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Vijay Govindarajan

Vijay Govindarajan, known as VG, is a New York Times and Wall Street Journal Best Selling author, Coxe Distinguished Professor at Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business, two-time winner of the prestigious McKinsey Award for the Best Article published in Harvard Business Review, and one of the world’s leading experts on strategy and innovation.

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Vijay Govindarajan, known as VG, is a New York Times and Wall Street Journal Best Selling author, Coxe Distinguished Professor at Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business, two-time winner of the prestigious McKinsey Award for the Best Article published in Harvard Business Review, and one of the world’s leading experts on strategy and innovation.

VG brings his expert knowledge to this Professional Certificate program, which will introduce you to the Three Box framework, which has the potential to transform the future of any organization that embraces it – whether it’s a large enterprise, a mid-size business, a start up, or a nonprofit organization.

The Three Box framework is a simple and proven method that allows organizations to successfully allocate an organization’s energy, time and resources across three boxes: Box 1

Managing the core business at peak efficiency Box 2

Abandon ideas, practices, and attitudes that could inhibit innovation Box 3

Develop and convert breakthrough ideas into new products and businesses

The Three Box framework makes leading innovation within your organization easier. VG has worked with CEOs and top management teams in more than 25% of the Fortune 500 firms, including Boeing, Coca-Cola, FedEx, General Electric, IBM, J.P. Morgan Chase, Johnson & Johnson, The New York Times, Procter & Gamble, Sony, and Wal-Mart, to discuss, challenge, and escalate their thinking about strategy and innovation. VG’s extensive research and consulting has resulted in the Best Seller

, on which the two courses are based.

The content of these courses is relevant for a large corporation, a mid-size business, a startup or a nonprofit organization. Because innovation is a team sport, the Professional Certificate program is useful for individuals who intend to advance careers in R&D, Engineering, Manufacturing, Marketing, Sales, Service, Human Resources, Accounting, and Finance.

This is your opportunity to learn from the best and prepare your organization for success in the future.

What you'll learn

  • Why companies need to continuously innovate strategically
  • How to identify weak signals, market discontinuities and non-linear shifts that shape the future evolution of an industry
  • How to execute breakthrough innovation strategies
  • How can firms build the requisite organizational DNA to create the future while managing the present

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Two courses

Executing Breakthrough Innovations with the Three Box Solution

(12 hours)
When companies launch Box 3 innovation initiatives, they typically allot most of their time and energy to the thrilling hunt for the breakthrough idea. That much-ballyhooed burst of inspiration is merely a starting point. The real innovation challenge lies beyond the idea. It lies in a long, hard journey—from imagination to impact. This course is based on the frameworks and ideas from The Three Box Solution: A Strategy for Leading Innovation book.

Developing Breakthrough Innovations with the Three Box Solution

(16 hours)
Companies today constantly adapt and redefine their strategies due to technology and globalization. To lead in the future, you need to change, adapt, and innovate. This course teaches the Three Box framework, a method and toolkit designed to help organizations appropriately allocate their time and resources to implement transformational business models.

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