The goal is to develop skills, systems, and mindset to lead innovation and change within organizations. The entire process is taken into consideration, from idea generation to commercialization and beyond. The generation of a learning environment and agile contexts within organizations - both small and big ones - is considered as a key goal to achieve the above-mentioned goal. In doing so, we explore different forms of breakthrough projects, including both technological initiatives and business model-based innovations.
Prerequisiti
basic in management (e.g. business strategy, marketing, organizational design and behaviour)
Metodi didattici
The teaching method is particularly interactive and agile, stimulating creative and interactive thinking via flipped sessions, case studies, team works and simulations.
Verifica Apprendimento
Written exam based on case studies and open questions, plus teamwork and homeworks during lectures. See updated materials on KIRO for further details
Testi
- Course Materials; - Book: “Creative Construction: the DNA of Sustained Innovation”, by Gary Pisano, New York PublicAffairs
Contenuti
- Introduction to innovation management; - Why you need an “innovation strategy”; - Open innovation, eco-systems and “plafirms”; - Creating and analysing markets that don't exit (yet); - Chief Innovation Officer: role, activities and challenges; - Creativity training session and design thinking principles; - Business modelling for breakthrough initiatives; - Appropriability of the competitive advantage: defending innovation agains replication; - Experimentation, MVP and the lean why; Transformative Innovation and ‘Innovability’ (innovation + sustainability); - Lead the change via innovation metrics; Building an innovation culture.
