SOF Creative Problem Solving- Tools and Techniques

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Innovation & Experimentation Lab SCPS-TT SOC 4470 Open Nomination Only Unclassified

Description

SOF professionals are persistently immersed in a stream of volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) compound security dilemmas which require the dynamic application of a flexible, creative thinking tool-set, skill-set and mind-set. Accordingly, this 5-day residential course is designed to provide students with an opportunity to apply the science of creative thinking via a 4-stage creative process methodology against a SOF-relevant problem set to gain experience translating theory into actionable outcomes. Furthermore, students will develop skills to facilitate team-based approaches to creative problem solving in the face of dynamic situations and SOF-peculiar scenarios that require the application of innovative thinking in order to create value in the form of novel strategies / concepts / effects, and/or to drive organizational adaptation and evolution. Total time commitment: 5-day residential course with pre-work (distance learning)

Audience

Personnel assigned to USSOCOM, its components, TSOCs, and those units and agencies in direct support of USSOCOM. Others will be accepted on a case-by-case basis. Grades: E-5 to E9 and O-1 to O-10 and Government Civilian equivalents. *24 seats available per iteration

Materials

Students will have access to all required materials through JSOU’s e-campus.

24A (11-Mar-2024 to 15-Mar-2024)
Location: Fort Liberty, NC
Comments: Registration Open: 01/11/2024 Resident Start Date: 03/11/2024 Resident End Date: 03/15/2024
Enrollment Closed
24B (08-Apr-2024 to 12-Apr-2024)
Location: Hurlburt Field
Comments: Registration Open: 02/08/2024 Resident Start Date: 04/08/2024 Resident End Date: 04/12/2024
Enrollment Closed