Optional: I Am [Not] Creative: LIVE Office Hours - OPTIONAL
Identify Your Challenge
Identify a specific personal or professional challenge where you feel especially stuck. A few guidelines:
You'll bring this challenge to the next session, and I'll help you work through it together.
Explore Clarify & Ideate Tools
Use these tools to help you clarify & ideate any problem or challenge.
Week 3
- ✍️
Post your progress
Submit by Mar 9
Mar
10
I Am [Not] Creative: LIVE Workshop #3
Working your Challenge
Keep working on the problem/challenge you identified last week.
Go forth and create!
Apply your learning and use your new tools to solve challenges creatively and collaborate more effectively; from now until the end of time!
Course schedule
2 hours per week
Friday: February 24, 2023
60 mins, 9am PST/12pm EST
LIVE Workshop #1: Explore Your Results - Interactive lecture and small group breakouts.
Friday: March 3, 2023
60 mins, 9am PST/12pm EST
LIVE Workshop #2: Clarify & Ideate - Interactive lecture and small group breakouts.
OPTIONAL: Saturday: March 4, 2023
60 mins, 9am PST/12pm EST
Office Hours: Drop in for Q&A
Friday: March 10, 2023
60 mins, 9am PST/12pm EST
LIVE Workshop #3: Develop & Implement - Interactive lecture and small group breakouts.
Learning is better with cohorts
Active hands-on learning
This course builds on live workshops and hands-on projects
Interactive and project-based
You’ll be interacting with other learners through breakout rooms and project teams
Learn with a cohort of peers
Join a community of like-minded people who want to learn and grow alongside you