Delivering Innovation - Turning ideas into action
This module is delivered by the Cass Business School - among the top 1 per cent of business schools worldwide. The module is owned by Professor Clive Holtham and delivered by Andy Wilkins. You will:
Learn how innovation is transformed into valuable products and services in business
Discover how to deliver the results of creative work in business and professional processes
Explore case studies of commercial and public organisations to understand creative and innovative commercial practices
Look at how the cultural sector operates in a complex and rapidly changing environment and its relationship to the wider economy.
Creative Writing
This module is delivered by the Centre for Creative Writing, Translation and Publishing in the School of Arts & Social Sciences. The module leader is Phil O´Shea. You will:
Learn how to develop and communicate ideas through writing
Discover how storytelling supports leadership
Develop your own writing skills through critiquing others´ writing and responding to critiques of your own work
Learn how to use tools to develop a play or screenplay.
There will also be regular workshops with visiting writers.
The Psychology of Creativity and Innovation
This module is delivered by organisational psychologists at the School of Arts & Social Sciences. The module leader is Dr Maire Kerrin with additional delivery from Professor James Hampton. You will:
Explore ways to develop creative talent in individuals, teams and at an organisational level
Develop skills in building work environments that support innovation
Learn how creativity and innovation can drive economic performance, employee involvement and organisational change.
Leading Creative Design
This module is delivered by the Centre for Human Computer Interaction Design in the School of Informatics. The module leader is Professor Neil Maiden. You will:
Learn about innovation and design by studying the theories, models and practices from design science, product design, interaction design and software engineering
Apply creativity techniques such as challenging constraints
Run creativity workshops
Compare the outcomes from creativity techniques and workshops with outcomes from other design approaches such as user centred design.
Creative Problem Solving and Leadership
Delivered by the Cass Business School.The module is owned by Professor Clive Holtham and delivered by Andy Wilkins. You will:
Learn formal problem-solving processes
Cultivate intuitive decision-making and communications skills
Enhance your understanding of your own skills and the business and professional worlds
Gain experience of practical approaches to professional understanding, innovation and problem-solving.
Both Creative Problem Solving and Leadership and Delivering Innovation are designed to help you think AND act differently - they are designed to help you get to a new level of performance.
Andy Wilkins
Technologies for Creativity and Innovation
Delivered by the Centre for Human Computer Interaction Design. The module leader is Dr Sara Jones. you will:
Explore technologies for creative and innovative processes
Learn how to use creativity problem-solving tools - many of which are internet-based
Gain practical experience with collaborative technologies for group problem-solving such as digital walls and interactive tabletops.
The Law, Creativity and Innovation
This module is delivered by the City Law School, one of London´s major law schools. You will:
Gain an overview of all legal concerns around design and innovation
Learn to develop persuasive arguments to support a case
Learn about copyright, ownership, intellectual property, territorial agreements and contract law.
Creativity and the Creative Industries
Delivered by the School of Arts & Social Sciences. The module leader is Mary Ann Kernan. you will:
Explore creativity and innovation in different performance arts including music, dance and acting
Compare creativity and innovation in performing arts with creativity and innovation in the other disciplines you have studied
Learn how to transfer different types of knowledge across disciplines to improve creativity and innovation.
This module acts in many ways as a creative showcase for your learning on the MICL. After site visits and creative workshops, you will be supported to apply your learning throughout the programme to group performances as well as the creation of personal artefacts, and to reflect on your learning throughout the MICL in a reflective portfolio. Fun is guaranteed - but alongside, for many of your predecessors, some profound insights into how the programme´s can be applied to the MICL dissertation projects and beyond.
Mary Ann Kernan
Individual Project
The aim of the individual project is to apply the insights you´ve gained throughout the Masters programme to your working environment. You will deliver your final project as a dissertation.
Taking this course has been a personal learning journey. I now approach my work with more confidence and look at the world with fresh eyes. The interdisciplinary nature of the course provides a lively and creative climate for study, useful frameworks and novel connections. I would recommend it to anyone who is looking to bring about change - in whatever form that takes.