Innovation Management Online Short Course
Course description
This course provides a hands-on and practical approach to innovation management, and is delivered by lecturers from Central Saint Martins respected MA in Innovation Management. The course is results-oriented, and provides an overview of the whole innovation process, from idea origination, through to designing and launching an innovation implementation and management plan.
The course will be taught through a combination of practical online workshops with weekly assignments, and specific multimedia material. You will be assigned practical tasks each week to complete outside of the lessons. These will develop your innovation project, and you will receive personal developmental feedback on your work each week. To get the best results from the course, it is recommended that you spend 1.5 hours a week on your assignments.
Topics
The course will be split into three sections;
- Selecting areas for innovation (and selecting your personal project)
- Context and Stakeholder analysis
- Setting the objectives for an innovation project
- Understanding the innovation application paths
- Planning innovation strategies, processes and workshops
- Elaborating the content of the processes and workshops
- Writing the backbone of an innovation management plan
- Delivering the innovation management plan
Outcomes
By the end of this course you will;
- Gain the knowledge and skills to structure, write and deliver a basic innovation management plan
- Learn the importance of contextual innovation
- Understand how to apply specific approaches to different contexts and organisations
- Complete a visual and written innovation plan which can be applied in real life situations
- Receive feedback from industry professionals and CSM lecturers on a real project you are involved in
Who is Innovation Management (Online) for
This course is suitable for beginners or managers with some innovation experience. The course is practical, and so it will suit managers or entrepreneurs, innovation and product managers who are currently or planning to be involved in innovation management. If you enjoy the course, you could consider taking the subject further, with the Central Saint Martins MA in Innovation Management.
Level: Beginner/ Intermediate
Why choose a CSM Online Short Course
Our online learning short courses allow you to experience Central Saint Martins wherever you are in the world. Additionally all CSM Online Short Courses include
- Live sessions with expert
- Lesson recordings
- Practical assignments
- Personal feedback
- VLE with course content
- Forums for support
- 2 weeks online access
- CSM Certificate upon completion
Please note that all courses are taught in UK time.
Online courses are closed to all new bookings 48 hours prior to the course starting.
Available dates
Details
The course will be split into three sections:
Stage One: Contexts and Possibilities
- Selecting areas for innovation (and selecting your personal project)
- Context and Stakeholder analysis
Stage Two: Developing an Innovation Project
- Setting the objectives for an innovation project
- Understanding the innovation application paths
- Planning innovation strategies, processes and workshops
- Elaborating the content of the processes and workshops
Stage Three: Output and Delivery
- Writing the backbone of an innovation management plan
- Delivering the innovation management plan
Materials
Online Short Course Materials
To take part in the Online sessions you will need:
- An up-to-date web browser (we recommend Firefox or Chrome)
- Microphone and headphones (a headset with a microphone function is recommended)
- Webcam
- Strong Internet connection via WiFi or ethernet; 2G, 3G or 4G will not be sufficient
Course Specific Materials
- Paper and pen to take notes during live sessions
Suggested Readings
We recommend you read these books either before or during the course.
Bibliography:
How to be an artist, Michael Atavar. Ed. Kiosk Publishing
The Mom Test, Rob Fitzpatrick. Ed. Foundercentric
Creativity in context. Amabile, (1996). New York: Westview Press
The Knowledge Enterprise Innovation Lessons from Industry Leaders (2nd Edition). Edward Huizenga (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands & Benthurst & Co, The Netherlands) (2014). Available at: http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/p964
Videography:
¿QUÉ TIENES DEBAJO DEL SOMBRERO? ( 115’)
Lola Barrera e Iñaki Peñafiel, Alicia Produce (2006)
https://vimeo.com/78144697
Documentary on Down Syndrome created art. Understand how the sister of the main artist manages the creative process of an uncertain artist, with how to innovate in the introduction of a leftfield artist into the art world.
Nestlé Innovation Acceleration Team
https://youtu.be/V7hXCiax978
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