Creative Velocity: Propelling Novel Ideas in the Age of Generative AI

Cohort-based Course

Build the creative confidence to consistently spark novel ideas that are inventive, useful, and valuable.

Previously at

Apple
T-Mobile
Discovery
Best Buy
Amazon

Course overview

Learn how to unleash your superpower to think big and produce novel solutions.

In your last performance review, were you told you weren't thinking big enough? Or, perhaps you need more confidence to challenge how things have always been done, even though you know there must be a better way.


“Creative Velocity”—your ability to quickly originate new and innovative ideas that are both useful and valuable—is a critical skill in product innovation, startup growth, executive leadership, and problem-solving. With the rise of generative AI, fostering human creativity in the workplace is more important than ever to add meaning, ethics, context, and discernment when evaluating machine-generated output.  


Based on my upcoming book (available from Wiley in May 2025,) this workshop provides tools and techniques to build creative confidence with or without AI as your partner. With a set of exercises for each lesson, you can practice these methods to help you confidently address business challenges, improve customers’ outcomes, and rethink how work is done. By enhancing your creative confidence, you'll be better equipped to solve complex problems, innovate in your field, and contribute more effectively to your team's success. Creative thinking isn’t an inborn talent but a muscle that strengthens with use, a skill honed through deliberate practice and open-minded exploration.


In the era of generative AI, the unique role of human creativity becomes even more crucial.


What makes this course unique? It offers a playbook to accelerate your creative velocity.

✓ Self-assessments to guide your learning journey

✓ Supplemental exercises to continue your practice

✓ Reusable frameworks to provide ongoing support

✓ A free copy of my new book from John Wiley & Sons in May 2025 - Creative Velocity: Propelling Breakthrough Ideas in the Age of Generative AI


Why should you take this course?

> To learn actionable and practical techniques to increase your capacity to think big.

> To improve your capacity for co-creating with Generative AI.

> To activate your powers of creative thinking whenever you need them.

> To understand how to tackle challenges in personal and professional situations.

> To learn how to build an organization of creative leaders.

> To help neutralize the creative distortion field that blocks innovation in your organization.


Benefits of Creative Velocity for Individuals:

🌟 Enhanced Productivity: Quickly ideate and evaluate processes to accomplish more in a short period. 

🌟 Increased Innovation: Rapidly generate and assess ideas to more frequently discover diverse, innovative solutions. 

🌟 Improved Problem-Solving: Quickly identify the most viable solutions to challenges. 

🌟 Boosted Confidence: Successfully generate and implement ideas.

🌟 Better Adaptability: Quickly think and respond to new challenges in dynamic environments.

🌟 Continuous Learning: Engage in continuous learning and growth through frequent idea generation and evaluation.


Benefits of Creative Velocity for Companies:

🌟 Competitive Advantage: Accelerate your organization's capacity to innovate ahead of competitors.

🌟 Agility: Swiftly respond to market changes, customer needs, and emerging trends.

🌟 Cost Efficiency: Reduce the time and resources spent on development, leading to cost savings.

🌟 Enhanced Team Collaboration: Build a culture that fosters quick idea sharing, better communication, and inclusive teamwork.

🌟 Increased Morale: Boost employee engagement and job satisfaction by nurturing a dynamic and innovative environment. 

🌟 Accelerated Growth: Drive faster business growth and expansion with the speedy implementation of viable ideas.

🌟 Diverse Solutions: Explore a wider range of solutions to your challenges, increasing the likelihood of discovering effective and innovative outcomes.



Who is this course for

01

Business Professionals in non-creative roles, including those navigating the integration of generative AI into their work.

02

Entrepreneurs and Intrapreneurs looking to uniquely address a customer need or capability gap, differentiate their products or services.

03

Senior Executives in traditional brick-and-mortar businesses who are managing a digital transformation.

04

Self-improvement enthusiasts interested in maintaining a growth mindset, evolving their capacity to solve complex problems.

What you’ll get out of this course

Understand Your Creative Problem-Solving Profile

Measure your individual problem-solving style and preferences to understand what skills you should focus on developing to accelerate creative velocity.

Methods for Challenging Conventional Thinking

Learn best practices for discovering and exploring novel solutions to personal and professional problems.

Exercises to Build Creative Capacity and Think Big

Understand the tools and techniques to spark novel ideas. Cultivate the skills to achieve creative velocity with exercises you can practice.

Tips for Partnering with Generative AI for Idea Generation

Prepare to effectively partner with GenAI on idea exploration to prompt better outcomes.

