Innovation System Design Course

Yes and no. Even though we have world-class expertise especially in design thinking and solid one in Lean Startup we designed this learning experience methodology-agnostic. This means: we won’t go into the nitty-gritty details of diffusing isolated management ideas (which we would advise against anyway). What we will rather show and discuss is their high-level interplay and the organizational prerequisites to really adapt and adopt them successfully. This is totally independent of any particular method(ology) or hype-of-the-day approach. The format, however, has a bias towards the more fuzzy frontend of innovation and its later implementation pathways. So, we will not cover too much agile project management topics like Scrum, Kanban or even SAFe LeSS, as there are already hundreds of existing formats for that in the market.

Yes. We also offer a one-and-a-half, a one-day, and a half-day masterclass version. So, you can choose depending on availability. However, we highly recommend convincing yourself/the board to make some more time for the future of your organization. Even if most of the implementation work will later be delegated to VP-level managers and below, we’ve learned that it takes a while to really gain a common understanding of how to think and structure innovation strategy also within leadership. This means the more open space we have during the day(s) to discuss that in the leadership circle the more you will also gain from it. You can find our contact data here.

Yes, of course. It is a great knowledge activation for every innovation professional, as it gives an overview of all the structures management has to build, to ensure your teams can work frictionlessly. It will also show them the complexity, trade-offs, and decisions management will have to make. That might lead to more empathy and a better understanding between your teams and your leadership. At best it also gives them a better sense, what their role is in the greater scheme of things of a big organization. So, we believe, it’s worthwhile for innovation teams in non-leadership roles as well.