LEADING TEAMS TO VICTORY:
Where Creative theory meets practice
ACM Creativity & Cognition Conference 2022
VENICE, ITALY
About
This research-based, interactive workshop invites attendees to explore the sociocultural theory of creativity and to engage in interactive activities that spark team creativity and innovation. We will introduce the research of the VICTORY model (Vision, Ideation, Combination, Team, Openness, Risk-taking, and Yes-I-can Mindset) as a method to promote team creativity and innovation. Workshop participants— researchers, educators and creative practitioners— will have the opportunity to experience putting theory to practice. We will then bridge research with creativity training and introduce techniques to build powerful and effective multicultural, interdisciplinary teams.
This half-day, morning workshop will take place on Monday, 20 June 2022. The 14th ACM conference on Creativity & Cognition spans 20-23, June 2022. The organising committee invites you in-person to a week of art, science, and networking at a four-day conference in Venice, Italy.
Workshop Goals
To offer a theoretical approach and practical framework for creative integration through the introduction of the VICTORY Model.
To provide a variety of creative practices (active listening techniques, team building exercises, book making, and storytelling) to launch successful intercultural teams.
To create a space for conference participants to engage, connect and collaborate across disciplines.
Workshop Schedule
Part One - THEORY: VICTORY Model
INTRODUCTIONS: Who are you? Who are we? - What is creativity?
THEORY AND FRAMEWORK: Creativity defined and the Victory Model
Part Two - PRACTICE: Make, Care, Strategize, Implement
INTERACTIVE EXPLORATION OF VICTORY MODEL
CREATIVITY IN ACTION! - Design Thinking Models, Team Work
Part Three - How do we know this works?
SHARING PRACTICES - Measurement and Rubric
Q&A/WRAP UP - Where from here? Ongoing connections
Organizers
Dr. Min Tang is a Professor of International Management at the University of Applied Management, Germany. She is a member of the American Psychological Association Division 10 and jury of the International Exhibition for Ideas, Invention, and Innovation (iENA). She is the initiator and manager of a series of intercultural and interdisciplinary programs about creativity and innovation, including the “Applied Creativity across Domains” summer school, funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the ERASMUS IP summer school, “Effective Management of Creativity and Innovation” funded by the EU. Her research fields include systems approach to creativity, implicit theories of creativity, inventive creativity, and cross-cultural studies.
Mr. Hofreiter studies the psychology of creativity, focusing on the bright and dark side of creativity and their implications in applied settings (e.g. work environment). He is further conducting research in the area of artificial intelligence and the underlying psychological mechanism in the application of AI (e.g. the role of creativity in human-machine interaction).
With a background in US and South African presidential campaigns - clarity, communication and deadlines are Ms. Swart Grossman's strengths. As a Creative Practitioner and Consultant, Ms. Swart Grossman brings her expertise in building effective partnerships, strategic planning, board development, measurable outcomes, communication, and workshop facilitation to the table. Ms. Swart Grossman is a connector, a political and community organizer, a logistical wizard, and a visionary advocate/activist for community building and engagement. She has held positions at Harvard’s Museum of Science and Culture and the Graduate School of Design as well as The Science Museum in London, UK and scores of NGO’s, non-profits and social impact businesses nationally and internationally. She is also an Adjunct Faculty member at Boston University within their Graduate Arts Administration Program.
Ms. Swart Grossman holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics and Political Science from St. Olaf College and a master’s degree in Urban and Environmental Policy from Tufts University.
With a background in arts leadership, counseling and teaching, Ms. Guillemin is an arts advocate and creative problem-solver. She has mentored thousands of student-artists and has spearheaded many arts initiatives. She is currently on the Northeastern University faculty, teaching and mentoring art + design students in their world renowned co-op program. Previous to that, she served as inaugural director of the Boston University arts leadership and innovation program, interim director of the BU School of Visual Arts and founding director of the BU Visual Arts Summer Institute. Jen has expertise in higher education administration, building effective partnerships, strategic visioning, curriculum development and cross sector collaboration. Her professional collaborations have led her to teach in prisons and homeless shelters, to create community engaged projects in Boston and to publish research on cultural entrepreneurship and the creative economy. Jen’s passion is to help people identify and focus personal values, creative interests and unique gifts in order to achieve their educational, professional and personal goals.
Ms. Guillemin holds a bachelor’s degree in English from SUNY Geneseo and two master’s degrees in Arts Administration and Counseling from Boston University.