Creative Thinking: Tools for Success Bootcamp – Optional Add-On Week
July 4 – 12, 2025
Take the next step toward becoming a powerful problem-solver, a forward-thinking innovator, and a confident communicator. Break the mold and unlock your potential with our Creative Thinking: Tools for Success Bootcamp!
Everyone has the potential to be creative. Whatever you’re studying, the ability to think creatively is one of the most valuable skills you can develop. Employers are looking for individuals who can adapt, solve problems, and bring fresh and practical ideas to the table. Creative thinking isn’t just for artists—it’s an essential tool for success in every career.
Our Creative Thinking: Tools for Success Bootcamp is designed to help you unlock your creative potential and approach challenges from new angles. You’ll develop a mindset that will not only help you think smarter and faster but also make the process of generating and sharing ideas more exciting. You’ll gain the confidence to present your ideas with clarity and evaluate which ones are worth pursuing – turning concepts into real-world solutions.
Why Creativity Matters:
Great innovators aren't always the ones with the most original ideas—they're the ones who can reframe problems and communicate ideas in new ways. This training will help you develop those skills, allowing you to tap into your natural creativity and transform challenges into compelling possibilities.
You will learn how to:
- Recognize and cultivate a creative mindset.
- Gain an understanding of creative techniques, knowing when and how to apply the best approach for each challenge.
- Discover your unique creative style, shaped by your own life experiences.
- Enhance your communication and collaboration skills with diverse audiences, enabling clear, concise sharing of ideas and solutions.
- Learn to communicate new ideas in an engaging way, tackle problems from fresh perspectives, and understand how you can develop novel solutions.
The course is right for you if:
- You consider yourself creative and you are always asking “why?”
- Or you are the exact opposite: Creativity is something you don’t have a lot of experience with, but you want to understand how you can use it to unlock practical solutions.
- Maybe you’re somewhere in between. You are curious about creativity and want to understand how it can enhance your studies and impact your career.
What will I be able to do after the course?
- Understand the differences between creativity and innovation.
- Identify the core principles of creativity and understand their relationship to each other.
- Select appropriate approaches and methodologies for different contexts and challenges.
- Understand AI fundamentals as they relate to creativity and innovation.
- Create an environment that nurtures creativity in personal and professional settings.
- Effectively communicate ideas to leadership, when you can see a better way forward.
- Feel confident in your ability to generate new ideas and communicate them to a variety of audiences.
We hope to see you at the Global Summer School in July 2025. Remember, there are no mistakes .... only research!