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HOW TO REALIZE THE
INNOVATIVE POTENTIAL OF YOUR ORGANIZATION:
BASICS OF INNOVATION MANAGEMENT
Managers face the paradoxical challenge of
"dualism" in the workplace: functioning efficiently today while
innovating effectively for tomorrow. Innovation is anything but business as
usual. Yet organizations are warned that either they innovate or evaporate.
In a knowledge-based economy, employees of any organization must be
innovative in order to be able to come up with new products and services
resulting in organizational prosperity. The future will be synonymous with
innovation, since it will need an extremely high level of innovation in all
areas of human endeavour. Managing innovation therefore becomes one of the
key strategic tasks facing organizations of all shapes, sizes and sectors.
The question is not whether or not to innovate but rather how to do
it successfully. Innovation does not just happen—innovative organizations
stay that way by deliberately pursuing management strategies, which will be
presented in this workshop.
PROGRAM CONTENT
Essentials of Applied Innovation
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What is innovation? Its types and levels
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The main characteristics of innovators
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The major approaches to understanding
innovation
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The role of the manager in innovation
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What is innovation leadership?
Benefits of Innovative Performance to
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Individuals
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Teams
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Organizations
How to measure innovation?
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At the individual level: personal innovative
abilities
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At the group level: teams’ innovative
performance
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At the organization level: organizational
innovative capabilities and output
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How to identify potential innovators
Barriers to Implementing Innovation
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Why do people resist innovation?
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The key obstacles to innovation
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How to overcome them?
Challenges to Innovation Management in
Organizations
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Innovation puzzle or what the trouble with
innovation is
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If innovation is only seen as . . .
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Exclusive innovation vs. high involvement
innovation
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Dealing with discontinuity
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What is the innovator’s dilemma?
How to Make Innovation Happen?
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The main phases of the innovation process
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Managing the human side of innovation
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The role of continuous learning in
innovation
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Organizational strategy for innovation
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Networking for innovation
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Seven key elements for innovation
development projects
Secrets of Successful Innovators in the
Public and Private Sectors
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In avoiding the ‘not-invented-here’ syndrome
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In keeping away from the tyranny of success
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In preventing innovation death and slow
growth
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In dealing with conflicting organizational
pressures for innovation
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In creating a unique climate for innovation
…and What?
- Your
innovation agenda or how to produce innovation streams
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
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What successful innovators, small or large,
in pubic or in private sectors, have in common
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What Edison’s
and other famous innovation leaders’ legacy is to today’s innovators
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What the role of failure in innovation is
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How to manage human resources for innovation
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How to design a culture for innovation
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How to be motivated to constantly innovate
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How to overcome multiple barriers to
innovation
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How to adopt strategies that foster
organizational and individual innovation
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How to apply numerous recipes for innovation
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
- Senior
managers in the public and private sectors interested in increasing
innovative performance of their organizations
- Executives
wishing to design and implement innovation strategies in their
organizations
- Managers,
project leaders, line supervisors, and HR professionals who lead
innovation management initiatives
- Middle
managers searching for ways to enhance innovative capabilities of
their teams
- Project
managers and directors with responsibilities to develop new products
and services
- Professionals
wishing to bring innovation to their jobs
- Intact
groups or large organizational units working on innovative projects
- Policy
makers looking for ways to promote innovation
- Politicians
searching for ways to better serve Canadians through innovative
actions and new solutions to existing problems
- Individuals
wanting to improve their quality of life via innovation
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