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Sep 2023
35m 34s

Mastering Creativity with Peter Childs

Coursera
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On the first episode of The Coursera Podcast, we discuss creative thinking with Professor Peter Childs, Head of the Dyson School of Design Engineering and the Professorial Lead in Engineering Design at Imperial College London. Professor Childs shares his insights on what happens in our brains when we create, techniques and frameworks to amplify our inventive abilities, and the future of imagination in the age of AI.

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