Building Creative Thinking from the Brain Up
50mGeneral2025-05-15
Authors
Indre Viskontas
Course details
The World Economic Forum has identified creativity as an essential, in-demand skill, especially with the rise of AI. In this course, join neuroscientist Indre Viskontas as she outlines practical strategies and techniques to help you unlock your full creative potential.
Get started by understanding what creativity really means and how anyone can tap into their creative brain. Explore how to prepare your brain for creative thinking by engaging the brain’s control network, default mode network, and salience network. Indre shows you how to rewire your brain networks with targeted practice, get in the mood for creative work, and overcome creative funks. Additionally, you will learn to identify what inhibits creative potential and use proven methods to boost inspiration and recognize aha moments. This course also covers innovative approaches to collaborative creativity with generative AI and shifting perspectives for more effective everyday creative problem-solving.
Learning objectives
Understand and define the concept of creativity and its importance.
Apply techniques to engage different brain networks for enhanced creative thinking.
Identify and overcome common inhibitors to creative potential.
Implement targeted practices to foster and sustain creativity in everyday activities.
Collaborate effectively with generative AI to amplify creative problem-solving capabilities.
Get started by understanding what creativity really means and how anyone can tap into their creative brain. Explore how to prepare your brain for creative thinking by engaging the brain’s control network, default mode network, and salience network. Indre shows you how to rewire your brain networks with targeted practice, get in the mood for creative work, and overcome creative funks. Additionally, you will learn to identify what inhibits creative potential and use proven methods to boost inspiration and recognize aha moments. This course also covers innovative approaches to collaborative creativity with generative AI and shifting perspectives for more effective everyday creative problem-solving.
Learning objectives
Understand and define the concept of creativity and its importance.
Apply techniques to engage different brain networks for enhanced creative thinking.
Identify and overcome common inhibitors to creative potential.
Implement targeted practices to foster and sustain creativity in everyday activities.
Collaborate effectively with generative AI to amplify creative problem-solving capabilities.
Skills covered
CreativityGraphic DesignProfessional DevelopmentOne-Off
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - We can all think creatively
- 02 - What do we mean by creativity
- 03 - How anyone can tap into their creative brain
1. The Big Three Creative Brain Networks
- 04 - Prep for creative thinking with the brain s control network
- 05 - Engage the default mode network to incubate creative ideas
- 06 - Harness motivation and emotion with the salience network
2. Using Our Creative Brains
- 07 - Rewire your brain networks with targeted practice
- 08 - Get in the mood for creative work
- 09 - Get out of a creative funk
- 10 - Boost creative inspiration by setting yourself up for aha
- 11 - Recognize what inhibits our brain s creative potential
3. Practicing Creativity
- 12 - Collaborate with generative AI to supersize your creativity
- 13 - Shift your perspective for more creative problem-solving
- 14 - Moving to create
Conclusion
- 15 - Find three ways to build creativity into your day