Creative Thinking in Transdisciplinary Teams
Further Information
COST: Free to follow – €169 for a certificate
FORMAT: Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on the edX platform
EQF: 7
LANGUAGE: English
APPLICATION PERIOD: July 1, 2025 – September 24, 2025
NUMBER OF PLACES: unlimited
MODE OF PARTICIPATION: online
TEACHING PERIOD: September 25, 2025 – November 13, 2025
Learn how to boost your team’s creativity by applying tools, mindsets, and techniques that enable collaborative innovation, support complex problem-solving, and unlock creative potential in diverse, transdisciplinary settings.
How do you spark creativity in others? How do you engage people from different backgrounds in a creative process? And how do you help a group move beyond the obvious to turn ideas into real impact?
According to the Future of Jobs Report 2020 by the World Economic Forum, the top skill for 2025 is analytical thinking and innovation. This means that in addition to analyzing information and solving problems logically, professionals must also apply creativity and out-of-the-box thinking to develop new ideas and solutions.
Engineers are well trained in analytical thinking, but often less so in creative facilitation. This course introduces the creative dimension into complex problem-solving. You’ll learn how to deliberately foster and guide creativity in team settings, particularly in inter- and transdisciplinary contexts. While rooted in engineering, this course is highly valuable for any professional looking to enhance team creativity in collaborative environments.
Combining hands-on exercises with a strong theoretical foundation in creativity, the course focuses on enabling others to be creative – not just developing your own creative skills. It guides you in leading a team through a structured creative process to view challenges from new angles, generate original ideas and solutions, and explore new opportunities. It also covers how to create a shared understanding and a safe, trusting environment necessary for effective creative collaboration.
By the end of this course, you’ll be able to support teams in applying creativity deliberately – whether you’re developing innovative project concepts, tackling complex challenges in diverse groups, or facilitating creative sessions.
Our Approach – What Sets Us Apart
This is not just another creativity course – it’s about creativity with others. Our unique approach emphasizes engaging diverse teams in creative collaboration that leads to lasting impact. You'll learn practical tools and principles that can be applied immediately – even with skeptical colleagues, thanks to well-grounded reasoning and compelling arguments.
The course was developed by the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering at TU Delft and is based on 50 years of expertise in Creative Facilitation. Our alumni consistently rank it among the most valuable courses they’ve taken – even a decade after graduation.
Expected Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
-
Apply the fundamental principles of deliberate creative facilitation when working in transdisciplinary teams.
-
Identify relevant mindsets and ground rules for the different stages of the creative process: divergence, revergence, and convergence.
-
Recognize success factors and barriers to creativity in everyday team meetings.
-
Develop practical solutions and strategies to overcome the identified barriers.
Prerequisites
No specific prior knowledge is required. However, it is helpful if participants can draw on their own professional experience – such as team or project meetings – to better apply and reflect on the course content.