Unlearn - Problem Illumination: reframe thinking to establish an innovative mindset (An Ideation Challenge Workshop)
Organised by the Translational Research Program.
This series of five free hybrid workshops: Ideation Challenge - Get ideas off the ground! aims to develop your skills in innovative thinking and problem-solving.
Geared towards healthcare innovators, including students, interns, researchers, and clinicians, this transformative series is designed to empower those seeking to advance their creative problem-solving skills in the context of real-world healthcare challenges.
The workshops will guide you through a systematic framework to better understand, define, and systematically ‘ideate’ to address innovation gaps.
You will focus on skills and strategies emphasizing systematic collaborative problem-solving as a crucial aspect of addressing innovation challenges in healthcare.
Learning objectives
In this session, we will audit assumptions and reframe thinking to establish an innovative mindset and methods.
You will utilize tools to understand your mindset and develop strategies for understanding a project's purpose, people, and problem space.
If you attend this series of workshops, you will:
- Learn a systematic framework for addressing innovation challenges.
- Improve your strategies for collaborative problem-solving.
- Practise tools to improve outcomes for translational and entrepreneurial projects.
Who should attend
Anyone who wants to improve their creative problem-solving skills are welcome, such as:
- Prospective students
- Trainees and current students
- Interns
- Academic faculty members and researchers
- Healthcare professionals
Plus, anyone from any industry who has real-world problems that they need help addressing.
When & where
Monday, January 29, 4 - 7 pm
A hybrid event - online via Zoom or in person at:
263 McCaul, Toronto, ON, M5T 1W7, Canada
Please indicate if you are attending in person or online in the registration form. If you are attending online, a Zoom link will be sent the Friday before the event.
The full series
- Session 1: Unlearn - Unlearn - Problem Illumination: reframe thinking to establish an innovative mindset. January 29, 4 – 7 pm (ET)
- Session 2: Explore - Insight Forging: using research to uncover problem needs and project outcomes. February 12, 4 – 7 pm (ET)
- Session 3: Idea Storming & Concept Curation: testing potential solutions to problems. February 26, 4 – 7 pm (ET)
- Session 4: Design Distillery/Creative Construction: how to validate and refine ideas. March 11, 4 – 7 pm (ET)
- Session 5: Implementing through Reflective Renaissance: how to communicate the effectiveness of innovations. March 25, 4 – 7 pm (ET)