DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES
A major part of the remit of the Brighton Leadership Academy is course development.
After assessments have been completed, the utilization of resources and consultancy advice for further development is engaged for optimal, individualized leadership development.
Many aspects to leadership development are within the Brighton Leadership Academy’s skills-set, namely, the development of creativity and innovation, with the skills, knowledge, and growth of mindsets, all in-tune with the knowledge-based economy.
The Innovation Programme
A programme that explores the thinking modes that block innovative idea development. It analyses the difference between innovation and creativity yet highlights how they are intertwined.
The course leader gives advice and expert back-up to the course content, plus useful exercises are engaged in, which give experiential and emotive affirmation of the course ideas and philosophy.
The goals of the course are to enhance the awareness and ability to formulate and enact innovative ideas that are of value to business.
- Areas of the course covered include:
- 1. The Importance of Innovation.
- 2. The Difference between 'Creativity' and 'Innovation'.
- 3. How 'Invention' Compares with 'Innovation'.
- 4. The Innovation Ecosystem.
- 5. A Study of Threshold Concepts.
- 6. Ideas and Human Capital.
- 7. Sustained and Disruptive Innovation.
- 8. Practical Exercises which Promulgate Innovative Thinking.
- Some benefits of the course:
- An awareness of the continual importance of innovation in all areas of business and society
- Increased experience and guidance on innovative ideas generation.
- An understanding of what drives innovation.
- The development of techniques to inspire and drive forward innovative thinking and solutions.
- Some benefits of the course:
- An awareness of the continual importance of innovation in all areas of business and society
- Increased experience and guidance on innovative ideas generation.
- An understanding of what drives innovation.
- The development of techniques to inspire and drive forward innovative thinking and solutions.
The Creativity Programme
- The course is divided into nine sections. These are:
- 1. Creativity in a 21st Century Context.
- 2. Why Have Fun/Creativity at Work?
- 3. Tapping Into Your Own Creativity.
- 4. Getting to Know Your Team.
- 5. Creative Thinking Techniques.
- 6. Avoiding Blocks to Creativity.
- 7. Rewarding Your Team.
- 8. Hiring Creative People.
- 9. Course Project.
- Some benefits of the course:
- Creativity in the work environment has been shown to improve motivation.
- This is via its focus on mastery and innovation.
- It promotes an increased sense of well-being.
- This course awakens participants to the opportunities and implicit rewards that increased creativity can provide.
- Some benefits of the course:
- Creativity in the work environment has been shown to improve motivation.
- This is via its focus on mastery and innovation.
- It promotes an increased sense of well-being.
- This course awakens participants to the opportunities and implicit rewards that increased creativity can provide.