Creative Problem-Solving Accelerator
4.9
(4 ratings)
3 Weeks
·Cohort-based Course
Uncover your hidden creative problem-solving preferences. Then get the tools to do it better.
Creative Problem-Solving Accelerator
4.9
(4 ratings)
3 Weeks
·Cohort-based Course
Uncover your hidden creative problem-solving preferences. Then get the tools to do it better.
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.
Creative Problem-Solving Accelerator
What people are saying
Christina Garofalo Bonifacio
Shannon D. Silva
Stevie Rabinowitz
Joan Green
Meet your instructor
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.
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Course syllabus
01
Complete Your Self-Assessment
You'll receive a code to complete your own FourSight® Thinking Profile.
- 10-minute self-assessment
- Universal problem-solving framework
- Easy to understand and apply
- Valid and reliable, based on 20 years of research
02
Workshop: Explore Your Results
I'll review the results of your assessment during our first 1-hour live session and teach you a framework to:
- Reveal strengths and blind spots
- Learn a common language to solve problems
- Improve tactics for collaboration and innovation
03
Identify Your Challenge
You'll identify a specific personal or professional challenge where you feel especially stuck. You'll bring this challenge to the next session, and I'll help you work through it together.
04
Workshop: Clarify & Ideate
During our second 1-hour live session, I'll guide you in applying the first two phases of the problem-solving process to your unique challenge. You'll use tools and receive feedback to help you:
- Clarify. Be sure you focus on the right problem to solve.
- Ideate. Imagine lots of new possibilities.
05
Workshop: Develop & Implement
During our third and final 1-hour live session, I'll guide you in applying the final two phases of the problem-solving process to your unique challenge. You'll use tools and receive feedback to help you:
- Develop. Evaluate ideas and map your solution.
- Implement. Get into action and learn as you go.
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