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Creating a Culture of Innovation

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Upcoming Sessions
  May 13-14, 2009
$ 2,500
  September 23-24, 2009
$ 2,500
  An accelerated one-day program for senior executives
Key Benefits
During this program, you will learn to:
Explore the role innovation can play in changing your business strategy
Discover new methods of creating value that drive growth
Gain leadership strategies for building an organization and culture supportive of innovating and risk-taking

Understand how best practice innovation leaders achieve success

 

"Exceptionally insightful and meaningful to those who really want to lead an innovative organization."  

Director, Operations Strategy, Shure, Inc.
Dipak Jain teaching
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Co-Academic Director; Dean of the Kellogg School of Management Dipak C. Jain
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From new markets to mature markets and across every industry, innovation plays a critical role in an organization's success. This intense and interactive one-day program is designed to inspire senior executives to take action by providing the leadership tools needed to create a culture and organization that challenge traditional ways of doing business.

While companies recently have focused on downsizing, streamlining, and cost-cutting to achieve short-term earnings growth, smart managers are always searching for new ways to create long-term value for their customers by launching new products and services, entering new markets, or rethinking established processes. As companies begin to reinvest in breakthrough innovation, leadership strategies that create the right culture and mind-set will be critical cornerstones for success.

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Program Content

Overview of Best Practices:
Creating an Innovation Mind-set

Developing an Innovation Strategy

Igniting Innovation within Service Organizations

Instilling a Leadership Strategy to Create a Culture of Innovation

Using Innovation to Create Customer Value

Bringing Innovation to Life in Your Organization


Unique Format
This one-day program is unique in that it provides senior executives the opportunity to focus in depth on a single topic critical to the success of their organizations, while requiring less time away from the office than traditional executive programs. Accommodating executives' busy schedules in this way allows senior managers the opportunity to quickly gain leadership insights into innovation, while leaving the "how-to's" and processes to their direct reports.

Who Should Attend
Find out who should attend Creating a Culture of Innovation, and what past participants have said about the course.

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