Innovation Management Core Course Summaries

Innovation is critical to the success of your organization, but innovation management is hard. We can help.
Whether you are new to the journey or a veteran, our programs and courses focus on the practical tools, skills and behaviors for high performance innovation results.

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LEARN INNOVATION BY DOING INNOVATION

All of our certification programs incorporate a unique pedagogy designed to build real capabilities for individuals, teams and organizations as well as getting a business impact. This Know / How-To / Do approach is based on Action Learning building expertise and confidence by working with peers, mentors and instructors to tackle real business problems at your organization. We also incorporate different elements of Blended Learning technologies to be as efficient and effective as possible. In other words, they are action-oriented workshops supported by an online portal with articles, videos, tools and templates and an online classroom (see figure below): KNOW: Pre-reading and pre-work materials focus on building basic awareness and knowledge of the core concepts. IXL Center uses an online Learning Management System (LMS) to enable participants to access all materials anytime, anywhere. We can also work with you to incorporate our programs within an existing LMS. HOW-TO: Instruction and activities during the course focus on action learning developing skills related to using the core concepts in a workshop setting. These activities are supported by webinars and in-person workshops. DO: In-course activities that address participants real business issues, challenges and opportunities combined with post-course materials, activities and coaching sessions to support participants ability to practice their knowledge and skills when they return to their day job

Figure 1: IXL Centers Know / How-To / Do Approach to Building Capabilities

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INNOVATION MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK

Sustaining high performance innovation management requires three sets of interlinked competencies: Innovation Strategy, Innovation Capacity and Innovation Discipline. Each of IXL Centers two day Action Learning Workshops ensure you learn how to apply the critical innovation management concepts, skills and tools required to make innovation real. We also offer an introductory one day course for a broader audience or for more junior participants

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INNOVATION CERTIFICATION PROGRAM

ACHIEVE HIGH PERFORMANCE INNOVATION MANAGEMENT KNOWLEDGE AND CAPABILITIES. The Global Innovation Management Institute (GIM institute) is a professional organization driving standards for innovation management. GIM Institutes mission is to help individuals, companies and regions develop world class innovation management capabilities through global standards, testing protocols and certification. IXL Center, together with GIM Institute, offers three levels of certification Associate, Master, and Veteran that teach the three core competencies required for achieving High Performance Innovation Management: Innovation Strategy, Innovation Capacity and Innovation Discipline. Increasing levels of certification denote increased capability to manage innovation.

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IM-501 - INNOVATION STRATEGY: Why, Where and When to Innovate? (2 days)

Companies can become overly focused on their current operating strategy - they don't create the time or space to look for growth opportunities within and outside of their core business. They are stuck in their sandbox! Emerging trends, changing customer needs, new technologies and other forces create challenges for incumbents and opportunities for innovators. Without action, incumbents will face an increasing growth gap between required and expected results. This course focuses on the key skills, tools, methods to prepare for Whats next? and What if?

Suggested references/reading material

Innovator's Solution - Clayton Christensen Innovating to the Core - Peter Skarzynski , Rowan Gibson Blue Ocean Strategy - W. Chan Kim and Rene Mauborgne
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Cementing Innovation, Hitendra Patel and Holger Koehler, IXL Whitepaper Innovation Premium, Ronald Jonash 101 Innovation Breakthroughs, Hitendra Patel Greenovate!, Tyler McNally
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IM-502 - INNOVATION CAPACITY: How to Innovate? With What People and

Resources? (2 days)
Understand how to build and manage the disconnected innovation organization, processes, systems, and partners to drive innovation across the extended enterprise. Companies need to increase their employees awareness of Innovation Management by providing a framework and system for managing innovation and applying a variety of tools to effectively manage innovation. Companies need to make an emphasis on teams to enable innovation within an organization.

