Becoming an innovative organisation doesn’t happen overnight, and for creative ideas to be implemented effectively, they need to be embraced by your entire organisation.
In this video, course lead Professor Silvia Massini discusses what delegates can look forward to by joining this course, and the target audience.
Key Information
Key Information
Course topics
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
Day two
- Developing an innovation strategy
- Strategies for dealing with uncertainty, including collaborating with others
- Discover how digital platforms are transforming organisations
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
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
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.
How you learn
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.
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.
During your time at AMBS, you will gain several stand-out learning experiences, including:
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.
How you and your organisation benefits
- 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
Who should attend
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.
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.






