Course Reflection on Creativity and Innovation

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REFLECTION 2
Course Reflection
Creativity and innovation are among the most important concepts that we apply in our
daily life. As a course, creativity and innovation is an essential subject that helps us in our
jobs and even personal life. Creativity and innovation mainly involve the process of creating
and applying knowledge. It can, therefore, be said that creativity and innovation form the
basis of knowledge management. Creativity can be viewed as the process by which people
generate ideas, while innovation is the process of refining and sifting the generated ideas
more critically (Amabile & Pratt, 2016). When considering the models of thinking, creativity
concerns divergent thinking, while innovation concerns convergent thinking. While creativity
helps us in coming up with ideas, we still need innovation in order to put these ideas into
action. This requires us to apply the knowledge we have acquired.
We also learned about the various models of thinking, some of which include the six
thinking hats, lateral thinking, and convergent and divergent thinking. By definition,
convergent thinking refers to the type of thinking that we embrace when we want to solve a
straightforward answer to a problem while divergent thinking is used to solve n abstract or
new problem that has several alternative solutions (Cropley, 2015). Six thinking hats, on the
other hand, refer to the models of thinking that help us to have a better understanding of
people with a mindful approach (Shah, 2018). Lateral thinking is another model which refers
to the ability to use imagination to understand an issue from a different perspective
(Forgerad, Marie & Kufman, 2016).
Creativity and innovation are among the most important skills that employers want in
many organisations. These skills will help me in solving problems in my current job and even
in my daily life. The course has enabled me to change the way I think and solve problems. It
has equipped me with the essential skills to become a problem solver.