OVERVIEW
Innovation for Growth explores a framework for making strategic planning more robust amidst an increasingly changing and volatile business environment. As you progress through the course, you will gain insight into the various degrees of leadership that allow innovation to be harnessed and nurtured in organizations. By understanding the challenges that businesses face today, identifying the kind of organizations that are currently providing access to the most innovative landscapes, and recognizing the new kind of intelligences that are required to succeed, this course will challenge your own understanding of the role innovation plays in a company’s growth strategy.
Date
Fall 2024
SCHEDULE
8 hours of study per week
REQUEST INFORMATION
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WHY THIS PROGRAM?
USE SCENARIO PLANNING
Identify the critical uncertainties that face modern-day businesses and how to respond to them.
DEVELOP DISRUPTIVE FRAMEWORKS
Identify what characterizes innovation-driven organizations and develop a framework for their creation.
CREATE ACTION PLANS
Analyze and create an action plan for a real-world enterprise for its transformation into an innovation-driven enterprise (IDE).
UNDERSTANDING SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE
Identify the characteristics of social intelligence and understand why it is a necessary component for leadership in innovation.
MAKE CRITICAL ASSESSMENTS
Make a critical assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of leaders in a given organization
ACTION DESIGN THINKING
Assess how Design Thinking forms an integral part of leadership.
YOU WILL ALSO LEARN FROM GUEST SPEAKERS COMING FROM:
THE DIGITAL SKILLS AND JOBS COALITION
The Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition brings together Member States, companies, social partners, non-profit organisations and education providers, who take action to tackle the lack of digital skills in Europe. IE University has pledged to carry out actions to reduce the digital skills gap in Europe by developing digital skills to enable all citizens to be active in our digital society and by transforming teaching and learning of digital skills in a lifelong learning perspective.
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LEADERSHIP AND STRATEGY IN THE AGE OF DISRUPTION
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IE LIFELONG LEARNING CERTIFICATES
Power your expertise and stay ahead of the game.
If you want to know more about how you can boost your professional development and stand out as a business leader, find out about the IE Lifelong Learning Certificates featuring this program.
SPECIAL CONDITIONS
ALUMNI
As an IE alumni you are part of our community, and we want to support your passion for Lifelong Learning. Therefore, all IE alumni receive 25%* off tuition fees for all Executive Education programs.
*Alumni from Intensive Programs (less than a week duration), Summer Schools or High Impact Online Programs will receive 15% off.
Neither scholarship is compatible with other deductions.
CORPORATE
At IE, we are committed to encouraging companies to enroll teams of their employees. We believe this allows them to explore new perspectives together and speak a shared language of change.
Companies that sign a Corporate Agreement are eligible for a 15% off the tuition fee for Executive Education programs for group of employees. Additional services and support may also be available for a Corporate Partner Agreement. Neither scholarship is compatible with other deductions.