During this four-week online course led by Professor Mike Grandinetti, Adjunct Professor at Brown’s School of Engineering, you and your peers will learn best practices in innovation that will help you and your company gain a competitive advantage.
You will be immersed in a highly-interactive learning environment featuring cutting-edge case studies, lectures and discussions around topics pulled straight from the headlines.
Program Content
Berkeley Innovation Index Self-Assessment (BII)
A key feature of this program is the opportunity to take Berkeley Innovation Index Self-Assessment (BII) in week 1. BII is designed to measure an individual's innovative mindset level, and their power to innovate. You will repeat this assessment in week 4 to assess progress during the program.
What You'll Learn
Through engaging discussions, cutting-edge case studies, and peer-to-peer interaction, this program will equip you with:
- Strategies for taking advantage of the disruptions impacting your industry
- A knowledge of top trends in the innovation space, including:
- The profound impact of Industry 4.0 technologies such as Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning as disruptors
- The challenges and opportunities of using ChatGPT in the workplace
- A toolkit of in-demand skills, including:
- Human-centric design; lean methodology; continuous digital transformation; hackathons
- An understanding of how to cultivate the conditions for creativity and continuous improvement in your team and organization by establishing a culture of experimentation and tolerance for failure, even when geographically dispersed
- The ability to activate your creative thinking and capabilities to go from 'blank page' to insight
Program Topics
Harnessing Key Factors Driving Disruption
- Future-proof yourself and your organization by learning about historic pinnacle innovations and organizations that failed to innovate in time.
- Strategize how to take advantage of the increasingly accelerated disruption in your industry.
- Update your knowledge on top trends in the innovation space, including:
- The profound impact of Industry 4.0 technologies such as Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning as disruptors
- The challenges and opportunities of using ChatGPT in the workplace
Innovating to Unlock New Possibilities
- Unlock new possibilities by establishing a culture of experimentation and tolerance for failure
- Embrace digital transformation
- Build your toolkit of in-demand skills, including human-centric design, lean methodologies, and continuous digital transformation
Cultivating a Creative Culture
- Cultivate the conditions for creativity in your team and organization, even when geographically dispersed
- Systematize and normalize innovation
Activating Creativity to Future-Proof Your Organization and Team
- Activate creative thinking and capabilities to go from 'blank page' to insight
- Utilize Hackathons as one tangible method to unleash creative thinking in yourself and your teams.
“ I would not only highly recommend the class, but I would say that this curriculum is essential for anyone who wants to know what it takes to stay relevant in the coming years. ”