Creativity in Management
June 18–19, 2012
9 am to 5 pm at Harvard University
Early bird tuition: $1,800. Regular tuition: $2,100. See the early bird tuition deadlines.
Class size limited.
Two-day seminar on effective creativity in business
Creativity is among the key skills needed to address the most pressing business challenges, yet few people know much about it.
Creativity is a process and a learnable skill, and understanding and paying attention to creativity can enhance it. This program explores the creative process, debunks some of the myths surrounding creativity, and uses a series of exercises to build creative skills.
What you will learn
- The importance of creative thinking in your personal and professional endeavors
- How to promote creativity in others or avoid inhibiting it
- Techniques for enhancing creativity (e.g., observation, quieting the internal critic, generating ideas, convergent and divergent thinking)
Who should enroll
This program is for those interested in enhancing creativity in their personal and/or professional life, particularly those responsible for managing others in settings and situations where creativity and creative problem solving may lead to improved performance.
Faculty
Margaret Andrews
Margaret Andrews is associate dean for management programs at Harvard University Division of Continuing Education, as well as the founder of Mind and Hand Associates, a boutique management consulting firm.
From 1999 to 2006 Andrews was executive director at the MIT Sloan School of Management, where she managed the MBA program, including admissions, student affairs, career development, marketing, alumni relations, and the MIT Sloan Management Review. She has also been the managing vice president for strategy and marketing at Eduventures and vice president of marketing at Putnam Investments, a consultant at Mercer Management Consulting (now Oliver Wyman), and a CPA at Deloitte & Touche.
Andrews has conducted higher education work across the globe. She is frequently quoted on developments in the higher education market. She has been interviewed in the national and international media, and a featured speaker at a number of higher education conferences. She teaches Managing Yourself and Others and Management Consulting at Harvard Extension School.
Andrews hails from California and has an undergraduate degree from the University of California at Berkeley. She is also a graduate of MIT Sloan, where she was named a Seley Scholar, the school’s highest honor.
Questions?
Contact harvardprofdev@dcemail.harvard.edu.
