Brainstorming Techniques in Innovation, Plain & Simple

Brainstorming Techniques in Innovation, Plain & Simple

This course has recently been updated (Nov 2022)

Brainstorming of creative ideas is oftentimes the starting point of innovation in our organization.  The collective energy of everyone, internal and external to our organization, can be a very productive source of brand new ideas.  The real key to success is understanding the balance of an organized approach to brainstorming, while still maintaining the spirit of new, sometimes unconventional, ideas.

The topics covered in this "Brainstorming Techniques in Healthcare" course are:

Stretching Our Brains

• Stretching our brains

• Learning from the best

• Mental blocks to creative thinking

• Classic brainstorming rules

External Sources of Ideas

• Longitude Prize

• Goldcorp Story

• XPrize Foundation

• Linux, Netflox and Lego

• Takeways

Organizing Our Ideas

• Affinity Diagrams

This course contains numerous resources for the learner to expand their understanding of this important topic.

The basic concepts behind Healthcare Information Systems are often presented in a very complex, difficult to understand style. This "PLAIN AND SIMPLE" series on Healthcare Information Systems is different. It strives to introduce the basic concepts of information technology and systems in a very simple and easy to understand format using many examples from both non healthcare and healthcare environments. This course is targeted at the entry level (Basic and Intermediate Level) learner.

The content of the series is based on the author's 35 years experience in the healthcare information systems business. This experience spans product design and launch, marketing, business development and executive management (including president). In addition it is based on 15 years teaching at the graduate level in the University environment.

Learn about the importance of thinking very differently to solve tomorrow's problems in industry and healthcare.

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What you will learn

• Guidelines on how to hold a successful brainstorming session
• The importance of thinking "outside the box" to beging solving today's healthcare problems
• The mental blocks that inhibit our creative thinking

Rating: 4.65

Level: All Levels

Duration: 2 hours

Instructor: Thomas Giordano