Graduates of the Ice House leadership program, received their certificates Friday, signifying that they are now certified to go out and teach the course to people around the Erie community.

The program gives the leaders of new businesses an opportunity to learn a different approaches to entrepreneurship. People learned how to think with an innovative mind to find new ideas and positives in the everyday work environment.

Leaders of Innovative Collaborative who teach the course say this is valuable because of the tools it provides to help others help Erie.

"So we tell people that the main theme is that problems are opportunities and if you go and look at it from that direction, you can see opportunities everyday and look for ways on how you can use your talents to solve someone else's problem, Rob Herndon, a member of the training team at Innovative Collaborative said.

As the ceremony concluded, the graduates of the course shared what they learned and will take forward into their workplace and community.