Innovation and Creative Thinking (Elementary level)

About Innovation and creative thinking Course

Innovation is the ability to come up with new ideas and novel approaches to problems. It is about being creative and flexible.

There is great confusion between innovation and invention among the public; As for invention, it is the creation of the idea, design, or method from nothing, so that it has not been previously seen, and it is not a condition that the invention be feasible. If it is modified and improvements are added to it, these additions are called innovation.

There are many definitions of innovation according to schools of thought, researchers’ viewpoints, and their trends, where innovation has been defined according to many considerations, and among the definitions of innovation based on the specific characteristics of personality, whether they are mental or emotional qualities, what Simpson came with, where innovation was defined as what one shows from the abilities to get rid of From the normal thinking pattern, and a new approach to thinking, and pointed out that when paying attention to innovation, people who have minds capable of research, development and authorship should be sought, and that when discussing the topic of innovation and its meaning, imagination, invention, discovery and curiosity should be taken into account. According to Guilford, innovation includes a set of mental traits such as flexibility and fluency.

The importance of innovation is as follows:

 Improving the quality of products.
 Develop the individual's personal thinking skills, through group interaction and brainstorming.
 Contribute to enhancing the image of the institution in the minds of customers. Helping to create a spirit of competition in institutions.
 Helping to find ways to increase sales volume in the organization. Contribute to improving the quality of decisions made to solve problems within the organization in various fields, whether economic, technical, or marketing, in addition to solving problems related to the work environment itself.
 Contribute to the excellence of the institution, by reducing the period between the release of products, which makes the institution one of the competitive institutions in relation to time.

In Innovation and creative thinking Course, we will cover the following topics:

• Thinking inside or outside the box.
• Basic concepts of innovation (what is innovation).
• Basic concepts of innovation (levels of innovation).
• Innovation, development, or creation of new things? success strategy.
• The question why?
• Find answers to questions.
• Introduction to Design Thought.
• Selection of the target customer the stages of design thought.
• What's Next?