Creative Disruption

Online Certificate Course

 

Creative Problem Solving for Post Covid-19

Creativity at its core is Problem Solving – may it be through an impactful image or an innovative idea. We live in a Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous (VUCA) world that challenges the relevance and stability of our businesses and industries. So, the need for Creativity is even more pronounced. Our current thinking and comfort zones are in need of a shake-up.

The Creative Disruption Course will help one become a problem-finder, original thinker, and change-maker. This course will provide a space for taking risks, committing mistakes and unfiltered creativity to ensure that participants are getting outside their comfort zones in pursuit of novel solutions to real world issues. We will encourage you to question existing assumptions in your respective disciplines. This course is the precursor to the Innovation and Creative Entrepreneurship (ICE) programme.

As a Creative Disruptor, you will be immersed in a series of short but challenging modules and projects, designed to interrogate why people are resistant to change, the origins of our psychological programming, and cultural conditioning. We aim to build the confidence and courage to ask questions and see new possibilities and the creation of new paradigms. In short, we want you to be more comfortable with change and able to see connections within the complexities of the societies we live in.

Creative Disruptors are shakers of the status quo and established relationships. They bring something new and original, or are mavens and connectors which build networks and bridges to seemingly disparate fields. They question obsolescent relationships and things that are impediments to progress. Most importantly, they are seeking new ways to serve and the world a better place.

Modules

The Art of Getting Lost:

This module introduces Psychogeography and a process of how to break away from habits and patterns that more or less defined that way things are.

Amazing Stories:

This module is creative yet grounded storytelling regarding the future of disciplines, industries, governance, etc.

Useless Objects and Obsolescence:

This module questions the utility and value of objects and intangible things like values, systems and how might we be able to transform them or integrate them into the future.

Networked Creativity:

This module introduces multidisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity through various iterations and a series of prototypes.

The Change I Want to See:

This module introduces the participant to the limits of what he/she knows about his/her passion and expertise.

Unboxing:

This module is the final presentation of outputs or responses to The Change I want to see module, by unpacking the processes and journeys that led you to a solution.

This certificate course can be credited to the Innovation and Creative Entrepreneurship Program.
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Entry Requirements:

For freelancers, entrepreneurs, creatives, and organizations. Creative Disruption is a 1-month program aimed at immersing students to question everything, stay outside the comfort zone, and be more comfortable with failures, risk-taking, and change in general. Towards the end, students are expected to come up with a creative shake-up project that is novel to their respective disciplines and fields.

  • Open to fresh graduates, minimum 2 years College education or Vocational equivalent
  • Must be working in the creative sector or demonstrate past application of talent in a creative organization
  • Must have shown leadership in the industry by championing its development in their sector

Application Requirements:

  • Thames International Application Form
  • Curriculum Vitae
  • Information Page of Passport (scanned copy or photo)
  • One 2″x2″ ID Picture

Award of Certificate Per Module:

  • A Certificate of Achievement will be awarded to the participant upon completion of the course.

Methodology:

The entire course is delivered fully online. There are evenly spaced self-paced activities that can be accomplished both as an individual and as groups. Hence, there are also opportunities for collaborative learning. An online platform will be used to facilitate interaction.

There will be one (1) three-hour live webinar every week for the purpose of presenting works from previous assignments and a space for spontaneous and engaging exercises. Each module has corresponding output which are designed for the learners to reflect upon. The final assessment is a culminating project that will show how the learners were able to apply Creative Disruption principles in their specific contexts.

Program Outcomes:

  • A new product, social innovation, process, or system that improves an aspect of the home, community, or workplace
  • Having Creative Mindset that is comfortable with Change, Risk-taking, and Challenges

Fees:

The fee for this module is PHP25,000.00. But for the July 2020 run of the program, we are offering it at 30% off for a fee of PHP18,000.00.

Full payment is required upon enrolment.

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