Strategic thinking for innovators (II) - The value chain
What you'll learn
- Discover and understand how to organise and manage a value chain project within your organisation.
- Tips on how to overcome the most common obstacles in the development of the value chain project.
- Strengthen your ability to encourage interest and participation (amongst your colleagues) in strategic thinking, and connecting it with your innovation effort.
- The value chain booklet - an invaluable companion of the videos.
Requirements
- You will need to download my 'value chain analysis template'. To view the documents you require a .pdf reader and Microsoft Excel or another spreadsheet software.
Description
This course will introduce you to the value chain model, and will take you through the steps needed in starting and managing a value chain project within your organisation.
The course comprises:
1) hand-drawn fun videos that guide you through the process;
2) slides pinpointing the concepts and the steps taken in performing the analysis;
3) a fillable template (free or premium): a collaborative tool enabling you and your team to start a value chain analysis right now.
During the course you will learn how to organise and manage a value chain project in your organisation.
The course will also assist you in making the value chain analysis a continuous process within your organisation, explaining how to generate participation and commitment among your colleagues.
Ultimately this course is another step in making strategic thinking a fun activity and an open exercise within your organisation and to connect it with your innovation effort.
Who this course is for:
- Anyone willing to start a strategic thinking initiative within their organisation.
- Entrepreneurs and start-ups seeking to understand how the activities they perform sustain their competitive advnatage.
- Business students and practitioners interested in understanding the organisational implications of performing a value chain project.
Instructor
- 4.2 Instructor Rating
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- 3,310 Students
- 2 Courses
Purpose
Stefano’s aim is to facilitate a design thinking agenda in organisations pursuing a strategic innovation approach. Stefano collaborates with the management of medium sized and large organisations (on ad hoc projects) but also with start-ups, through online learning and group facilitation sessions.
In addition to promoting and facilitating the adoption of a design agenda within organisations, Stefano encourages managers to challenge their current understanding of their work and the mental models they have created to explain reality.
Stefano’s on-line courses invite participants to take part in a conversation about entrepreneurship and its purpose in society. The courses introduce the concepts of strategic thinking and design thinking.
Designing a learning environment inspiring participants to open up their minds and hearts is Stefano's ultimate goal and desire.