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Managing Innovation

In today's thriving organizations, collaboration, change and innovation are integral to success. The Managing Innovation course gives you the basics of innovation in a new venture or within an existing enterprise, including lean innovation methods and tools, principles for leading adaptive change and design thinking. Get ready to be the creative and strategic genius everyone wants on their team.

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You Will Learn:

  • How to connect innovation to customer needs so that real enterprise value is created by the innovative initiatives.
  • How to utilize MVPs (Minimum Viable Products) and the Build, Measure, Learn Feedback process.
  • Key principles of design thinking and tools for implementing this innovative problem-solving methodology.
  • The appropriate approaches to technical and adaptive challenges faced by enterprises of all kinds.

Who Should Register?

  • Entrepreneurs of new business ventures who want to maximize their prospects for success.
  • Employees at any level of an existing enterprise who want to help launch a new product or service, or help it to enter new markets.
  • Early and mid-career professionals who want to be able to add greater strategic value to their organizations.
  • Leaders from any industry who want to increase their adaptive leadership capacity.

Price: $750

You Will Learn:

  • How to connect innovation to customer needs so that real enterprise value is created by the innovative initiatives.
  • How to utilize MVPs (Minimum Viable Products) and the Build, Measure, Learn Feedback process.
  • Key principles of design thinking and tools for implementing this innovative problem-solving methodology.
  • The appropriate approaches to technical and adaptive challenges faced by enterprises of all kinds.

Who Should Register?

  • Entrepreneurs of new business ventures who want to maximize their prospects for success.
  • Employees at any level of an existing enterprise who want to help launch a new product or service, or help it to enter new markets.
  • Early and mid-career professionals who want to be able to add greater strategic value to their organizations.
  • Leaders from any industry who want to increase their adaptive leadership capacity.

Price: $750

 

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Dates & Time to Completion

Feb. 12 - March 22, 2024.

6 weeks.

Class Format

Online content.

1 weekly class on Zoom on Tuesdays, 7-8:30 p.m. (Pacific Time).

Requirements

2-3 hours of coursework per week.

1 assignment due each week.

Attend 5 of the 6 Zoom classes.

Registration Deadline

Feb. 9, 2024.

Meet Your Instructor

Dan Mahoney

Dan Mahoney is a seasoned executive with over 30 years of experience in the technology world. He was the CEO of Renesas Electronics America for 10 years and led a solid-state drive startup for four years until its acquisition. Dan is a member of the Spokane Angel Alliance and currently serves on three tech startup boards and three local nonprofit boards. He is a senior adjunct MBA professor at Whitworth University. His expertise is in the areas of leadership development, organizational strategy and alignment, entrepreneurship, and design thinking.

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