From Creativity to Entrepreneurship Specialization

Description

Innovation: From Creativity to Entrepreneurship Specialization is a training series on creativity and innovation and transforming creative ideas into new businesses and startups, published by Coursera Online University. The era of communication and the modern world requires creativity and innovation, and without it, it is practically impossible to achieve a certain success. During the process of this training course, you will get acquainted with a set of frameworks and mental frameworks that can lead the process of creativity and innovation well in different situations and environmental conditions. Flexible and dynamic thinking and, most importantly, developing a creative and entrepreneurial mindset are among the most important skills that business owners and managers should strengthen in themselves. These skills can help them overcome challenges and difficult situations.

This educational series will introduce you to the process of identifying and checking mental presuppositions and assumptions, and more importantly, different limitations. These two skills are very important in identifying different opportunities and evaluating and scoring them.

What you will learn in the Innovation: From Creativity to Entrepreneurship Specialization training series:

Creativity
Innovation
Different models of businesses and companies
Entrepreneurship
Creating and strengthening an entrepreneurial mindset
Managing and framing the complex process of creativity
Value of different businesses and different estimation techniques
Management
Transformative innovation
Emotional intelligence or emotional intelligence
Increasing the work efficiency of employees
Compatibility and adaptability
Problem-solving skills
And …

Course details

Publisher: Coursera
Lecturer: Raj Echambadi, E. Geoffrey Love, Jeffrey Loewenstein, Jack Goncalo, Thomas E. Parkinson, and Jeff Flesher
English language
Providing institution/university: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Education level: introductory
Number of courses: 7
Duration of training: assuming 4 hours of work per week, about 8 months

The courses available in the Innovation: From Creativity to Entrepreneurship Specialization series

Course 1

Strategic Innovation: Building and Sustaining Innovative Organizations

Course 2

Strategic Innovation: Managing Innovation Initiatives

Course 3

Creativity Toolkit I: Changing Perspectives

Course 4

Creativity Toolkit II: Creative Collaboration

Course 5

Entrepreneurship I: Laying the Foundation

Course 6

Entrepreneurship II: Preparing for Launch

Course 7

Innovation: From Creativity to Entrepreneurship Capstone

Course prerequisites

What background knowledge is necessary?

No background knowledge is necessary for this specialization.

Do I need to take the courses in a specific order?

It is recommended that the courses in the specialization be taken in the order outlined. In the Capstone Project, you will have the opportunity to synthesize your learning in all courses and apply your combined skills in a final project.