Not all organisations innovate, and those that do often find it difficult to initiate, develop, and deliver innovation consistently. Innovation management is crucial in leading valuable change and profits for companies of all sizes.

This course will give you the skills for successful strategic innovation by exploring how the world’s most successful businesses use systematic processes to harness its power. You will learn about disruptive innovation and how businesses need to have an innovation strategy in place to stay ahead of the competition. You’ll look into how to embed a culture that fosters innovation in order to find opportunities and protect your core business before you move on to explore strategies to manage disruption. Collaborating with external partners may sound daunting but it can allow you to solve a multitude of innovation problems and reach a common goal much quicker. This course will guide you through the types of open innovation that can be utilised at various stages of an innovative strategy to create different dynamics. Design thinking (DT) allows teams to structure and manage ideation, development, and, ultimately, innovation. You’ll learn about the key elements and principles behind the design thinking process. You’ll also learn insights, hints and tips for practically applying design thinking from one of the world’s leading industry practitioners.