Course curriculum

  • 1

    Week 0

    • WEEK 0 SYLLABUS

    • Initial Survey

    • VIDEO: Intro to Innovation Code

    • VIDEO: Creative Power of Constructive Conflict

    • 01: Prismatic Thinking (QUIZ)
  • 2

    Extra Resources (optional)

    • The Innovation Code

    • The Creative Mindset
  • 3

    Week 1

    • WEEK 1 SYLLABUS
  • 4

    Week 2

    • WEEK 2 SYLLABUS

    • CPI VIDEO: Practice Prismatic Thinking

    • CPI VIDEO: How to Think About Growth

    • CPI VIDEO: Assess to Progress

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

    • ARTICLE: "You Need an Innovation Strategy"

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

    • DUE: Week 2 Discussion

    • 02: How to Think About Growth (QUIZ)

  • 5

    Week 3

    • WEEK 3 SYLLABUS

    • CPI VIDEO: Creative Thinking

    • CPI VIDEO: Case Study

    • READING: "Design Thinking"

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

    • READING: "Mastering the Five Levels of Creativity"

    • 03: Sources of Innovation (QUIZ)
  • 6

    Week 4

    • WEEK 4 SYLLABUS

    • CPI VIDEO: Sources of Innovation

    • CPI VIDEO: Set High Quality Targets

    • READING: "The 12 Different Ways for Companies to Innovate"

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

    • READING: "Reinventing Your Business Model"

    • 04: Set High Quality Targets (QUIZ)

  • 7

    Week 5

    • WEEK 5 SYLLABUS

    • CPI VIDEO: Enlist Deep and Diverse Domain Expertise

    • READING: "Moon Shots for Management"

    • READING: "Deep Smarts"

    • READING: "Managing Yourself: Collaborating with Creative Peers"

    • 05: Enlist Deep and Diverse Domain Expertise (QUIZ)
  • 8

    Week 6

    • WEEK 6 SYLLABUS

    • 06: Take Multiple Shots on Goal (QUIZ)
  • 9

    Week 7

    • WEEK 7 SYLLABUS

    • CPI VIDEO: Take Multiple Shots on Goal

    • CPI VIDEO: Learning from Experience and Experiments

    • READING: "Blue Ocean Strategy"

    • READING: "Building Breakthrough Businesses Within Established Organizations"

    • READING: "Strategy as Simple Rules"

    • 07: Learn from Experience and Experiments (QUIZ)
  • 10

    Week 8

    • WEEK 8 SYLLABUS

    • CPI VIDEO: Gaining Buy-In

    • READING: "The Innovation Value Chain"

    • READING: "The 5 Myths of Innovation"

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

    • 08: Creative Thinking (QUIZ)
  • 11

    Week 9

    • WEEK 9 SYLLABUS

    • CPI VIDEO: Innovation Processes

    • CPI - Evaluating and Measuring Innovation

    • 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"

    • 09: How to Win a Bar Fight (QUIZ)
  • 12

    Week 10

    • WEEK 10 SYLLABUS

    • CPI - Connecting the Dots
  • 13

    Week 11

    • WEEK 11 SYLLABUS