Course Description

The Creative Thinking & Innovation Techniques training program is designed to enhance participants’ ability to think creatively, generate innovative ideas, and apply structured techniques to solve business challenges. The course blends creative mindset development with practical innovation tools, enabling participants to move beyond conventional thinking and contribute effectively to innovation initiatives. Emphasis is placed on real-world application, collaboration, and turning ideas into actionable solutions.

Course Objectives

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Develop a creative and innovative mindset.
  • Understand the principles of creativity and innovation.
  • Apply proven creative thinking and ideation techniques.
  • Break mental blocks and overcome fixed thinking patterns.
  • Generate, evaluate, and refine innovative ideas.
  • Apply creative problem-solving tools to workplace challenges.
  • Contribute effectively to team-based innovation initiatives.

Who Should Attend?

This course is designed for professionals, team leaders, managers, and individuals seeking to enhance creativity, problem-solving, and innovation capabilities in the workplace.

Course Agenda

Registration

Welcome & Introduction

Pre-Test

Day 1: Foundations of Creative Thinking

  • Understanding creativity and innovation
  • Myths and barriers to creative thinking
  • The creative mindset and brain-based thinking
  • Divergent vs convergent thinking
  • Lateral thinking principles
  • Creativity tools and techniques:

          Brainstorming and brainwriting

          SCAMPER technique

          Mind mapping

  • Individual and group ideation exercises
  • Applying creativity to everyday business challenges
Day 2: Innovation Techniques & Application

  • From ideas to innovation: bridging creativity and execution
  • Design Thinking overview and stages
  • Problem framing and opportunity identification
  • Idea evaluation and selection methods
  • Rapid prototyping and experimentation concepts
  • Creative decision-making tools
  • Encouraging innovation within teams and organizations
  • Practical innovation case studies
  • Personal and team action planning for innovation

Post Test

End of the Course

Assessment Methodology

All courses conducted by EdTech will begin with a Pre-evaluation and end with a Post-evaluation. The instructor will evaluate the knowledge and skills of the participants according to the feedback given by participants. This will help to recognize the benefits and the level of knowledge gained by participants through the course.

Training Methodology

Facilitated by a highly qualified specialist, who has extensive knowledge and experience; this program will be conducted using extensively interactive methods, encouraging participants to share their own experiences and apply the program material to real-life work situations in order to stimulate group discussions and improve the efficiency of the subject coverage.

Percentages of the total course hour classification are:

  • ​40% Theoretical lectures, Concepts and approach
  • 20% Motivation to develop individual skill and Techniques
  • 20% Case Studies and Practical Exercises
  • 20% Topic General Discussions and interaction

Course Manual

Participants will be provided with comprehensive presentation material as reference manual. This presentation material is a compilation of core valuable information, references, presentation methods and inspiring reading which will be used as a part of the material guide.

Course Certificate

At the completion of the course, all participants who successfully accomplished the required contact hours will receive an EdTech Training Participation Certificate as a testimony to their commitment to professional development and further education.

Why Edtech ?

  • Industry Experienced; Internationally Qualified Trainers
  • Hands-on Practical Sessions & Assignments
  • Intensive Study materials
  • Flexible Schedules
  • Realistic training methodology
  • High-Quality Training in Affordable Course Fees
  • Achievement Certificate, as approved by the Ministry of Education (Abu Dhabi Center for Technical and Vocational Education Training - ACTVET), HABC, AWS, IAOSHE, SHRM, etc.