This 2-hour interactive workshop uses findings from neuroscience to establish the link between happiness and innovation and creativity. There is a growing concern that institutions of higher learning fall short when it comes to innovation and creativity, even as organizations around the world are clamoring for graduates that have an entrepreneurial spirit and passion for innovation.
Cutting-edge research from neuroscience shows that we can only be creative and innovative if each of us remains focused and dedicated to expanding our comfort zone, seeking variety in all that we think and do, and embrace experiences that disrupt our closely held assumptions and beliefs about our ability to be creative and innovative.
Highly structured, small comfort zones, and failure-free lives are the antithesis and enemies of innovation. This workshop will challenge participants to view innovation and creativity through the lens of happiness since a happy brain is also a creative brain.
Today, with advances in neuroscience, we know that in order to become engines of innovation that is holistic, meaningful, impactful and lasting at both an individual level and at an organizational level, we need to understand the human brain and its cravings for creativity and new experiences. A greater awareness of the decision-making pathways embedded deep in our brains will help us learn more, achieve more, and most importantly, help us to be innovative in our approaches to learning and teaching.
Key elements of this workshop include:
1. Key findings from neuroscience that links happiness to creativity and innovation.
2. Specific recommendations to increase classroom innovation through a deeper understanding of the perpetual conflict between being on autopilot and embarking on creativity.
3. Hands-on exercises (individual and group) to strengthen innovation in education.
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