Certified Ekasi Innovation Management Specialist

Certified Ekasi Innovation Management Specialist
Entrepreneurship and Innovation Intermediate

Certified Ekasi Innovation Management Specialist

Learn how to foster a culture of innovation within an established organization or startup. This course covers design thinking, ideation techniques, portfolio management, and managing the innovation process from idea to launch.

Course Description

Learn how to foster a culture of innovation within an established organization or startup. This course covers design thinking, ideation techniques, portfolio management, and managing the innovation process from idea to launch.

Learning Outcomes

Ability to facilitate ideation and brainstorming sessions|Skills to apply design thinking to solve complex problems|Competence in evaluating and selecting innovative ideas for development|Proficiency in managing the stage-gate innovation process

Target Audience

Product managers|R&D managers|Business leaders|Entrepreneurs|Project managers

8 Modules
0 Lessons
16h 0m

Types of innovation (product, process, business model, social), innovation theories (disruptive, sustaining, incremental), and building the case for innovation investment.

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The five stages of design thinking (Empathise, Define, Ideate, Prototype, Test), user research methods, empathy mapping, and applying design thinking to real problems.

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SCAMPER, Reverse Brainstorming, TRIZ, Six Thinking Hats, and techniques for facilitating high-energy ideation workshops.

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The 3 horizons of innovation (core, adjacent, transformational), portfolio balancing, innovation funnel management, and resource allocation across the portfolio.

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Applying lean startup principles within established organisations, intrapreneurship, corporate accelerator models, and running innovation sprints.

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Types of prototypes (paper, digital, MVP), experiment design, running structured business experiments, and rapid iteration.

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Leadership behaviours that enable innovation, psychological safety, failing forward, innovation metrics, and removing barriers to internal innovation.

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Go-to-market strategy for new innovations, launch planning, adoption curve (Rogers' Diffusion of Innovation), and scaling successful innovations.

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Course Details

Duration 40 hours
Skill Level Intermediate
Learning Method Self Study
Category Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Modules 8
Total Lessons 0
Last Updated August 2025
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