Suggested references/reading material Innovation Premium, Ronald Jonash Driving Sustainable Growth and Innovation: Pathways to High Performance Leadership Ronald Jonash, IXL Whitepaper

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IM-503 - INNOVATION DISCIPLINE: What Leadership, Culture and Metrics to

Innovate. (2 days)
Companies need to develop the leadership commitment, behavior and culture to make innovation real and capture value. To do that, innovation leaders and managers need to be coached to Walk-the-Talk on innovation. Companies should also recognize the soft competencies required to innovate and put the right people in the right roles. Align individual and team activities to innovation targets through the Balanced Scorecard. Companies also need to learn to manage risk and opportunity and the associated targets, measures, rewards and recognition.

Suggested references/reading material

Connecting the Dots: Using the Balanced Scorecard to Execute an Innovation Strategy by Ronald Jonash and Barnaby S. Donlon Measuring and Managing the Innovation Strategy with an Innovation BSC By Holger Koehler and Scot MacGillivray.

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ELECTIVE COURSES (1 DAY)

DEVELOP A SPECIFIC BUSINESS CAPABILITY. TWO ELECTIVES ARE REQUIRED FOR GIM INSTITUTE VETERANS CERTIFICATION
The elective courses are designed for individuals, teams or organizations who want to have a deeper understanding of a function-specific or an industry-specific innovation and can be customized to meet your specific interests or needs. Their duration is one day and can be taken individually or be credited as part of the IXL Centers Innovation Excellence Master's and Veteran's Certificate Programs at any of our global locations (Boston, Dubai, London, So Paulo, San Francisco and Shanghai) or atthe site of your choosing.. Business Model Innovation (Course IM-601) Many of the most impactful innovations have nothing to do with technology, process or product but around the business model. Learn about business models and case studies to innovate within your industry. Design-Led Innovation (Course IM-602) Companies like P&G and Apple have led the charge on better understanding customer insights and usage to design products that are more functional, emotional and experiential for customers. Learn about ethnography, inspiration, storytelling, design, and visualization to drive innovation in your company. Learn the tools and frameworks used by companies like IDEO and PDT. Technology-Led Innovation (Course IM-603) Companies like Corning and Intel have led the market through technology strategies that have informed business strategy based on robust technology roadmaps. Learn about how to use trends at the intersection of technology and markets to develop technology roadmaps, technology acquisitions plans, R&D strategies on one side and product roadmaps, market segments and market strategies on the other side. Learn about the tools and frameworks from companies like Arthur D Little and SRI. Process Innovation (Course IM-604) Companies like Nucor and Dell have revolutionized their industries through process innovation. Learn how to look beyond continuous improvement, TQM and Six Sigma to develop breakthrough processes that completely change the rules of the game. Learn to look at the same problem through new eyes, adjacent industries and new technologies. Learn about the tools and frameworks used by PRTM and other consulting firms. Product Innovation (Course IM-605) Companies like Nokia and Cadbury Schweppes consistently bring to market a continuous pipeline of product innovations to the market. They use stage gates and structured processes to drive products to market that can be ramped up rapidly to capture large market shares. Learn about Cooper's stage-gate process and how it removes risk and cost and drives speed from concept to customer in businesses looking for incremental changes in product design. Learn about the tools and frameworks used by StageGate and PRTM. Package Innovation (Course IM-606) Some of the biggest innovations have been packaging innovations, whether the upside-down ketchup bottles of Heinz or toothpastes with flip-caps or water in elegant bottles. Learn about how color, shape, size and functionality can create totally new functional benefits and experiences for the customer and how to apply this knowledge to your environment. Learn about the tools and frameworks used by companies like Laga. Brand Innovation (Course IM-607) Companies like Virgin, BMW and Apple are more than brands and are in fact "lovemarks". Not only are they well respected but they are loved by customers. These companies have tapped into the emotional needs of consumers and have gone the extra mile to wow the customer and drive word-of-mouth. Learn about Lovemarks, understanding consumers, and leveraging word-of-mouth to create your own Lovemark. Learn about the tools and frameworks used by companies like Saatchi & Saatchi and BzzAgent.

