The Professional Education Center at EMU

Eastern Michigan University

The Professional Education Center

Putting Creativity to Work

Who Should Attend?

Mid-level and/or senior managers who are looking to create breakthrough ideas and who are interested in leading real change in their functional areas and across their organizations.

Program Format and Content

This 2 day workshop will show you how to develop the practices, policies, and people to put creativity to work throughout your organization.   Participants will be introduced to a straightforward framework that will allow you to assess your situation and develop appropriate innovation processes.

This program is highly interactive with "think tank" sessions, breakout discussion groups, and a series of assessments and exercises designed to help you:

  • Assess your creative style
  • Develop organization appropriate innovation practices
  • Create innovation implementation practices
  • Build innovative capabilities in your team
  • Spot good ideas and turn them into winning projects

Pre-Program Assessment

Participants will be asked to complete an assessment of their creative style and competencies and an assessment of the creative culture of their organization.

Day One

  • Diagnose your organization's creative culture & assess your creative competencies
  • Develop a vision of future opportunities
  • Developing innovative people and teams

Day Two

  • Integrating creativity and innovation into business practices
  • Building creative collaborations in your organization
  • Developing good ideas into winning projects