Managing Innovation
Managing Innovation
What you’ll learn
Skills you’ll gain
Innovation is an essential part of continuous improvement for any organization, and yet misunderstandings abound about how to best cultivate this crucial process. In this audio-only course, innovation expert Jim Belfiore demystifies this topic by explaining the concepts, methods and practices that create successful innovation programs. you'll learn how to ask the right questions in order to drive the best possible solutions forward, and you'll discover how brainstorming is just the start. By using tools like TRIZ, value engineering and crowd-sourcing, you'll be able to generate innovative ideas with the potential to move the needle. By understanding these principles and putting them into practice, you'll give your organization a better chance of fostering innovation for valuable outcomes.
Syllabus
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What is innovation? "Innovation" is a word which unfortunately means many things to different people. 3m
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Levels of innovation Changes brought about by innovation can be small, significant, or transformative. 3m
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Methods of innovation: Improving The problem-type for any innovation initiative influences the methods, tools and processes that are used. 4m
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Methods of innovation: Creating Innovation methods for creating completely new systems have areas of focus which include: concept generation, concept validation, and competitor / trend insights. 4m
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Success criteria Without having a clear set of parameters that define a successful outcome, it is impossible to objectively measure or compare innovative concepts that would be used to drive a new product or process design. 3m
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Asking the right questions Innovative problem solving means very little if you are solving the wrong problem. 3m
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Asking "why?" Problems in existing products or processes are often presented as 'opportunities' for innovation, but they are usually symptoms of much larger issues. 4m
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Thinking in systems Innovation projects often focus too narrowly on improving a single element in a product or process while overlooking the resources and value available from the broader system, limiting the potential level of innovation. 3m
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Brainstorming in Innovation Brainstorming is one of the most widely used methods for idea-generation and problem solving. 3m
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Value engineering Systematic innovation methods improve the value of product or process designs by objectively examining the functions delivered by key components in the overall system. 3m
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Triz methods For decades, some of Europe and Asia's most successful product manufacturers have used "The Theory of Inventive Problem Solving" (abbreviated as "TRIZ") to consistently drive disruptive, game-changing innovation. 3m
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Crowdsourcing innovation Over the last decade, the emergence of numerous crowdsourcing platforms has resulted in a growing number of companies deciding to include crowdsourcing as part of their ideation strategy. 4m
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Researching concepts: The voice of innovation Innovation methods often produce game-changing concepts in response to design challenges. 3m
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Researching patents: Trends of innovation Successful product or process innovation is not solely a matter of solving the right technical problems. 4m
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Innovation is on the horizon 2m
Certificate
Certificate of Completion
Awarded upon successful completion of the course.
Instructor
Jim Belfiore
Jim Belfiore is an Author, Startup Advisor, Tactical Problem Solver, Thought Leader, and Certified Innovation Master. He has extensive experience helping Fortune 500 companies create innovation strategies and breakthrough technologies that establish and extend market dominance in the fields of aerospace, defense, commercial space flight, food & beverage, consumer products, pharmaceuticals, sustainable and conventional energies, automotive, semiconductor and green technologies.
Jim Belfiore
CEO at Sensorinus
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