Innovation
Class Timing
Monday
8am-10pm
Tuesday
8am-10pm
Wednesday
8am-10pm
Thursday
8am-10pm
Friday
8am-10pm
Saturday
8am-10pm
Sunday
8am-10pm
Innovation
$695.00
/Month
The only sustainable competitive advantage
Course Days:
Monday, Wednesday
Period:
Month
Class | Period | Price |
---|---|---|
Monday, Wednesday | Months | $695.00 |
“The limits to innovation have nothing to do with creativity, and nothing to do with technology. They have everything to do with management capability.”
— Ray Stata, co-Founder, Analog Devices
It’s all the rage, to the point where it has become a cliché. But with the rate of change in the marketplace, what choice have you but to constantly innovate. That applies not just to your products and services, but to your processes, technologies, strategies, business models, new markets, and untapped customer needs. We’ll help you get there by balancing the generation of new ideas with relentless execution.
Thomas Edison taught us best when he told us that genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. Given the rate of change in today’s world, throw in some dedicated time for uninhibited play, speed, discipline about measuring progress, and most importantly, a willingness to accept — even applaud — failure. Not infamous, huge failures, but fast, cheap failures that foster rapid learning and adaptation. We’ll keep you on track for knowing when to push, when to pivot, when to cut, and how to sustain this competency.
You’ll also consider what it takes to manage your organization for the long term. This will include balancing situational challenges with what is required to assure not only your own sustainability, but that of the environment
Module 1
Areas of Innovation
It’s not just the product
“The worst place to develop a new business model is from within your existing business model.”
– Clayton Christensen
- What does the world need? Now?
Module 2
Make the Time
Don’t wait until you have some time
“Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.”
– Carl Sandburg
- Work with others to find it together
- Give round tuits
Module 3
Ideation
There are no bad ideas
“There’s zero correlation between being the best talker and having the best ideas.”
– Susan Cain, Quiet
- Good words must be followed by great action
- Build the plan
Module 4
Manage Like a Market
Wisdom of the crowd
“Diversity and independence are important because the best collective decisions are the product of disagreement and contest, not consensus or compromise.”
– James Surowiecki, The Wisdom of Crowds
- Finding out which ideas sell
- Tapping others’ passion
Module 5
Conversation for Opportunity
Culling the possibilities
“There are no mistakes, only opportunities.”
– Tina Fey
- So many possibilities – which to pursue?
- Who wants ‘in’ on the action
Module 6
Prototyping
The idea takes shape
“With a prototype all the delusion, all the hallucinations, all the BS goes away.”
– Guy Kawasaki
- Making it real
- Show, don’t tell
Module 7
Be Lean
Build-Measure-Learn
“If you are not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you’ve launched too late.”
– Reid Hoffman
- You have to ship
- Iterate. Fast.
Module 8
Recap, Q&A, and Feedback
“Feedback is the breakfast of champions.”
– Rick Tate
- We told you what we were going to tell you
- We told you
- Now we tell you what we told you