Course Overview
Encouraging innovation & creativity as a manager isn’t easy. From juggling competing priorities to overcoming internal resistance, there are a lot of challenges that can get in your way. Additionally, if your company is particularly risk-averse, then finding new solutions to existing problems could feel impossible.
In Innovate at Work, you’ll learn tools to help you think more broadly and deeply to turn up solutions that might surprise you! Starting with an in-depth analysis of your current work processes, we’ll learn how to come up with new ideas, how to conduct experiments to test them, and how to measure the impact of each innovation so that you can find the most effective solution to work problems.
Course Objectives
At the end of the course, learners should be able to:
- Analyse business or work processes to improve effectiveness in the organisation
- Generate diverse ideas or solutions for work process innovation or improvements
- Test solutions for effective implementation
- Monitor the effectiveness of solutions implemented for further improvement
Some Key Concepts in our programme
- Process analysis techniques to review current work processes and identify potential improvement areas
- Generate diverse ideas or solutions for work process innovation or improvements
- Ideation techniques
- Problem-solving techniques
- Brainstorming techniques
- Lateral thinking techniques
- Conduct experiments to test ideas, improvements or new solutions
- Types of information collection tools
- Experimentation techniques
- Impact measurement strategies
Approach to Learning
Our Critical Core Skills programmes are engaging and interactive. Our learning methods include integrated gamification (Lego!), blended learning, reflective practice, group discussions and scenarios. Come prepared to be involved and to learn from our faculty and your peers. Assessment methods include: written tests, reflective journals, oral presentations and project work. In addition, post-programme learning is anchored by a variety of ways, including an invitation to join a post-learning community, and in some modules, 1 to 1 coaching.
The average faculty-learner ratio is 1:15. Modules are on a part-time basis. Our learners are adults who are preparing for a career transition, job change or re-entry into the workforce. They are also working professionals and executives who manage change at the workplace. Finally, they are leaders who need to support business resilience and transformation. Job roles include executives, managers, senior executives and business or team leaders.
Course Suitability
This programme is suitable for
Managers, high-performing executives, supervisors, team leaders or those holding technical roles.
Minimum Requirement
Learners will have to have at least 5 GCE ‘O’ Levels (C6 for ‘O’ level English) or 3 years work experience in a supervisory position to enrol in this programme.
- COURSE FEE AND FUNDING
SELF SPONSORED | |||
Singaporean 40 yrs and above | Singaporean under 40 yrs old | Permanent Residents 21 years old and above | |
Course Fee | $600 | $600 | $600 |
Funding | $420 | $300 | $300 |
Nett Fees Payable | $180 | $300 | $300 |
9% GST of Course Fee + $16.35 (admin fee) | $70.35 | $70.35 | $70.35 |
Total Nett Fees Payable | $250.35 | $370.35 | $370.35 |
COMPANY SPONSORED | ||||
SME | Non-SME | |||
All Singaporeans and Permanent Residents | Singaporean 40 yrs and above | Singaporean under 40 yrs old | Permanent Residents 21 years old and above | |
Course Fee | $600 | $600 | $600 | $600 |
Funding | $420 | $420 | $300 | $300 |
Nett Fees Payable | $180 | $180 | $300 | $300 |
9% GST of Course Fee + $16.35 (admin fee) | $70.35 | $70.35 | $70.35 | $70.35 |
Total Nett Fees Payable | $250.35 | $250.35 | $370.35 | $370.35 |
FUNDING SUPPORT
All Singaporeans aged 25 and above can use their $500 SkillsFuture Credit from the government to pay for a wide range of approved skills-related courses. Visit the SkillsFuture Credit website (https://www.skillsfuture.gov.sg/initiatives/mid-career/credit) to choose from the courses available on the Training Exchange course directory.
COURSE DETAILS
- Duration: 2 days (14 Hours)
- Time: 9am to 5pm
- Mode of delivery: Classroom learning & self directed asynchronous learning
- Skill code: CCS-CTH-B002-1
- Skill title: Creative Thinking (Basic)