- Understand the benefits of innovations
- Explore ways of building an innovative culture
- Recognise the pitfalls to successful innovation
This two day interactive workshop provides new directors, senior executives and managers with the solid grounding in the basics of innovation. Participants will explore tools and processes to build an innovation culture. This includes ideation tool for constructive creativity and building a risk-accepting implementation process. The workshop will provide insights into the most common barriers to innovation including organisational culture and cognitive biases.
The workshop is broken into the following components:
- A grounding in innovation
- Encouraging constructive creativity in the workplace
- Streamlining implementation of good ideas
- The barriers of cultural bias and hidden assumptions
- Identifying and accepting the right risk
Who should attend?
New directors, senior executives and managers from private, government and not-for-profit organisations who are looking to improve organisational performance by leveraging organic innovation.
Mode of Study
Interactive facilitated workshop
Duration and cost
14 hours, including breaks, over two days. Cost is $1500 pp
Indicative programme
Day 1 | |
Registration | |
Welcome and introduction | |
Session 1 | A grounding in strategy
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Morning Tea | |
Session 2 | Constructive creativity exercise: part 1 |
Lunch | |
Session 3 | Avoiding Cognitive bias
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Afternoon Tea | |
Session 4 | Constructive creativity exercise: part 2 |
Take home activity | |
Day 2 | |
Review take home activity | |
Session 5 | Optimising organisation bias
Interactive activity |
Morning Tea | |
Session 6 | Streamlining implementation: part 1
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Lunch | |
Session 7 | Streamlining implementation: part 2
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Afternoon Tea | |
Session 8 | Accepting the right risk
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Closing remarks and evaluation |