Event Statistics:
- More than 200 participants
- 5 countries: Ukraine, USA, Great Britain, Italy, Slovakia
- 10 webinars
- 10 speakers-experts in creativity, psychology, coaching, entrepreneurship
- 1 International creativity ambassador in Ukraine
Why This Topic Was Chosen: Supporting the mental health of Ukrainians through the activation of creativity was extremely important in the third year of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The World Creativity and Innovation Week in Ukraine - 2024 was opened by the International Creativity Ambassador in Ukraine, Oksana Sedashova, an associate professor of the KROK Business School, corporate psychologist, and researcher-practitioner of creativity. She spoke on the topic "Sustainability, creativity, and adequate perception of problems," explaining creative mechanisms of vitality formation and helping to believe in the personal creative powers of everyone.
Olena Chorna, PhD in psychology, taught the audience how to use art therapy techniques to build resilience. Heather Williams from the USA, an expert in creativity and one of the pioneers of graphic facilitation, held a unique workshop "Visual Strategies to Mitigate Burnout: Creative Ways to Resilience." The workshop "Creativity in the resilience system" was conducted by psychologist Iryna Kysil, where participants learned about a bodily approach to the development of resilience through breathing, grounding techniques, and exercises to activate searching interest, imagination, and improvisation.
Olena Romanishyna-Sprinsyan, a certified PCC coach ICF, presented the topic "Belief in yourself: how to believe in your own strength to live creatively here and now," teaching participants about forming self-belief, noticing opportunities, and focusing on achieving dreams even in difficult times. Professor Roni Reiter-Palmon of organizational and industrial psychology from the University of Nebraska in Omaha discussed conditions for correctly formulating problems and finding opportunities for organizing creative work in project teams.
Entrepreneur Yuliya Siletska shared her secrets to running a successful international business with a talk on "Family business: how to (not) get divorced and (not) close the business? Rules of ÜLKA." Psychologist Olena Ukrainska taught planning in conditions of uncertainty using art therapy methods. Dr. Jesvir Mahil from the UK conducted a research-based interactive discussion "Creativity and resilience in our homes during wartime," explaining how creativity helps in becoming more resilient and protecting, restoring, and rebuilding homes.
The creativity week concluded with John Wyse, an experienced expert in corporate training and senior lecturer in innovation strategy and entrepreneurship courses, who discussed how poetry can be a source of creativity development for business problem-solving skills. KROK Business School received positive feedback from participants, confirming the relevance and helpfulness of the chosen topic. KROK Business School continues to attract top experts to popularize creative thinking development in Ukraine and supports mental health during the war.
Invitation for Collaboration: We invite foreign partners to cooperate in creativity and innovations for joint research, developing specialized educational programs, experience exchange, creating events, and teaching and student mobility. Contact Person: Dr. Oksana Sedashova - SedashovaOA@krok.edu.ua
Link to more info:
https://bs.krok.edu.ua/en/
https://www.unprme.org/krok-business-school/
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