Course
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Innovation Essentials: Methods, Tools, and Mindset for Managers
Course facts
Download as PDF- Getting to know the most important «innovation practices» being able to differentiate between them, and selecting them to suit individual challenges
- Understanding which tools and canvases from the agile toolbox can be used for daily innovation
- Receiving an overview of application examples and strategies on how to establish innovation sustainably in your company
- Coaching teams and employees to develop and actively live an «innovation mindset»
- Promoting the innovative and future viability of the organization from within and driving it forward in a targeted manner
1 Overview and introduction
- Prerequisites for successful innovation and transformation
- Gartner HypeCycle Innovation Practices 2024
2 Methods, tools & mindset
- Executive summary, overview and classification of current and new innovation practices such as Design Thinking, Sprints, Lean Startup, SCRUM / Agile, OKRs, Effectuation, Speculative Design, LEGO® Serious Play
- Presentation of the innovation mindset with its various dimensions
3 Strategy and control
- Introduction to a comprehensive toolbox with selected canvases and methods for developing and managing strategic alignment (including Lean Canvas, Future Wheel, Customer Journey, OKR)
- Best practice in decision-making, stakeholder management, communication and leadership
4 Leadership
- Fitness check of your own team or company
- Responsibility and roles of the manager in the transformation
- Involvement, expectations and role of employees
- Strategies for successfully managing the tension between organization and employees during transformation
Training with workshop character, key notes, best practices, case studies and the opportunity to bring in your own questions, discussions and exchange of experiences with the trainer and the participants.
This course is aimed at entrepreneurs, managing directors and managers, specialists and managers in the areas of R&D, innovation, business development, business field development, project management and product development, managers and employees in staff departments, strategy and planning.
There are no formal prerequisites for this course.
We recommend booking at least 14 days before the seminar date so that you can receive any documents by post in good time.