Innovation Masterclass Series Being Held in Indiana

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The Society of Innovators at Purdue Northwest is partnering with Gregg Fraley Innovation to host a series of six innovation-training masterclasses in 2020. The Jumpstart Innovation learning series seeks to train innovators and entrepreneurs in essential innovation skills. Participants will be managers, project leaders, small business owners and those charged with leading innovation programs.

The content includes basic innovation skills and deliberate creative problem solving. Over the course of the series, more advanced topics in cutting-edge innovation strategy, branding, culture building and project management are taught.

Innovation Concepts Immersion
The first workshop will delve into innovation and provide a foundation for knowledge needed for initiating an innovation program. This session will cover best practices, including:

• Definition of innovation and how it differs from creativity and brainstorming.
• Origins of methods in invention and process improvement.
• Why innovation programs are necessary to survive and grow.
• What culture needs to be in place to support a program and how to create it.
• Team formation and development.
• Getting a mandate from management to move forward, and why clarity on program goals is a foundation to success.
• Planning a project and an overview of standard process.
• Review of the most common or popular innovation frameworks.
• Process for innovation framework selection.
• Initiating a pilot project or re-igniting an innovation program.

The Jumpstart Innovation Masterclass Series is offered as a subscription package, with each module advancing participant knowledge about innovation in a new way. Participants can also opt to buy specific modules of interest. The full series will provide participants with the tools to put actionable knowledge in theory, practice and provide tools for creating and running innovation programs.

The cost of the full series is $599. Purchased separately, workshops are $149 each. Each all-day session will take place at the Society of Innovators at Purdue Northwest in their Portage, Indiana, meeting facility.

The full schedule and topics are:

• Friday, January 17: Innovation Concepts Immersion
• Friday, March 13: Structured Creative Problem Solving
• Friday, May 15: Facilitation Skills and Tools for Leadership
• Friday, August 21: Innovating Your Brand
• Friday, October 9: The Art of Agility (Agile/SCRUM Concepts)
• Friday, December 11: Improvisation for Business Problem Solving
For more information or to register, click here.

Society of Innovators

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