Creativity Toolkit II: Creative Collaboration
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About this course: Creativity requires us to collaborate with others. This course is designed to make you a better creative collaborator. Creativity can require us to bring together knowledge from different areas, often known by different people. We need to foster effective collaboration rather than have those differences lead to misunderstandings and conflict. The ideas that we generate, individually or collectively, will be evaluated by others, such as bosses, funders, and customers. These audiences will likely have different concerns when they hear about your ideas and are likely to evaluate ideas differently than you do. We need to pitch our ideas in ways that get others excited abo…

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When you enroll for courses through Coursera you get to choose for a paid plan or for a free plan .
- Free plan: No certicification and/or audit only. You will have access to all course materials except graded items.
- Paid plan: Commit to earning a Certificate—it's a trusted, shareable way to showcase your new skills.
About this course: Creativity requires us to collaborate with others. This course is designed to make you a better creative collaborator. Creativity can require us to bring together knowledge from different areas, often known by different people. We need to foster effective collaboration rather than have those differences lead to misunderstandings and conflict. The ideas that we generate, individually or collectively, will be evaluated by others, such as bosses, funders, and customers. These audiences will likely have different concerns when they hear about your ideas and are likely to evaluate ideas differently than you do. We need to pitch our ideas in ways that get others excited about them, rather than bored or confused, so that we can expand the group of collaborators in our creative efforts.
Created by: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign-
Taught by: Jeffrey Loewenstein, Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior
Department of Business Administration -
Taught by: Jack Goncalo, Professor
Department of Business Administration
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WEEK 1
Course Orientation
You will become familiar with the course, your classmates, and our learning environment. The orientation will also help you obtain the technical skills required for the course.
1 video, 4 readings, 1 practice quiz expand
- Video: Meet Professors Loewenstein & Goncalo
- Reading: Syllabus
- Reading: About the Discussion Forums
- Practice Quiz: Orientation Quiz
- Reading: Updating Your Profile
- Discussion Prompt: Getting to Know Your Classmates
- Reading: Social Media
Module 1: The Allure of Team Creativity
9 videos, 2 readings, 3 practice quizzes expand
- Reading: Module 1 Overview
- Reading: Module 1 Readings and Resources
- Video: 1-1.1 Connecting Minds
- Practice Quiz: Lesson 1-1 Practice Quiz
- Video: 1-2.1 Teams Put Up Barriers
- Practice Quiz: Lesson 1-2 Practice Quiz
- Video: 1-3.1 Conformity
- Video: 1-3.2 Blind Obedience
- Video: 1-3.3 Polarization
- Video: 1-3.4 Feeling Like a Deviant When You're Not
- Video: 1-3.5 Common Knowledge
- Video: 1-3.6 Over-confident Teams
- Video: 1-3.7 Why Do We Feel Creative in Teams?
- Practice Quiz: Lesson 1-3 Practice Quiz
Graded: Module 1 Peer Assessment
Graded: Module 1 Graded Quiz
WEEK 2
Module 2: Breaking the Barriers to Team Creativity
6 videos, 2 readings, 6 practice quizzes expand
- Reading: Module 2 Overview
- Reading: Module 2 Readings and Resources
- Video: 2-1.1 Leveraging Social Influence
- Practice Quiz: Lesson 2-1 Practice Quiz
- Video: 2-2.1 Individualism
- Practice Quiz: Lesson 2-2 Practice Quiz
- Video: 2-3.1 Norms that Permit Dissent
- Practice Quiz: Lesson 2-3 Practice Quiz
- Video: 2-4.1 Norms that Permit Competition
- Practice Quiz: Lesson 2-4 Practice Quiz
- Video: 2-5.1 The Strong Culture Debate
- Practice Quiz: Lesson 2-5 Practice Quiz
- Video: 2-6.1 Breaking Barriers and Being Creative in Teams
- Practice Quiz: Lesson 2-6 Practice Quiz
Graded: Module 2 Graded Quiz
WEEK 3
Module 3: Evaluating Ideas
4 videos, 2 readings, 4 practice quizzes expand
- Reading: Module 3 Overview
- Reading: Module 3 Readings and Resources
- Video: 3-1.1 In the Eye of the Beholder
- Practice Quiz: Lesson 3-1 Practice Quiz
- Video: 3-2.1 Do I Want Creativity?
- Practice Quiz: Lesson 3-2 Practice Quiz
- Video: 3-3.1 Indicators of Creativity
- Practice Quiz: Lesson 3-3 Practice Quiz
- Video: 3-4.1 Pitchers
- Practice Quiz: Lesson 3-4 Practice Quiz
Graded: Module 3 Peer Assessment
Graded: Module Graded 3 Quiz
WEEK 4
Module 4: Pitching Ideas
4 videos, 2 readings, 4 practice quizzes expand
- Reading: Module 4 Overview
- Reading: Module 4 Readings and Resources
- Video: 4-1.1 Make it Feel Right
- Practice Quiz: Lesson 4-1 Practice Quiz
- Video: Changing Others' Perspectives
- Practice Quiz: Lesson 4-2 Practice Quiz
- Video: 4-3.1 Storytelling
- Practice Quiz: Lesson 4-3 Practice Quiz
- Video: 4-4.1 Module 4 & Course Wrap-up
- Practice Quiz: Lesson 4-4 Practice Quiz
Graded: Module 4 Graded Quiz
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