Outthinking AI Using Emotional and Creative Intelligence

Power Up Your Innovative Thinking | Human-Centered Skills to Surpass the Limits of AI through Creativity

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Created byRobin Hills

Last updated 6/2026

English

What you'll learn

Define and explain the principles of creativity and its role in business innovation.
Recognise and reflect on your creative strengths, development areas, and common blockers to creativity.
Apply structured techniques to generate innovative ideas and solve problems creatively in your professional role.
Evaluate and select appropriate tools and approaches to enhance individual and team creativity.
Create and communicate compelling solutions, using persuasive techniques to influence others and drive innovation forward.

Course content

6 sections • 25 lectures • 1h 29m total length

Introduction to Outthinking AI Using Emotional and Creative Intelligence1:30
This lecture introduces the course "Outthinking AI Using Emotional and Creative Intelligence".
Being Emotionally Intelligent about this Course on Udemy4:09
This video is critical to watch as it provides valuable insights to help you get the most from this course on the Udemy platform. It also helps address any potential criticisms and negative reactions through the application of emotional intelligence.
Outthinking Artificial Intelligence (AI) - Learning Outcomes2:49
This lecture gives an overview of the course to give details about the course structure and how this links to the course goals and learning objectives.
How Humans and AI Understand the World Differently4:23
This video explores how humans and AI make sense of the world in completely different ways, and why emotional intelligence remains central to human judgement.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Lacks Creativity3:36
This video is an exploration of why artificial intelligence is unable to rival the human ingenuity behind imagination, innovation, and true originality.
Bisociation and Lateral Thinking3:55
This video investigates the concepts of bisociation and lateral thinking and their role in creativity and innovation.
Debunking the Myth Around Left Brain / Right Brain Thinking6:48
You've probably heard about left-brain thinking / right brain thinking. This is inherently wrong. It's a myth that has become very popular as being based in science. This video investigates the truth about how both hemispheres work together to gain a deeper understanding of the complexities of human cognition. It's time to put this age-old misconception to rest and embrace a more accurate view of our brain's incredible capabilities.

Getting Started with Creativity and Innovation3:28
This lecture explores what you need to consider to get started as a creative thinker. It includes a valuable resource - Querstions to Stimulate Creativity.
Being Comfortable with Ambiguity2:42
Being comfortable with ambiguity means staying grounded and adaptable when outcomes are uncertain by using curiosity and resilience to navigate complexity without making premature conclusions.
Areas of Innovation1:56
This lecture considers the main areas for inovation within any business enterprise.
Innovation at Every Level of an Organisation3:05
Innovation is important in every level of an organisation. This video explores why this is and how this can happen.
Creativity Blockers4:21
There are many factors that can create barriers to innovation - either inteionally or unintentionally. This video considers some of these blockers and ways to overcome them.
Decision Making Around Creativity4:41
Gaining acceptance for creative outputs can be more difficult than the creative process itself. This video looks at how decisions are made and how to influence them.
Resistance to Creativity3:32
There will always be resistance to creative outputs. This video explores why resistance occurs and how to work with and around resistance.
Selling Ideas Against Resistance2:02
Selling ideas is important in overcoming any objections as to why they are not going to work. This video investigates ways that you can influence and persuade anybody blocking innovation.

Brainstorming2:12
Brainstorming is a creative process of generating a wide range of ideas or solutions without judgment or filtering. This video explores the technique of brainstorming in creativity.
Mindmapping2:22
Mindmapping is a visual technique for organising ideas by connecting related concepts around a central theme. This video explores the technique of mindmapping to support the creative process.
The SCAMPER Technique10:41
SCAMPER is a really useful (and fun) technique that helps with creativity.
This lecture explores in detail at how you can work with SCAMPER with examples of when it has been useful.
The Six Thinking Hats4:02
The Six Thinking Hats is a structured thinking method where each hat represents a distinct perspective to analyse problems and generate ideas collaboratively. This video explores techniques using the six thinking hats.
Working with Trigger Cards2:47
Trigger cards are creative prompts - often in the form of “what if” questions - that spark fresh thinking and help generate ideas from unexpected angles. This video explore ways to use and work with trigger cards.
Evaluating Ideas1:10
This video considers ways to evaluate ideas by assessing their feasibility, impact, and relevance to identify the most promising options.
Emotions, Judgments, and the Limits of Artificial Intelligence4:40
This video concludes the course "Outthinking AI Using Emotional and Creative Intelligence" by considering how emotions are involved in creativity and innovation and how to work with them. It, also, explores why emotions limit the thinking and judgments made by artifical intelligence (AI).

