Most FutureLearn courses run multiple times. Every run of a course has a set start date but you can join it and work through it after it starts. Find out more This course is for professionals with an active interest in innovation who wish to improve their knowledge or make innovation happen in their organisation. Whether you work in the public or private sector, a young start-up or an established multinational, the course will give you the skills to generate and implement innovative ideas. The course is designed to be flexible so you can study at a time convenient to you.

Topics Covered

• Identify obstacles, sources and pitfalls that affect successful management of innovation.
• Differentiate between innovation in core business and transformative business opportunities.
• Discuss why management of innovation is important.
• Identify key enablers for managing innovation in core business.
• Evaluate actions required in own organisation(s) for improving management of innovation in core business.
• Describe the disruptive nature of innovation.
• Identify managerial approaches to respond to disruptive change.
• Define the concept of open innovation and the openness continuum.
• Identify the different approaches through which open and collaborative innovation occurs.
• Evaluate actions required in own organisation(s) for gaining value from open and collaborative innovation.
• Reflect on the core elements of design thinking (DT).
• Explore how design thinking can be used to foster innovation, with exposure to some tools and methods of design thinking.
• Explain sources of corporate knowledge and protectable intellectual property rights.
• Identify risks associated with knowledge leakage and IP infringement.
• Explore proactive and reactive strategies for the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights.
• Analyse innovation capabilities at own organisation.