One of the main ideas supported by the KROK Business School is the development of creativity and innovation of representatives of small and medium-sized businesses. That is why we implement the global initiative "World Creativity and Innovation Week and Day", which is officially supported by the United Nations, which takes place on April 15-21 around the world. In 2023, World Creativity and Innovation Week is dedicated to Inspiration. So let's find inspiration for ourselves by attending the events of the World Creativity and Innovation Week and Day at KROK Business School.
April 15, Saturday 11:00 – 13:00
Moderator - Oksana Sedashova
Offline with Facebook stream
KROK Business School, 30-32, Tabirna str. Kyiv
Since more than a year of war, Ukrainians have shown the world the best qualities - courage, honesty, dedication, altruism, humanity, resilience and creativity - which has become a confirmation that Ukraine is an extraordinary original country that is worthy of the best. The whole world remembered the slogan "Ukraine is the country of brave people". KROK Business School invites you to talk with creators of concepts that inspire Ukrainians and represent Ukraine in the world as a creative and innovative state.
14:00 – 17:00
Offline KROK Business School, 30-32, Tabirna str. Kyiv
Participation is included in the total cost of organizing the World Week of Creativity and Innovation, the participation of participants is limited to 10 people by prior selection: https://bit.ly/3JSRFKB
The number of participants is limited to 10 people: 5 from business, 5 from the advertising industry.
Mastermind is a group format for solving business problems, where participants share their requests and tasks, and other members of the group act as a Board of Directors for each person, sharing their own experiences or providing recommendations for solving each problem. In this way, powerful mutual consulting takes place, which, with the help of an experienced facilitator in this format, turns into a source of breakthroughs and innovations.
April 17, Monday
17:15 – 18:15, Online
Looking for inspiration for business development, for finding new creative strategies for developing your own business and organizing your life, we turn to extraordinary creators whose psychology of creative thinking will help us see new ways of finding ideas and turning them into reality. Such a person is the famous sculptor Oleksandr Lidagovskyi, whose sculptures inspire not only Ukrainians, but also people from all over the world.
April 18, Tuesday
16:00 – 17:30, Online
Susanne Dameron, creative consultant, USA
The working language of the webinar is English.
The war in no way prevents Ukrainians from dreaming and planning for the future, and thanks to flexibility and adaptability, plans can be adjusted. Visionary thinking is an important skill for managers at all levels. Seeing where we want to go connects us to our purpose and gives us energy, motivation and confidence. In a 90-minute session, Florida-based creative consultant Susan Dameron will guide participants through a visionary thinking process that lays the foundation for creating a vision for their future or their company. As a result of the session, participants will have a vision and clear steps to take to make it a reality. .
17:45 – 18:45, Online
«Vidvazhna» is a unique inclusive business accelerator for women who seek independent development and want to start their own business or develop an existing business. The offline format of the project takes place on the basis of 9 Diya.Business in different cities of Ukraine. At the panel discussion, we will get to know the creators of innovative business ideas - goal-oriented, brave and determined girls who get knowledge at the Diya.Business center in Bucha and raise their business to a new level. So let's get to know the "Brave" and be inspired by the unique stories of female entrepreneurship from the hero town Bucha.
What shall we talk about?
Speakers:
Moderator of the discussion – Oksana Sedashova
Access to the event: FREE for everyone
REGISTER Online panel discussion "In search of inspiration: the project "Vidvazhna (Brave)"
April 19, Wednesday
17:00 – 18:00, Online
Speaker: Iryna Kostyuk, producer and ideological inspirer of the animated film "Mavka. Forest Song"
Ukrainian animated film "Mavka. "Forest Song" already after the first weekend set record box office figures - almost UAH 25 million and gathered 189,048 viewers. The premiere of the cartoon took place on March 2, 2023, and more than 80 countries bought the rights to show it. During the webinar with Iryna Kostyuk, producer and ideological inspirer of the animated film"Mavka. Forest song", you will learn the secrets of the creation of this film, namely what innovations were used during the creation of the cartoon and what strategies helped make it financially successful.
April 20, Thursday
16:00 – 17:00, Online
What can business learn from tango?
In tango, as in business, it is important to have your own mission, goal and vision of yourself in the process.
In tango, every step is an opportunity to feel alive, conscious and focused on what is happening here and now. Do you want your business project to be alive and inspiring, where decisions are made consciously according to the changing situation, and flexibility helps to do it quickly and efficiently.
Tango strategies for business and life - tango maestro Anatoliy Yakimchuk (Antonio) will tell about this with inspiration, who not only teaches tango, but also changes people's thinking and behavioral strategies.
17:15 – 18:45, Online
Marie Reig Florence (Berlin, Germany), creative leadership expert, executive coach.
The working language of the webinar is English
It is a challenging job to be highly creative, create significant impact and move forward towards breakthrough innovation while navigating rapid change and constantly adapting to a fragile, uncertain, ambiguous, anxious, non-linear, complex and almost incomprehensible context. What if there was a way to put creativity at the service of powerful influence to develop yourself and your team, company, business idea? What if "leading from the heart" is much more than a pretty metaphor? You are invited on a journey of discovery and research of the "inside-out leadership" paradigm. Exceptional leaders lead from the heart. Are you one of them?
During the 90-minute webinar, Marie Raig Florence, a consultant and leadership coach from Berlin, will show how leaders can achieve the highest level of creativity in order to create a positive impact on the development of the company.
April 21, Friday
10:00 – 16:00, Offline
Trainers-facilitators: Roman Romantsov, Oksana Sedashova, methodologist Svitlana Dzennyk
Participation is included in the total cost of organizing the World Week of Creativity and Innovation, the participation of participants is limited to 20 people by prior registration for this offline event: https://bit.ly/40MgL4B
How to learn to systematically and confidently solve problems at the enterprise? We invite you to learn how to do this by mastering problem-solving methods that combine a systems analytical approach to problem analysis with the use of Lean tools and progressive creative thinking techniques to solve business problems.
Participation in the challenge will be useful for managers and owners of companies involved in business management and development, MBA degree students and all those who face various problems in their work and are looking for new methods of solving them.
During the challenge, participants will form teams that, after mastering the theoretical material, will receive tasks to analyze and solve problems at various enterprises. The format of the competition will make it possible to determine the strongest team, the members of which are better than everyone else - they will cope with solving problems faster and better.
In the program:
16:30-17:30
Michael Lee (Johannesburg, South Africa), transformational coach, creativity and innovation coach
The language of the webinar is English
Together with the famous international expert on creativity, Michael Lee, we will find out what can become an internal source of inspiration and how to manage it.