Stanford Webinar: Cultivate Your Creativity

Stanford Webinar presented by the Stanford Innovation Master Series (http://scpd.stanford.edu/design/index...) Cultivate Your Creativity Speaker: William Burnett, Stanford University In this webinar, you’ll learn to debunk the notion that creativity is a special talent assigned to others. You’ll learn to train yourself to behave creatively, thus unlocking your own ability to solve problems. Join Stanford’s William Burnett, Executive Director of the Design Program at Stanford, as he describes design thinking principles – and actionable methods - that you can put to work immediately, so that you think out of the box, frame problems differently, and generate innovative solutions at your company. About the Speaker: Bill Burnett is an Adjunct Professor and the Executive Director of the Design Program at Stanford. He directs the undergraduate and graduate program in design and teaches at the d.school. He received his Bachelors of Science and Masters of Science in Product Design at Stanford and has worked in start-ups and Fortune 100 companies, including seven years at Apple designing award-winning laptops and a number of years in the toy industry designing Star Wars action figures. He holds a number of mechanical and design patents and design awards, and, in addition to his duties at Stanford, he is on the board of VOZ, a socially responsible fashion start-up, and advises several other start-up companies. About the Stanford Innovation Master Series: Harness the power of design thinking tools to incorporate innovation into your everyday business practices and transform your organization. Get close and personal with some of the people who invented the tools of design thinking and learn to use the innovative techniques to develop you and your team's creativity, achievement habits, customer empathy and visual thinking. Learn more at http://scpd.stanford.edu/design/index...