6 Workshops.
One Complete Process.
In this introductory module, you will identify experiences and resources you have leveraged thus far in your academic, professional, and personal life. You'll be introduced to the innovation process by reflecting on the building blocks of specific resources, followed by key experiences, and integrate them together in order to begin creating your unique path.
- Identify key experiences and resources from your life so far.
- A journal or portfolio
- A list of key experiences and resources
- How to access the innovation process
- Kolb's Experiential Learning Cycle
- How to begin the self-innovation process
In this workshop, you will learn the cycle of the Hero's Journey and apply it to key experiences you have had, gaining insight into the path you have taken. You will also create your own visual journey story to help "show and tell" your story so far.
- Break down a key experience into different components of the Hero's Journey.
- A visual representation of the Hero's Journey
- A visual map of your journey with key experiences
- How to use the Hero's Journey for your self-innovation process
In this workshop, you will utilize reflection of the micro and macro to gain insight into the skills you have, the values you hold dear, and the passionate interests that engage you. You'll zoom in on a key experience to appreciate the lessons to be learned from it, then step back to look at the big picture. Finally, you will focus on a path guided by your strengths and passionate interests, amassing a list of the key things that make you unique.
- Use key experiences to identify strengths and passionate interests
- Deconstruct and create a visual mindmap of those experiences
- A list of your strengths and passionate interests
- How to identify strengths and passionate interests through micro and macro reflection
- How to discern a more focused path
In this workshop, you identify an artifact that symbolizes your strengths and passionate interests. You will develop meaning, understanding, focus, and the potential to leverage those strengths and passionate interests that make you unique — and learn how to communicate your potential to others.
- Find an artifact that symbolizes your strengths
- Show and tell the story of your strengths, interests, and values in action
- An opportunity to present and share your artifact
- How to communicate the story of your strengths and passionate interests through your artifact
In this workshop, you now focus on the future. You utilize the self-knowledge you have constructed and develop a new future vision for professional and personal success. You start applying an innovation system to create a vision for the future and engage in a strategic process to go from challenge to questions. You'll think intentionally and innovatively about your future — both immediate and long-term — and learn deconstruction and construction skills that break a big challenge down into smaller ideas.
- Envision the unique future you want to realize
- Use the Question Ladder method to identify opportunities for future experiences
- Utilize various ideation methods to generate new ideas
- A vision of your positive future
- A list of focused questions using the Ladder method
- A list of ideas using BrainRain and idea-finding methods
- How to root down and branch out using the self-innovation process
- How to collect and capture more ideas for your future
- How to use various tools to generate better ideas
In this final workshop you are guided through a process to re-construct your ideas into better, more innovative concepts — like a portfolio of intellectual property for your own professional and personal life. You move from analyzed and synthesized concepts to a strategic plan for action. You learn how to test and select the best concepts, build a clear communication strategy, and take your first real steps toward a meaningful path forward.
- Analyze your ideas and select the strongest ones
- Synthesize ideas into themes for action
- Test and evaluate your best concepts
- Select the path forward that integrates your strengths, values, and vision
- A clustered list of ideas organized into thematic groups
- A strategic action plan
- A clear communication strategy for your path direction
- How to funnel and develop your best concepts
- How to select, refine, and commit to your path
- How to communicate your direction and take your first real steps