Open innovation is an exciting new trend that many major companies are adopting all over the world with great success. This Accelerating Open Innovation online training course introduces a business management model for innovation that promotes collaboration with people and organizations outside the company. In this sense, open innovation challenges are a true cultural break from the company silo mentality and the secrecy traditionally associated with the corporate R&D culture.
This online course identifies many of the different ways this can be implemented through open innovation practices, such as alliances between companies, research chairs in universities, and innovation ecosystems.
This online training course will feature:
How companies can collaborate with external knowledge creators.
Identify how the innovation department can connect and integrate in-house teams with external knowledge sources.
Developing Internal innovation on the creation of knowledge that cannot be found outside
How to move away from reinventing the wheel.
Developing positive links with other companies, universities, tech centers, and other knowledge sources.
Quais são os objectivos?
By the end of this online training course, participants will be able to:
Apply principles of open innovation
Communicate and engage others of the benefits of open innovation
Manage the challenges of open innovation
Create a corporate mindset for open innovation
Accelerate open innovation activities
A quem se destina este curso de formação?
The online course is intended for all leaders and managers who are looking to develop their open innovation skills and consequently build success through collaboration.
This online training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:
Team Leaders & Supervisors
Managers
Heads of Departments
Leaders in R&D
Senior Leadership Team
Como é que esta ação de formação será apresentada?
This online training course will utilise a variety of proven adult learning techniques to ensure maximum understanding, comprehension and retention of the information presented. This includes the use of media slides, case studies and video examples, articles from businesses and universities that ensure interactive participation among delegates. There is ample opportunity for reflexive practice and for developing improvement plans to take back to the organisation.
Descrição do curso
Day One: Traditional Closed Innovation
How our thinking works in respect of creativity and innovation
Difference between vertical and lateral approaches; what are the benefits and weaknesses
Methods of testing ideas for practicality and relevance
Apply the more fluid style to the left and right hemispheres of the brain
Recognise and cope with obstacles to creativity in the mind, in approach and in the working environment
Understand the limitations and applications of conventional problem solving
Day Two: What is Open Innovation?
What is open innovation
How open innovation came to be
Open vs closed innovation
Type of open innovation
Examples of open innovation
Practical takeaways from the examples
Day Three: Benefits, Challenges and Methods
Benefits of open innovation
Challenges of open innovation
How is open innovation done? - Methods of doing open innovation
Open innovation method framework
Open innovation methods
Choosing the right method
Day Four: Accelerating Open Innovation
Picking your goals
Choosing the appropriate audience
Building co-operation, key stakeholders and potential collaborators
Selecting partners and forming business relationships
How to measure compatibility and partner fit
Planning and executing strategic pilots
Day Five: Communicating Open Innovation
The Dynamics of Change – Psychological and Physical Cycle
Dealing with the Psychological Impact of Change
How to Motivate and Inspire Performance
Communicating the Innovative Changes in a Positive Manner
Communicating the “Burning Platform” Message of Change
Building a culture of Open Innovation
O certificado
A Coventry Academy e-Certificate will be provided to delegates who attend and complete the online training course