Leading Innovation And Change

Course overview

This two-day workshop is designed to give delegates the skills to develop, implement and lead innovation strategies in their organisation.  Delegates will also learn the value of Change Management. 

Who should attend

• Senior leadership  
• High-Potential leaders  
• Key Stakeholder Groups  
• Project Teams  
• Business managers 
• Data managers 

Learning Objectives

• The ability to develop, implement and lead innovation strategies in your organisation. 
• Acquire the skills to recognise key drivers of innovation, and leverage organisational systems, structures, and culture to foster an environment where innovation thrives. 
• Practical frameworks, and a future-focused innovation mindset to help prepare your organisation to handle new and unforeseen challenges. 
• Establish a shared definition of change management and how it impacts organizational outcomes. 
• Understand the connection between the technical side and the people side of change. 
• Understand the research and best practices around change management. 
• Understand the value of change management. 
• Develop a commitment-to-action plan. 

Program Agenda

What Is Change Management? 

• Creating a shared definition 
• Delivering results and outcomes 
•  A primer on innovation 
• Organising for innovation  
•  Explore organisational design and the structural and cultural elements of a business that allows it to innovate. 
• Drivers of innovation: Technology and beyond 
• Explore models of innovation beyond popular notions of technological change and disruption’. 
• Corporate innovation strategies and platforms 
• Consider the corporate landscape of innovation, how platforms organise market competition and, in turn, shape the nature of innovation. 
• Innovation in practice 
• Consider your context and the future of innovation considering what you have learnt in this programme. 
• Change Strategy 
• Learn how change strategies are applied to the formulation and proposal of innovation.   
• Resistance Management 
• Learn how to deal with resistance from employees and how to ensure they embrace innovation and change.