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TRIZ Turbo (Course IM-608) (with GEN3 Partners) Originally developed by a Russian engineer, TRIZ - the "Theory of Inventor's Problem Solving," is an innovation technique based on a systematic approach and set of tools for identifying innovative solutions to challenging problems. This unique course will be taught by GEN3 Partners, one of the leading consulting firms in TRIZ and open innovation. GEN3 has applied this technique at Chiquita, GE, P&G, Intel, Wrigley, Boston Scientific and other places to create some of the most interesting and widely discussed innovations in the world. Healthcare Innovation (Course IM-609) Learn how to increase the innovation capacity and improving innovation performance for individuals and teams in new drug development in the Healthcare industry. Understand the culture, enablers and drivers for innovation in the Healthcare industry. Learn on how to generate big and bold ideas and accelerate these ideas from concept to commercialization. Open Innovation (Course IM-610) Companies like Pfizer, P&G, Apple, and Virgin have made Open Innovation and Partnering a key differentiator and driver of their innovation successes. Learn how to source and develop innovations across and beyond your extended enterprise; and learn how to build win-win relationships and alliances across functions and businesses and across the value chain from concept to customer. Learn how to

use scouting and insight generation tools, role-playing and simulation, make-collaborate-buy frameworks. Innovation chains and road mapping to more systematically and successfully identify key potential sources and partners and key barriers and drivers of their behaviors. Innovation Leadership (Course IM-611) The general difficulty in embedding innovation as part of an organizations culture is that innovation is inherently disruptive and changes the practices of the organization. Learn how to develop the leadership commitment and behavior to build and sustain a culture and climate supportive of the innovation, understand the importance of Thinking and Acting differently, Walking-the-Talk and leading by example, and learn how to have the right mix of people, reinforce the right behavior and create the stories.

Innovation Partnering + Collaboration (Course IM-612) Learn about the importance of partnering and collaboration to drive innovation. Understand how to link your technology and competence acquisition strategy to your business strategy, product roadmaps, and technology roadmaps. Learn about the different choices for collaborating from open innovation to joint ventures to consortia. Master techniques to define what competencies you should do yourself, partner / collaborate or buy and create an acquisition plan. Finally, learn about discipline and culture required to collaborate and partner.

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MORE ABOUT IXL CENTER AND OUR PARTNERS

IXL Center, in partnership with the Hult International Business School offers Innovation action learning and development programs through its courses and certificates that can be taken at your location and at any of our global locations (Boston, Dubai, London, So Paulo and Shanghai). Courses taken at the IXL Center are valid for MBA course credit. Courses may be taken individually or as part of the certificate program. IXL Center courses have been recognized by and aligned with the standards set forth by the Global Innovation Management Institute (GIM Institute).

IXL Center builds innovation and innovation management capabilities of executives,

teams and organizations through action learning workshops and coaching. We teach innovation and innovation management to thousands of corporate executives and MBA students around the world. IXL Center was created by the innovation practice leaders of Arthur D. Little and Monitor Group, business school professors from Hult International Business School and industry practitioners. We combine the unique global capabilities that each institution brought on the topic of innovation to create a comprehensive and differentiated approach to making innovation real and sustainable within organizations. For more information, please visit our website at www.ixl-center.com

Hult International Business School, formerly the Arthur D. Little School of

Management, is a NEASC and AMBA accredited business school. Established in 1964, Hult offers a unique one year MBA program to a diverse student body from over 50 countries. Its flagship MBA program received top rankings from both the Financial Times and the Economist Intelligence Unit. The school has five campus locations: Boston, Dubai, London, San Francisco and Shanghai. Hult is partner of EF Education First, the world's largest private education organization. For more information, please visit their website at www.hult.edu

The Global Innovation Management Institute (GIM Institute) is the world's leading not-forprofit membership association for professionals focused on innovation and innovation management. It serves practitioners and organizations with standards that describe best practices, globally recognized credentials that certify innovation management expertise, and resources for professional development, networking and community on a range of topics related to innovation and innovation management. GIM Institutes governing board is composed of leaders across industries and geographies committed to enabling individuals and organizations achieve breakthrough results and new growth through innovation. For more information, please visit their website at http://www.gim-institute.org

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