Course curriculum

  • 1

    Extra Resources (optional)

    • The Innovation Code

    • The Creative Mindset
  • 2

    Week 1

    • WEEK 1 Syllabus

    • CPI VIDEO - Practice Prismatic Thinking

    • QUIZ: Prismatic Thinking

    • CPI VIDEO - How to Think About Growth

    • QUIZ: How to Think About Growth

  • 3

    Week 2

    • WEEK 2 Syllabus

    • CPI VIDEO: Assess to Progress

    • QUIZ: Assess to Progress

    • READING: "Innovation as a Learning Process: Embedding Design Thinking"
  • 4

    Week 3

    • WEEK 3 Syllabus

    • CPI VIDEO: Creative Thinking

    • CPI VIDEO: Case Study

    • READING: "Creativity and the Role of the Leader"
  • 5

    Week 4

    • Week 4 Syllabus

    • CPI VIDEO: Sources of Innovation

    • QUIZ: Sources of Innovation

    • READING: "Using the Crowd as an Innovation Partner"
  • 6

    Week 5

    • WEEK 5 Syllabus

    • CPI VIDEO: Set High Quality Targets

    • QUIZ: Set High Quality Targets

    • READING: "Moon Shots for Management"

    • WEEK 5 > Reading #2 > Discussion Questions
  • 7

    Week 6

    • WEEK 6 Syllabus

    • CPI VIDEO: Enlist Deep and Diverse Domain Expertise

    • QUIZ: Enlist Deep and Diverse Domain Expertise

    • READING: "Deep Smarts"

    • WEEK 6 > Reading #1 > Discussion Questions

  • 8

    Week 7

    • WEEK 7 Syllabus

    • QUIZ: Take Multiple Shots on Goal

    • CPI VIDEO: Take Multiple Shots on Goal

    • READING: "Building Breakthrough Businesses Within Established Organizations"

    • WEEK 7 > Reading #2 > Discussion Questions
  • 9

    Week 8

    • WEEK 8 Syllabus

    • CPI VIDEO: Learning from Experience and Experiments

    • QUIZ: Learn from Experience and Experiments

    • READING: "Strategy as Simple Rules"

    • WEEK 8 > Reading #1 > Discussion Questions

  • 10

    Week 9

    • WEEK 9 Syllabus

    • CPI VIDEO: Gaining Buy-In

    • QUIZ: How to Win a Bar Fight / Gaining Buy-in

    • READING: "The 5 Myths of Innovation"

    • WEEK 9 > Reading #1 > Discussion Questions

  • 11

    Week 10

    • WEEK 10 Syllabus

    • CPI VIDEO: Innovation Processes

    • QUIZ: Innovation Processes

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

    • WEEK 10 > Reading #1 > Discussion Questions
  • 12

    Week 11

    • WEEK 11 Syllabus

    • CPI VIDEO: Evaluating and Measuring Innovation

    • QUIZ: Evaluating and Measuring Innovation

    • READING: "Why Every Project Needs a Brand"

    • WEEK 11 > Reading #1 > Discussion Questions
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    Week 12

    • WEEK 12 SYLLABUS

    • CPI VIDEO: Connecting the Dots

    • QUIZ: Connect the Dots

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