Leading and Implementing Innovation

Day one

• Appreciate the difference between change and innovation
• Understand how to manage innovation in an organisational context and why it matters
• Discover different pathways towards innovation

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Day two

• Developing an innovation strategy
• Strategies for dealing with uncertainty, including collaborating with others
• Discover how digital platforms are transforming organisations

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Day three

• Learn about tools to support implementing innovation
• Explore how to develop innovation in practice
• Understand business and technological innovation needs for strategic planning

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Day four

• Learn how to use innovation to develop new products, services, and processes
• Examine how to create and capture the value of innovation
• Understand design thinking and business models for innovation

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There will be a networking drinks reception on evening one where you will get to know your course colleagues. There will also be a course dinner on evening three, offering the opportunity for your class to come together with a wider cohort of short-course learners to expand your networking opportunities.

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Delivered face-to-face at Alliance Manchester Business School’s Executive Education centre, this course puts you, your experience, and your organisation at the centre of your learning journey.

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By arriving prepared with a specific innovation related problem you’d like to solve within your workplace, you will explore different solution pathways and complete the course with a fresh perspective and appliable strategies to implement straight away.    
Throughout the course, you will hear from leading industry experts, network with a variety of like-minded business leaders as well as working with other delegates to explore new ways of tackling your organisation’s unique innovation challenges.

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During your time at AMBS, you will gain several stand-out learning experiences, including:

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Applied Learning - A learning environment created by the course facilitator that draws on the experience and input of your course peers.

Knowledge Transfer - A steady stream of feedback from participating peers with diverse business backgrounds to help build your leadership skills.

Reflection - A rare time-out to contemplate your own leadership capabilities and challenges while engaging with our world-class faculty.

Network Expansion - An expanding professional network drawn from your peers.

Personal Growth - An expanding self-awareness of your own leadership competencies and how they can be honed.

Behavioural Change - An adoption of new rationales and mindsets that improve your managerial skills.

• Understand how to effectively foster innovation to maximise value and impact
• Learn about new business models and the platforms that are transforming them
• Adopt a refreshed mindset and embrace entrepreneurial thinking when tackling challenges with your organisation
• Gain expert insights through real-world case studies and industry speakers
• Become a member of the AMBS Executive Education Network and benefit from top-class speaker events, regular updates and networking opportunities with like-minded professionals

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Delegates attending this course should have a senior level strategic responsibilities within their role or be working as a functional manager to oversee specific product groups or services.

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To get the most value from this course, delegates should be in the position to make changes to culture and process to implement their learnings.

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• Explore the drivers of productivity and how they affect firm-level performance.
• Use a practical framework and checklist to identify opportunities for improvement.

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• Understand key AI concepts and how they can support productivity and decision-making.
• Identify responsible approaches to AI adoption within your organisation.

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• Explore how structures, systems and processes shape organisational performance.
• Identify practical actions to strengthen effectiveness and adaptability.

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• Apply practical tools to communicate clearly and support teams through change.
• Use models such as Bridges’ Transition Model and the 4C framework to strengthen leadership effectiveness.

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• Explore how to judge strategic choices and trade-offs in different situations.
• Apply simple strategic models to support focus, resource allocation and decision-making.

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• Understand how risk appetite supports better leadership decisions.
• Explore practical ways to assess, prioritise and manage organisational risk.

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• Explore the drivers of reputation, trust and legitimacy.
• Consider practical approaches to managing reputational challenges and values-based relationships.