Drive Personal and Organizational Success
About The Program
Innovation has become a mandate to ensure competitive advantage in today’s complex business environment. Individuals who aspire to have a successful career need to acquire tools that allow them to innovate, in turn bringing innovation to their organization. This program will equip you with a comprehensive framework to successfully identify, cultivate and manage innovation at the individual, team and organizational levels. In our three-day course, you’ll explore three core elements of innovation strategy – people, process and culture – and examine scientifically proven approaches to innovation. You’ll walk away with actionable tools to help you accelerate the application of innovation practices within your organization.
Upcoming Dates
April 28-30, 2025
Who Should Attend
- Individuals at all levels who have the drive to innovate and facilitate innovation in their organizations
- Leaders looking to identify, cultivate and manage innovation within their teams
Program Takeaways
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Skills to lead innovation
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Proven innovation models which can be used in the participant’s own organization
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Strategies for creating and sustaining an innovation culture
Additional program benefits for individuals:
- Expand your professional skillset with knowledge of business innovation methods
- Influence others, even without formal authority, for acceptance and adaptation of new ideas
- Build coalition for championing and implementing new methods and processes
Additional program benefits for organizations:
- Create new or improve existing products, services and business models
- Leverage design thinking principles to strengthen your innovation toolkit
- Resolve everyday business challenges by applying robust innovation practices
This program will address the three core elements of innovation strategy to ensure sustainable growth in all organizations – People, Process and Culture.
Core Elements of Innovation Strategy | |
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People | Leaders are responsible for building and leading innovative teams who embrace opportunities and implement these ideas. Focus on how to introduce new strategies which enable others to think and act innovatively. |
Process |
The lifecycle of innovation evolves from idea generation through implementation. The process of leading the entire innovation value chain is essential, from design thinking, to disruptive innovation, through balancing exploitation and exploration. Discover how matching your innovation strategy with the ecosystem of your business will help prepare you for success. |
Culture |
Conducting a diagnostic assessment of your internal and external environments is crucial to the advancement or restriction of innovation. Learn strategies for building a conducive work environment to support your culture of innovation. |
Business Innovation Advisory Board
- Barbara Burger, Board Member of Greentown Labs; Former Vice President, Innovation & President, Chevron Technology Ventures, Chevron
- Gareth Burton, VP Technology, American Bureau of Shipping
- David Hatrick, VP Innovation, Huntsman Advanced Materials
- Tom Peck, EVP, Chief Information and Digital Officer, Sysco
- Roberta L. Schwartz, EVP and Chief Innovation Officer, Houston Methodist
- Kimberly J. Williams, Chief Innovation Officer, Houston Metro