Course curriculum

  • 1

    Pre-Work

    • Initial Survey

    • CPI Workbook (Optional Reference)

    • DUE: Team Charter
  • 2

    Extra Resources (optional)

    • The Innovation Code

    • The Creative Mindset
  • 3

    Week 1

    • WEEK 1 Announcements & Syllabus

    • CPI VIDEO - Practice Prismatic Thinking

    • QUIZ: Prismatic Thinking

    • CPI VIDEO - How to Think About Growth

    • QUIZ: How to Think About Growth

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

    • ARTICLE: "You Need an Innovation Strategy"

    • Week 1 Discussion
  • 4

    Week 2

    • WEEK 2 Syllabus

    • CPI - Assess to Progress

    • QUIZ: Assess to Progress

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

    • READING: "Design Thinking"
  • 5

    Week 3

    • WEEK 3 Announcements & Syllabus

    • CPI - Creative Thinking

    • QUIZ: Creative Thinking

    • CPI - Case Study

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

    • READING: "Mastering the Five Levels of Creativity"
  • 6

    Week 4

    • WEEK 4 Syllabus

    • Ethics and Innovation Session - (During Clash & Clan)

    • Ethics Reading - "Ethical Reasoning and Military Leadership"

    • CPI - Sources of Innovation

    • QUIZ: Sources of Innovation

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

    • READING: "Using the Crowd as an Innovation Partner"
  • 7

    Week 5

    • WEEK 5 Syllabus

    • CPI - Set High Quality Targets

    • QUIZ: Set High Quality Targets

    • READING: "Reinventing Your Business Model"

    • READING: "Moon Shots for Management"
  • 8

    Week 6

    • WEEK 6 Syllabus

    • CPI 5 - Enlist Deep and Diverse Domain Expertise

    • QUIZ: Enlist Deep and Diverse Domain Expertise

    • READING: "Deep Smarts"

    • READING: "Managing Yourself: Collaborating with Creative Peers"
  • 9

    Week 7

    • WEEK 7 Syllabus

    • CPI - Take Multiple Shots on Goal

    • QUIZ: Take Multiple Shots on Goal

    • READING: "Blue Ocean Strategy"

    • READING: "Building Breakthrough Businesses Within Established Organizations"
  • 10

    Week 8

    • WEEK 8 Syllabus

    • CPI - Learning from Experience and Experiments

    • QUIZ: Learn from Experience and Experiments

    • READING: "Strategy as Simple Rules"

    • READING: "The Innovation Value Chain"
  • 11

    Week 9

    • WEEK 9 Syllabus

    • CPI - Gaining Buy-In

    • QUIZ: How to Win a Bar Fight

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

    • READING: "The 5 Myths of Innovation"
  • 12

    Week 10

    • WEEK 10 Syllabus

    • CPI - Innovation Processes

    • QUIZ: Innovation Processes

    • READING: "Is It Real? Can We Win? Is It Worth Doing? Managing Risk and Reward in an Innovation Portfolio"
  • 13

    Week 11

    • WEEK 11 Syllabus

    • CPI - Evaluating and Measuring Innovation

    • QUIZ: Evaluating and Measuring Innovation

    • READING: "Why Every Project Needs a Brand"
  • 14

    Week 12

    • WEEK 12 SYLLABUS

    • CPI - Connecting the Dots

    • 13: Connect the Dots (QUIZ)