Course Content
• Creativity, Innovation, and Leadership
o What is leadership
o Defining innovation and creativity
o Understanding the 2 hemispheres of the brain and lateral thinking
• Fostering creativity in team members
o Understanding your ego and emotional responses
o The source of emotional reactions
o The impact of habit on acting and thinking
o The right team member selection
o Happiness as a driver of creativity
§ Positivity and gratitude
§ The need to manage thoughts
§ Cultural restrictions
o The principal of coaching in driving creativity and innovation
• The right environment for creativity and innovation
o Setting the right environment
o Fear as an inhibitor of creativity
o The importance of understanding employees
• Presenting and Getting Support for your new ideas
o Assessing and refining innovative Ideas
§ Cost benefit and risk analysis
o Anticipating objections
o Influencing decision makers by making a business case