INNOVATION PROJECT WAVE

World-class coaching, facilitation, and training to support organizations as they take on innovation projects

About Innovation Project Waves

Organizations often get stuck turning big ideas into reality, not knowing how to solve the biggest problems, revolutionize internal systems, or how to disrupt their industry with a breakthrough idea.

The Innovation Wave will identify an innovation mission, such as redesigning an internal business system or developing new products, in alignment with your strategic plan, and create breakthrough solutions, producing a validated business case for senior leadership.

Achieve clarity and alignment among the leadership team on the innovation mission, linked to the strategic plan
Generate high-volume unique solutions through divergent thinking methods
Gain clarity on the risks associated with the top idea or solution
Facilitate rapid cycles of learning, resulting in a validated concept and prepare the top innovation to “business case” for leadership

Who It's For?

Innovation Project Waves are ideal for organizations that are truly ready to challenge the status quo and accelerate an important project or system.

What You'll Learn

Teams will learn to implement a proven system for innovation on a significant project for their organization, accelerating project success. Skills learned will range from outlining your mission to presenting a clear business case to management.

Time Commitment

Total: 6 Weeks to 3 Months

Sponsor/Management Coach: 5.5 hours (Innovation Mission Session, Coaching, Business Case Presentation)
Project Lead: 43 hours (Training, Project Sessions, Coaching, Business Case Presentation)
Project Team: 33.5 hours (Training, Project Sessions, Business Case Presentation)
Executive Team: 4 hours (Innovation Mission Session, Business Case Presentation)

How It Works

Experience the full potential of your innovation system as your Innovation Coach guides your Executive Team through a discovery process to identify the mission.

For the next 6 weeks to 3 months, your Project Team will learn the fundamentals of innovation. You’ll then immediately put them into practice as you follow the innovation system step by step, creating unique solutions to the mission presented, resulting in a business case presentation to the Executive Team.

Blue Card

This module will provide the executive team with an overview of the Innovation Engineering methodology and involve them in the process by using tools to assess the current state of the organization. Finally, the executive team will generate, clarify, and finalize a very important mission using the Blue Card.

Team Training

We will introduce the innovation project team members to Innovation Engineering. For most teams, this material is brand new. Patience and communication are key to preparing team members for the project that lies ahead.

Stimulus Mining

In this session, we will introduce the innovation project team to the Blue Card. We will then lead the team through various types of stimulus mining so they can learn more about the focus areas defined on the Blue Card.

Create Session

We will push the team to create meaningfully unique ideas by stimulating new thoughts. All ideas created during this session will be focused on achieving the pre-determined mission laid out in the Blue Card.

Rapid Plan-Do-Study-Act Cycles

The innovation project teams will use rapid Plan-Do-Study-Act cycles of learning to define and discover more about the innovation and its feasibility. The cycles are complete when the team has learned enough to confidently recommend an innovation for development.

What You Get

Proven Systems

Proven, repeatable processes for accelerating innovation projects

Flexible Delivery

Expert support, delivered virtually or in-person depending on your needs

Impactful Tools

Digital tools and resources to facilitate learning and execution

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FREE GUIDE: INNOVATE WITH CONFIDENCE

Want to learn more about our proven process for innovation and how to implement it within your organization? Download our free guide “Innovate with Confidence” to get all the details.