MBAexpress: Creativity & Innovation

Instructors: Peter Margaritis, CPA, CGMA, MAc; Jennifer Elder, CPA, CGMA, CIA, CFF, CMA

Format

Course - Online

Level

Basic

Duration

1 hour

This course will demonstrate proven methods that CGMAs and other business professionals can use to unlock their creativity and innovative thinking.

Learning outcomes

Identify techniques to develop your creativity confidence.
Recall different creativity methods.

£29.00 (CIMA members only)

£39.00

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Product information

Overview

This course will demonstrate proven methods that you can use to unlock their creativity and innovative thinking. You will learn new ways to break through mental barriers, same as last year (SALY) thinking, and roadblocks in order to improve performance, creativity, and innovative thinking.

Topics discussed:

Creativity methods for generating ideas quickly
Breaking through mental barriers
Brainstorming
Innovation
Using the creative side of your brain

Who should take this course?

CFOs, controllers, treasurers, and other financial managers

Professional development

This Course - Online offers 1 hours of CPE credit.
Note on CPE Requirements and Credits
All learning resources available in the CGMA Store qualify for CPD for CIMA members.

Field of study:	Social Environment of Business
Prerequisites:	None
Programme level:	Basic
Duration:	1 hour
Format:	Course - Online
Access:	This is a digital product. You will have access to the content for a year after purchase date.

Return and refund policy

£29.00 (CIMA members only)

£39.00

VAT calculated on checkout

Instructors

Peter Margaritis, CPA, CGMA, MAc
Jennifer Elder
Jennifer Elder specializes in making the financially complicated simple, awesomely simple. She has seen all sides of the accounting profession starting in public accounting, was an Accounting Department Chair, and CFO in the private sector. She has worked in manufacturing and distribution, residential construction and development, software development, and angel investing. She is also involved in non-profits, sitting on the Board of Directors of Rude Ranch Animal Rescue.

Jennifer is currently President of The Sustainable CFO, helping business owners, executives, and CPAs enhance their success skills and find that elusive work-life balance. She also assists businesses in developing a strategy for integrating sustainability into strategic plans and day-to-day operations. In addition, Jennifer teaches finance at Antioch University New England, is a trainer with the AICPA and Business Learning Institute, and is a contributing writer for TriplePundit.

When it comes to instruction, Jennifer believes that in order for training to be effective it must be: approachable, applicable, interactive, and interesting. She focuses on finding the essence of a topic, explaining so that it can be understood at all levels, illustrates with real-life examples, creates opportunities to apply the knowledge, and does it with an infectious enthusiasm. Her goal is to ensure that everyone walks away with something they can use and apply immediately.

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