Activity Booklet: Problem Solving Using the SCAMPER Technique0:43
This practical activity gets you to consider one of the problems or situations that you are currently facing that you can apply the SCAMPER technique to. This will help you to gain some experience with the techniques and get some ideas through its application.
If you are going to get the best out of this course, it is important that you complete this exercise!
(I know that it is very easy to ignore this but you will not develop your understanding of the application of SCAMPER from just watching the video lectures!)

Requirements

You should have an interest and understanding of emotional intelligence but no prior knowledge and experience is needed to benefit from the course.
A keenness to understand more about the limitations that are inherent within Artificial Intelligence and the opportunities that this brings.
Anyone who has a desire to improve their emotional intelligence to excel at work and enhance their career.
An interest in how interactions with other people work and how to build them more effectively.
Anyone determined to develop their skills to make themselves future-proof in the skills-based economy.

Description

In a world increasingly driven by Artificial Intelligence (AI), the ability to think creatively and emotionally sets human beings apart. Outthinking AI Using Emotional and Creative Intelligence empowers you to unlock your full potential by combining innovative thinking with deep emotional insight—two areas where AI continues to fall short.

This dynamic online course explores how creativity arises from ‘bisociation’ - the ability to connect unrelated ideas - and how emotional intelligence enables more intuitive, human-centred decisions. Drawing on proven techniques such as brainstorming, mind mapping, and the power of analogies, you’ll learn how to generate novel ideas, overcome mental blocks, and drive innovation in ways AI simply cannot replicate.

Practical exercises encourage you to challenge assumptions, tolerate ambiguity, and balance analytical and imaginative thinking to provide innovative solutions to real-world business problems.

Whether you're leading a team, launching a product, or solving strategic challenges, this course helps you draw on our uniquely human qualities of empathy, flexibility, and imaginative problem-solving.

Completing this course, you will be able to

Define and explain the principles of creativity, including bisociation and its role in business innovation.
Recognise and reflect on your creative strengths, development areas, and common blockers to creativity.
Apply structured techniques to generate innovative ideas and solve problems creatively in your professional role.
Evaluate and select appropriate tools and approaches to enhance individual and team creativity.
Create and communicate compelling solutions, using persuasive techniques to influence others and drive innovation forward.

By taking this course, you’ll be equipped with creative tools and emotionally intelligent insights to confidently outperform AI in complex, human-centred environments.

All PDFs can be completed online and are Section 508 / ADA Accessibility compliant.
All videos are High Definition recorded in 1080p.
All videos have grammatically correct English captions.

Latest update - June 2026

Who this course is for:

nyone with an interest in understanding the differences between emotional intelligence and artificial intelligence and the ways that they can work together.
Anyone who is interested in a basic understanding of the interplay of Emotional Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence and their role in personal success.
Anyone who wants to have a deeper understanding of themselves and how to work better with other people.
Anyone with an interest in developing their career using a human touch.
Anyone who has a desire to improve their emotional and creative intelligence to excel at work and enhance their career.
Anyone with a willingness to complete the practical activity to grow and develop their career.

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Introducing Outthinking AI Using Emotional and Creative Intelligence7 lectures • 27min

Creativity and Innovation8 lectures • 26min

Unlocking Creative Intelligence - Techniques for Producing Creative Ideas7 lectures • 28min

Practical Activity: Problem Solving Using the SCAMPER Technique1 lecture • 1min

Quiz: Creative Relevance in the Era of Artificial Intelligence1 lecture0

Conclusion to the Course2 lectures • 8min

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