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Lead Instructor(s)
Date(s)
TBD 2022
Course Length
3 Days
Course Fee
$3,500
CEUs
3.6 CEUs
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This course may be taken individually or as part of the Professional Certificate Program in Innovation & Technology.

2020 has been a year of reckoning for humanity. In the face of the pandemic, every aspect of human life has had to be rethought in one way or another: how we live, how we learn, how we work, how we shop, and how we move. Countries, companies and individuals in the working world have had to go through a transformation—a collective Apollo 13 period that has stretched over a year—to rethink, to restructure and to retool. The 21st century, it can be said, really begins now. 2001, after all, was merely a continuation of the 90s. But the planet has just gone through a digital transformation of a scale that is hard to capture in words.

We are now tiptoeing our way into a new normal—or as the Chairman of Moderna puts it, into a new abnormal. Innovation will not anymore be an important exercise, but rather an approach to life. Fortunately, we have learned much about innovation over the last 20 years with the growth of new technologies, new business models and new approaches to continuous, dynamic shape-shifting transformation to stay abreast of the times.

Course Overview

The term “innovation” has gone from an exotic good-to-have to a survival mechanism. But what does it mean? Where and how does one apply it? Does everyone need to heed the call for innovation? The answer clearly is “yes.” Whether you operate taxis or rental cars, whether you run a law firm or a dentist’s office, and regardless of how high-tech or mundane your work is, the irresistible winds of change either already have or will at some point impact your business. The objective of this class is to cover some of the salient features of modern innovation practices and to lay out the philosophy, tools, procedures, and incentives that an organization can adopt to drive innovation.

This course was previously titled "Radical Innovation."

 

Testimonials

"I felt I learned more (and re-learned) in the 2-1/2 days we spent in class than in the last six months of thinking about ways to improve various approaches to both business and consumer problems."
SENIOR CONSULTING ENGINEER, EMC CORPORATION
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Content

The type of content you will learn in this course, whether it's a foundational understanding of the subject, the hottest trends and developments in the field, or suggested practical applications for industry.

Fundamentals: Core concepts, understandings, and tools - 30%|Latest Developments: Recent advances and future trends - 30%|Industry Applications: Linking theory and real-world - 30%|Other: Predicting the future - 10%
30|30|30|10
  • Fundamentals: Core concepts, understandings, and tools - 30%
  • Latest Developments: Recent advances and future trends - 30%
  • Industry Applications: Linking theory and real-world - 30%
  • Other: Predicting the future - 10%
Delivery Methods

How the course is taught, from traditional classroom lectures and riveting discussions to group projects to engaging and interactive simulations and exercises with your peers.

Lecture: Delivery of material in a lecture format - 50%|Discussion or Groupwork: Participatory learning - 25%|Other: In-class question and answer - 25%
50|25|25
  • Lecture: Delivery of material in a lecture format - 50%
  • Discussion or Groupwork: Participatory learning - 25%
  • Other: In-class question and answer - 25%
Levels

What level of expertise and familiarity the material in this course assumes you have. The greater the amount of introductory material taught in the course, the less you will need to be familiar with when you attend.

Introductory: Appropriate for a general audience - 25%|Specialized: Assumes experience in practice area or field - 35%|Advanced: In-depth explorations at the graduate level - 40%
25|35|40
  • Introductory: Appropriate for a general audience - 25%
  • Specialized: Assumes experience in practice area or field - 35%
  • Advanced: In-depth explorations at the graduate level - 40%