Course curriculum

  • 1

    Start Here

    • OVERVIEW of the INNOVATOR WORKSHOP

    • Project Mercury Playbook

    • [13 min] VIDEO - Practice Prismatic Thinking

    • 3 Question QUIZ: Prismatic Thinking

    • [14 min] VIDEO - How to Think About Growth

    • 4 Question QUIZ: How to Think About Growth

    • [10 min] VIDEO - Assess to Progress

    • 3 Question QUIZ: Assess to Progress

    • [11 min] VIDEO - Creative Thinking

    • 3 Questions QUIZ: Creative Thinking
  • 2

    Sprint 1

    • [12 min] VIDEO - Set High Quality Targets

    • [12 min] Video - Enlist Deep and Diverse Domain Expertise

    • 3 Question QUIZ: Enlist Deep and Diverse Domain Expertise

    • [7 min] VIDEO - Learning from Experience and Experiments

    • 7 Question QUIZ: Learn from Experience and Experiments

    • READING: "The 5 Myths of Innovation"

    • READING: "Using the Crowd as an Innovation Partner"

    • READING: "Design Thinking"
  • 3

    Sprint 2

    • [10 min] VIDEO - Take Multiple Shots on Goal

    • 3 Question QUIZ: Take Multiple Shots on Goal

    • READING: "Build an Innovation Engine in 90 Days"

    • READING: "The Seven Deadly Sins of Innovation Leader"

    • READING: "Deep Smarts"
  • 4

    Sprint 3

    • [15 min] VIDEO - Gaining Buy-In

    • [8 min] VIDEO - Sources of Innovation

    • [15 min] VIDEO - Innovation Processes

    • [8 min] VIDEO - Connecting the Dots

    • READING: "The Art of Persuasion Hasn't Changed in 2000 Years"

    • READING: "Is It Real? Can We Win? Is It Worth Doing? Managing Risk and Reward in an Innovation Portfolio"

    • READING: "Why Every Project Needs a Brand"
  • 5

    Leading Innovation

    • READING: "Creativity and the Role of the Leader"

    • READING: "You Need an Innovation Strategy"

    • Air University Experienced Coaches Corner - High Quality Targets

    • Air University Experienced Coaches Corner - Deep and Diverse Domain Experts

    • Air University Experienced Coaches Corner - Multiple Shots on Goal

    • Air University Experienced Coaches Corner - How to Win a Bar Fight

    • Air Command Field Guide

    • The Creative Mindset

    • The Innovation Code
  • 6

    SEE ONE (Jumpstart again)

    • Example - Digital Jumpstart, Set an HQT

    • Example - Digital Jumpstart - Deep and Diverse Domain Experts

    • Example - Digital Jumpstart - Take Multiple Shots on Goal

    • Example - Digital Jumpstart - Gain Buy-in

    • Example - Digital Jumpstart - Learn from Experience and Experiments