Every organisation needs innovation and needs people trained in innovation. This Master Class gives you the skills, attributes and methods that equip you to become a leader of innovation. It covers all the essential actions to transform your organization into an innovation dynamo. It covers theory and practice. It explains the key concepts of innovation and gives you practical, comprehensive and up to date guidance. The course includes exercises and assignments so that you can develop your skills by practising. It is ideal for leaders and those who aspire to become leaders. Have you been asked to improve innovation in your department? If so this course is what you need. It applies in all sectors for people who want to learn how to make their organizations much more innovative, entrepreneurial, agile and successful.

You will learn:

• How to assess what is impeding innovation today.

• How to set a vision for innovation.

• What goals and metrics to use.

• How to build a culture of creativity and entrepreneurship.

• What is Design Thinking and what is a Design Sprint.

• How to use the Business Model Canvas

• What is a minimum viable product and how to exploit it.

• How to change a culture which is risk averse.

• How to encourage experimentation and risk-taking.

• How to overcome customer resistance to change.

• How to make a suggestions system succeed.

• How to run ideation sessions which deliver radical and effective ideas.

• What are open innovation and crowdsourcing and how to use them.

• How to manage risk.

• How and why to set up innovation centres or incubators.

• The mix of skills needed in an innovation team.