*BONUS BOOK* "Creative Velocity" (Wiley, 2025)

You will receive a free copy of the book when it is published

This course includes

4 interactive live sessions

Lifetime access to course materials

14 in-depth lessons

Direct access to instructor

11 projects to apply learnings

Guided feedback & reflection

Private community of peers

Course certificate upon completion

Maven Satisfaction Guarantee

This course is backed by Maven’s guarantee. You can receive a full refund within 14 days after the course ends, provided you meet the completion criteria in our refund policy.

Course syllabus

Week 1

Feb 3—Feb 9

    Feb

    4

    Day 1- Activating Your Creative Capacity

    Tue 2/412:30 AM—2:30 AM (UTC)

    Mindset Exploration and Creative Self Assessment

    4 items

    Debunking Myths of Creativity

    1 item

    Exploring Creative Problem-Solving Profiles

    3 items

    Feb

    6

    Day 2 Growing Your Creative Capacity

    Thu 2/612:30 AM—2:30 AM (UTC)

    Tools and Techniques to Build a Creative Mindset

    6 items

    Creative Thinking Techniques for Problem-Solving - Part 1

    4 items

    Feb

    7

    Day 3 - Achieving Creative Velocity

    Fri 2/712:30 AM—2:30 AM (UTC)

    Creative Thinking Techniques for Problem Solving - Part 2

    4 items

    Co-Creating with Generative AI to Enhancing Creative Velocity

    3 items

Week 2

Feb 10

    Feb

    11

    Optional: Ask Me Anything

    Tue 2/111:00 AM—2:00 AM (UTC)
    Optional

What people are saying

        Leslie created a supportive, creative environment where the UX team was encouraged to come up with bold ideas and complex user-experiences. Dream come true for any designer!
Gina JeanCharles

Gina JeanCharles

UX Leader at Google, ex-Discovery, ex-WWW, ex-A&E
        Leslie was instrumental in advocating for a design-centered product development focus, and a consumer insight driven approach to innovation. Her coaching was profound, her vision ambitious, and her passion unmatched.
Robert Neer

Robert Neer

VP, Product & Design, ex- Amazon, ex-Walgreen's Boots Alliance, ex-Best Buy
        Leslie helped drive innovation in our organization with agile thinking and creative human centered design that used best practices but was a specific fit for us. She is highly customer centric and uses a systematic approach to drive scaled innovation.  
Sacha Weinberg

Sacha Weinberg

Head of Global Brand Marketing at Amazon | Ex - Starbucks, Nike, Disney, Mattel
        Leslie's leadership is transformative; her direct feedback and visionary goals not only fostered my growth as a leader but also propelled our team towards innovative, customer-centric solutions. Her ability to drive results and inspire innovation was pivotal in our success.
Brent Van Wieringen

Brent Van Wieringen

Senior Director, Experience Design, Best Buy

Meet your instructor

 Leslie Grandy

Leslie Grandy

Leslie Grandy is the author of Creative Velocity (Wiley, 2025) and a global, first-to-market product executive and board advisor with a 25+ year career delivering game-changing products for top brands - Best Buy, Discovery, T-Mobile, Apple, and Amazon. Throughout her career, Leslie has been at the front end of innovation, launching the first paid video streaming service, RealOne SuperPass, with over 1 million subscribers after co-authoring a patent for a system that provides integrated media, delivering the first Android mobile device, the T-Mobile G1 and the first cellular-enabled digital picture frame, the T-Mobile Cameo; and leading Best Buy’s Digital Innovation Lab. Leslie founded The Product Guild, a product and innovation advisory services company through which she has advised early-stage ventures and numerous publicly traded companies on innovation and new product development, including Starbucks, Oracle Power, and Red Robin Gourmet Burgers. A sought-after keynote, featured speaker, and lecturer on creative leadership, product and service design, and digital transformation the University of Michigan College of Engineering, Center for Entrepreneurship, Regis College, West Virginia University’s Reed College of Media, and the University of Washington Foster School of Business, where Leslie serves as the Lead Executive in Residence with the Product Management Leadership Accelerator. Leslie is an IDEO-trained leader in Design Thinking who inspires audiences to achieve their creative potential.

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Course schedule

6 hours per week

  • Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday

    4:30 - 6:30PM PT

    All live sessions will last 2 hours, with an optional AMA session at the end.

Free resource

Emotional Regulation Matrix

Balanced emotional management helps increase creative capacity by creating an inner sense of calm and resilience, making it easier to stay curious and maintain a problem-solving focus. For instance, frustration and fear often lead to a defensive, closed-off approach, while balanced emotions support adaptability, helping one remain flexible and open to new possibilities.


A link to a GPT will help you practice labeling and addressing how you react to events that may impede creative velocity.

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