The Creative Path Workshop with Prof. Jonathan Feinstein
Workshop | Jonathan Feinstein
Date: Tuesday 29th Oct
Time: 10 - 2pm
Location: QUT Kelvin Grove
Event Details
Speaker Details
Jonathan Feinstein
This workshop will feature a double session, with a lunch break in the middle. Expect a hands-on experience with a set of exercises and selected readings (TO BE LISTED) that will guide you through the logic of creative development. Led by a seasoned expert from Yale University, this workshop aims to provide practical insights and tools for fostering creativity, tailored to the needs of students and industry partners alike.
In this workshop participants will engage in exercises and discussion to learn about their own creativity and about the creative process and how it leads to innovation. They will work as individuals and in groups.
Topics covered include:
• Creative Connections.
• Guiding Conceptions & Guiding Principles.
• Close Observation as a Source of Creativity.
• Group Brainstorming - Its Power & Challenges.
Come to the workshop ready to engage! Bring a pencil (or pen, but pencil is good) and a camera (phone camera is fine).
Yale Professor Jonathan Feinstein is a leading thinker about creativity & innovation. Whereas it is common to focus on the moment of inspiration as the essence of creativity, he takes a more encompassing and organic approach, showing how creativity and innovation are generated out of a longer unfolding process. Feinstein’s new book is Creativity in Large-Scale Contexts. He is also the author of The Nature of Creative Development. He earned his university degree from Stanford and his Ph.D. from MIT and is now an endowed professor at the Yale School of Management. His Yale creativity & innovation class has been a favourite with students over the years and has been featured in Business Week and Fast Company. He is committed to nurturing creativity in all its forms by all people.