Developing Creative Solutions |CP6|
Bridge Ideas to Action with Prototyping and Design Thinking
Welcome to "Developing Creative Solutions," the sixth course in the Mastering Creative Problem Solving series. This course guides you in transforming your best ideas into testable, adaptable, and actionable solutions using real-world tools like prototyping, experimentation, and design thinking.
You'll learn to validate ideas through practical models, gaining early feedback. Focusing on both divergent and convergent thinking, this course teaches you to explore widely, then refine with clarity and purpose.
Hands-on, human-centered, and iterative, this course equips you to bridge the gap between innovation and implementation.
What You’ll Learn
1
Prototyping and Experimentation
Learn to build and test lightweight versions of your ideas. This process refines functionality, uncovers flaws, and validates potential before full implementation.
2
Divergent and Convergent Thinking
Discover how to use these complementary thinking modes to expand your range of ideas, then strategically narrow them down into actionable options.
3
Design Thinking Principles
Apply the five stages of design thinking—empathize, define, ideate, prototype, and test—to build solutions that are both innovative and user-focused.
📦 What’s Included
  • Engaging, beginner-friendly Audio Deep Dives & Text lessons
  • Coaching Session: Rapid Prototyping and User-Centered Design Workshop
  • Exercises in solution mapping, user feedback loops, and failure - based iteration
  • Case studies from real teams applying design thinking to solve business and social problems
  • Downloadable study guide, canvases for brainstorming, testing, and refining ideas
  • Bonus: Creative project journal and iterative planning toolkit
👤 Target Audience
  • Innovators and entrepreneurs turning ideas into prototypes
  • Designers and product developers building user - focused solutions
  • Team leaders managing creative implementation
  • Anyone looking to transform abstract ideas into real - world results
✅ Requirements
  • Completion of “Idea Evaluation and Selection” is recommended
  • Curiosity about human - centered design and iterative testing
  • A project or concept ready to move toward implementation
🎓 Certification
Earn a Certificate of Completion showcasing your proficiency in solution development—ideal for innovation portfolios, product design credentials, and leadership development.
🌐 Part of the Mastering Creative Problem Solving Learning Path
This course advances your skills from “thinking it” to “building it”:
Introduction to Creative Problem Solving
Developing a Creative Mindset Overview
Problem Identification and Analysis
Idea Generation Techniques
Idea Evaluation and Selection
Developing Creative Solutions
Overcoming Creativity Blocks
Collaboration and Team Problem Solving
Applying Creative Problem Solving in Real Life
This path empowers you to create with confidence and iterate with purpose.
🚀 From Concept to Creation
Bring your solutions to life with the tools that top innovators use every day.