Today
innovation is no longer a “nice to have” it´s a “must have”
if your organization is going to be able to stay ahead in the
increasing competition. This is something every CEO will agree with.
But how to increase you innovation capabilities? The good news is
that this is a skill that can be learned, just like any other
discipline.
A
common misconception today is that innovators are innately creative
people and that this is something that you either have or not. More
specifically, many people tend to think that innovators are actually
born with intuitive skills and views of the world that are different
from the rest of the population. However - this is simply not true.
Innovators aren’t born, they’re made with the help of training
and education. So the really goods news is that you can both
encourage and develop innovation skills in yourself and in your team
through online
learning innovation programs.
Important ingredients creating an environment, which allows and
encourage questioning, where you can see failures as a good sign and
never stop trying.
Some of the words greatest authorities on innovation; professors Clayton Christensen, Jeff Dyer and Hal Gregersen, have partnered with online education leader Apollo Group and created a breakthrough online learning experience to help organizations build and sustain their competitive advantage. The content is delivered digitally and it´s a great solution for companies who don’t have the resources to spend on expensive travel, accommodation etc.
The team behind Innovator’s Accelerator
Each
of the teachers who lead Innovator’s Accelerator has decades of
classroom teaching experience at some of the world’s most
prestigious universities—Harvard, Wharton, INSEAD—and have
sparked innovation
management in
some of the globe’s most powerful companies:
Clayton
M.Christensen
(DBA, Harvard Business School) is the Kim B. Clark Professor of
Business Administration at Harvard Business School and is the founder
of Innosight. Regarded as one of the world’sforemost experts on
innovation and growth, he is the best-selling and award-winning
author of eight books, including The New York Times bestseller
The Innovator’s Dilemma.
His research has transformed startups, Fortune 500 companies and
national economics.
Jeff
Dyer
(PhD, UCLA) is the Horace Beesley Professor of Strategy at Brigham
Young University. He is the co-author of The
Innovator’s DNA,
and his book, Collaborative
Advantage, won the
Shingo Prize Research Award. Dyer regularly consults and speaks on
innovation and strategy and his research has been featured in
publications such as Forbes, The Economist, Fortune, BusinessWeek and
The Wall Street Journal. He previously taught at The Wharton School
at University of Pennsylvania and was manager at consultancy Bain &
Company.
Hal
Gregersen (PhD,
University of California, Irvine) is the Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank
Chaired Professor of Innovation and Leadership at INSEAD. His trilogy
of books, The
Innovator’s DNA, Leading Strategic Change
and Global Explorers,
reflects a lifelong commitment to developing leaders who make a
difference. He regularly delivers inspirational keynote speeches on
innovation and change throughout the world and is founder of the 4.24
project, dedicated to rekindling the provocative power of asking the
right questions of adults to ultimately cultivate and sharpen the
curiosity of the world’s children.
