Lean Enterprise: Corporate Innovation Certification
What you'll learn
- Develop a deep understanding of disruptive innovation and Lean Startup
- Acquire the best tools for fostering an environment for innovation in a large organization
- Gain perspective from case studies of innovation approaches at Intuit, General Electric, Qualcomm, and more
- Arm yourself with knowledge of the right structures for bringing disruptive products to market
Requirements
- Students should have a basic understanding of business, management, and finance
- Students should have a desire to innovate disruptively within the enterprise
- We also recommend purchasing a copy of the book The Lean Enterprise, but it is not required
Description
BECOME A THOUGHT LEADER IN THE MOVEMENT THAT IS CHANGING HOW CORPORATIONS INNOVATE.
23 LECTURES, 7 IN-DEPTH COMPREHENSION TESTS.
THE ONLY CERTIFICATION FOR APPLYING LEAN STARTUP TECHNIQUES IN AN ENTERPRISE ENVIRONMENT. FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BEST SELLING BOOK, THE LEAN ENTERPRISE.
Even in a tough economic climate, small startups have found ways to create innovative products in shockingly short timeframes. So why should larger, more established companies take notice? Because they have everything to gain when they examine and adopt the process, strategies, and mentality of high-growth startups. In this course you will learn the tools and methodologies large businesses need to compete with a new generation of highly-empowered startups.
- Essential course for innovation managers, directors, senior executives, and even board members of Fortune 2000 companies
- Explains the forces that stall innovation in large enterprises
- Offers a comprehensive approach for structuring innovation teams and maximizing the odds of success
- Includes quizzes designed to maximize understanding of difficult concepts
Don't be mystified by the success of startups. Master the methods of this new era and compete on a level playing field.
PRAISE FOR THE LEAN ENTERPRISE
"The Lean Enterprise presents a framework for companies to create an environment that empowers the greatest entrepreneurial talent to thrive inside the organization, retaining the great innovative minds and reaping the benefits of their greatest inventions."
- Brad Smith, Intuit President & CEO
"The Lean Enterprise provides savvy insights on the organizational structures, systems, and processes that will maximize success odds with corporate entrepreneurship."
- Professor Thomas Eisenmann, Harvard Business School
IMPORTANT!
For successful completion of this course, it's recommended you read the book, The Lean Enterprise: How Corporations Can Innovate Like Startups.
Who this course is for:
- This course is for innovation managers, corporate executives, intrapreneurs, corporate venture capitalists, and anyone interested in disruptive innovation in large enterprises
Instructors
Trevor is an entrepreneur and thought leader on Lean Startup methodologies. He's the Founder & CEO of Javelin, an enterprise software company that helps innovators test the viability of new product ideas. Today, Javelin has helped tens of thousands of startup founders and individuals from organizations including Google, Salesforce, News Corp, Intuit, and others, start thousands of new businesses across six continents.
Owens is author of The Lean Enterprise and a sought after international speaker. His work has been featured in national media outlets including Bloomberg, Forbes, Business Insider, Mashable, and American Express OPEN Forum, among others. He also volunteers as a coach for the White House's Innovation Fellows program and as a featured guest speaker at Princeton & Columbia University.
I've spent the last 10 years building communities in the innovation sector, founding startups, and advising companies such as Apple, LG, Starbucks, and Target on their technology and innovation strategy.
My course on innovation has taught hundreds of professionals the fundamentals of disruptive innovation used by unicorn startups and the world's smartest companies, and my work has been featured in Entrepreneur, Forbes, Mashable, Techcrunch, and others.
I have also launched events that have connected tens of thousands of innovators.