THE FIVE CREATIVE TENSIONS OF THE INNOVATION STRATEGIST:

1. INCLUSIVE: PSYCHOLOGICALLY SAFE BUT TRULY HONEST
   How to create an inclusive environment where people feel safe to speak up — and are expected to speak honestly and give candid feedback?
2. DESIGN: EXPERIMENTAL BUT HIGHLY DISCIPLINED
   How to encourage bold experimentation without wasting time and resources?
3. ECOSYSTEM: COLLABORATIVE BUT WITH COMMITTED ACCOUNTABILITY
   How to build a collaborative culture and ecosystem without losing individual ownership and responsibility?
4. ATTITUDE: TOLERATE FAILURE BUT DEMAND COMPETENCE
   What are the key competencies of a high-performing innovative teams? How to create a culture where smart failure is accepted — but mediocrity is not?
5. STRATEGY: SUSTAINABLE BUT ACHIEVE TIMELY MILESTONES
   How to lead with long-term vision while demonstrating short-term value?

The program is a combination of immersive team days (“Camps”) and 2 individual mentoring sessions. During our camps you will work in small teams of maximum 6 leaders, each small team supported by one of the Program Instructors.

We will spend most of the Camp times focusing on your specific innovation challenge, and the coaching & mentoring sessions add to that by deepening your skills as an inclusive innovation leader.

PRE COURSE

• Innovation Readiness Questionnaire,
• Personal Motivation & Goal Setting with Program Mentors

CAMP 1

(Two days) 

• INCLUSIVE: PSYCHOLOGALLY SAFE BUT TRULY HONEST

What’s the real value of diversity and inclusion for innovation? How do psychological safety and trust differ? How do you build both in your team? How can you ask better questions to spark thinking and engagement? How do you give feedback that’s candid and constructive?        

• DESIGN: EXPERIMENTAL BUT HIGHLY DISCIPLINED

What is design thinking and how does it boost creativity? Why is “kill criteria” critical — and how do you define it? How do you use the RICE model to prioritize ideas?

• ECOSYSTEM: COLLABORATIVE BUT WITH COMMITTED ACCOUNTABILITY

What does your innovation ecosystem look like — and how strong is it? What makes a team truly collaborative? How do you clarify decision-making with a RACI chart? How do OKRs align individuals and teams?

CAMP 2

(Two days) 

• ATTITUDE: TOLERATE FAILURE BUT DEMAND COMPETENCE

What does a human-centered mindset really mean? Which cognitive biases block innovation? How do you reward good failure and prevent bad ones? What are the 3×3 essential team competencies?

• STRATEGY:SUSTAINABLE BUT ACHIEVE TIMELY MILESTONES

Which phase are you in — Optimize, Mutate, Augment, or Spark — and how do you tailor your strategy accordingly? When do you go for a roofshot vs. a moonshot? How do you keep stakeholders aligned through change? What strategic story are you telling — and does it inspire action?

INNOVATION CRUCIABLE: ROLE PLAYING COMPLEX INNOVATION SCENARIOS
Step into a real innovation challenge — and apply it all.

DURING AND AFTER THE COURSE

Throughout the course, you will engage in hands-on activities, case studies, and collaborative discussions, giving you the tools, strategies, and confidence to lead innovation initiatives. By the end of the course, you will have crafted actionable plans tailored to your own organizational needs, ready to be implemented and sustained. You will gain practical tactics for building an inclusive innovation culture, learn to frame bold goals with clear success criteria to accelerate progress and drive measurable impact, and adopt smarter approaches to innovation that reduce costly missteps.