Innovation Management
A single successful pilot doesn't make an organisation innovative — a repeatable process that reliably turns raw ideas into funded, tested initiatives does. This course is about building that process: a working portfolio of ideas at different stages of maturity, with clear rules for what gets more investment and what gets retired.
Participants learn how to run a lightweight stage-gate process that doesn't collapse under bureaucracy, how to set decision rights so ideas don't stall waiting for the right person's sign-off, and how to balance a portfolio across safe incremental bets and riskier, higher-upside ones. The course is practical rather than theoretical: participants leave with a working template for managing their own innovation pipeline, not just a framework to admire.
Course duration & format
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Duration:
1 day (f2f) / 2 half days live online sessions
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Format:
Instructor-led, face to face (or interactive online), building a working portfolio template for your own organisation
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Optimum class size:
10 to 20 participants
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Entry requirements:
Familiarity with Innovation Fundamentals is helpful but not required
Learning outcomes
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Design a lightweight stage-gate process for moving ideas from concept to launch
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Set clear decision rights so ideas don't stall waiting for approval
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Balance a portfolio across incremental and higher-risk innovation bets
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Track innovation initiatives with metrics that reflect genuine progress
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Retire ideas that aren't working without it feeling like a failure
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Leave with a working portfolio template ready to apply
One good pilot doesn't make you innovative. A process that reliably produces the next one does.
Intended audience
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Innovation leads and portfolio managers
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Product and R&D leaders managing multiple initiatives at once
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Programme and PMO teams supporting innovation work
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Anyone accountable for showing return on an innovation investment