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151-0655-00L 4 Credits MSC D-MAVT

Skills for Creativity and Innovation

Lecturers & Examiners: Dr. Carmen Kobe, Dr. Ina Goller
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Last Updated: 2026-06-03 00:07:54

Abstract

"Project-based Education" (PBE). This course aims to enhance the knowledge and competency of students regarding their innovation capability and their ability to foster creativity in teams. The goal of the course's project work is to develop, implement and evaluat either a creativity workshop or a creativity skill training.

Objective

- Reading and applying research papers on individual and team creativity - Evaluating and developing individual and team skills for creativity - Facilitating idea generation and development in teams - Observing and developing cooperation and communication in innovation teams

Content

- The creative thinking prozess - Prerequisites of creativity - Individual competence clusters: exploring problems, being open, self-awareness, building up willpower - Team competence clusters: practicing psychological safety, supporting ideas, pushing the frontiers, creating and sharing a vision - Team development, creativity methods and workshop facilitation

Resources

Lecture Notes

Slides, script and other documents will be distributed via moodle.ethz.ch(access only for students registered to this course)

Literature

Goller, I. & Bessant, J. (2017). Creativity for Innovation Management. Routledge. (ISBN-13: 978-1138641327) As well as material handed out in the lecture

General Information

Language
English
Levels
MSC
Frequency
Yearly recurring

Examination

Type
graded semester performance
"Project-based Education" (PBE):Preparation, implementation and evaluation either of a creativity workshop or a creativity skill training.Review of workshop/training preparation: 40% of final gradeImplementation of workshop/training: 40% of final gradeInsights and learnings on how to prepare and hold a workshop or training: 20% of final grade.

Course Components

Type Title Time & Place Hours
lecture with exercise Skills for Creativity and Innovation
Please note the course dates and times as follows: Fri 18.09., 08:15–12:00 Fri 25.09., 08:15–12:00 Fri 02.10., 08:15–12:00 Fri 09.10., 08:15–12:00 Fri 16.10., 08:15–12:00 Fri 23.10., 08:15–12:00 Fri 30.10., 08:15–12:00 Fri 06.11., no lecture Fri 13.11., 08:15–12:00 Fri 20.11., 08:15–12:00 and 13:15–17:00 Fri 27.11., 08:15–12:00 and 13:15–17:00 Fri 04.12., 08:15–12:00 Fri 11.12., 08:15–12:00 Fri 18.12., no lecture
No time listed 4 h weekly

Offered In

  • Mechanical Engineering Master
    • Core Courses (The Core Courses in the Master’s program Mechanical Engineering listed below are indicative and include courses designed by the Department at the Master's level. With the approval of the tutor, students may also select Master's-level courses offered by other departments at ETH. These courses will be marked as non-regular in the LAG, but their categorization as Core Courses is possible if included in the approved LAG.)