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Innovation: From Creativity to Entrepreneurship

In a world characterized by volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity, leaders require robust innovation skills. Thinking flexibly and developing an entrepreneurial mindset are critical to thriving in uncertain business environments. This specialization addresses how to recognize and question assumptions and constraints to identify and capitalize on opportunities. Learning to change the rules of the game by creating innovative value propositions and discovering new market positions for sustained competitive advantage are some of the actionable lessons in this specialization. This specialization will be of value to both aspiring and practicing entrepreneurs as well as employees in established firms who are interested in becoming innovative leaders in an interconnected world. This specialization is part of Gies College of Business’ suite of online programs, including the iMBA and iMSM. Learn more about admissions into the programs and explore how your Coursera work can be leveraged if accepted into a degree program here.

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Status: Strategic Decision-Making
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Top reviews across Innovation: From Creativity to Entrepreneurship

GL

Reviewed Feb 20, 2019

The course is great! The product cycle, business model and the tool that this Innovation course offers makes total sense and are useful to help you track your way to success on innovation segment.

BL

Reviewed May 6, 2019

Professor Love is extremely knowledgeable and very passionate in managing innovation. I love the course. I learned so much from it.

DK

Reviewed Dec 13, 2020

This course made the process of creativity clearer, and it provided methods to find ways to be creative when you're stuck through systems like PAGES.

LP

Reviewed Aug 9, 2018

Great class, professors make it fun and teach important concepts as to how to be creative problem solver

AS

Reviewed Aug 9, 2020

I am too much impressed to get such a International course in online platform. Thank you so much my Prof. Mr. Parkinson and my classmates to help me to complete this course successfully.

SB

Reviewed Oct 6, 2020

Professor Parkinson made this course highly engaging and interesting. His guest presenters were all great speakers and very helpful in helping me to gain insight to how the world of startups works.

ST

Reviewed Jun 3, 2020

Great course for those with no prior business knowledge. Everything from prospect theory to business models is explained in great detail with plenty of illustrative examples.

OE

Reviewed May 10, 2020

An absolute gem of a course that will prepare you well to become that desirable innovation strategist and manager.

DC

Reviewed Apr 28, 2021

I really enjoyed this course - the instructors were fantastic and the case studies they shared to help drive the concepts home/make them real to us were great. Thank you!

JH

Reviewed Jul 7, 2018

This course can be life changing if you take the learnings and apply to your professional and personal life. I highly recommend this course.

TL

Reviewed Jun 12, 2020

it was best on line learning and my time dint go wasted.. its really informative, interesting moreover you learn alots.. thank you very much.. ILLINOUS

LG

Reviewed Jan 7, 2021

This course help me a lot to learn and prepare my first launch of small business. Thank you very much.

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