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A Facilitating Innovation and Managing Change Effectively Managing Change and Innovation-driven growth at the organizational level requires a multidisciplinary approach. To achieve that growth, leaders must adopt a strategy for fostering new thinking and, blueprint in hand, convey that strategy both laterally and vertically. It all comes down to communication: disseminate knowledge and best practices, and work toward organization-wide acceptance, from planning to execution.

Ceprod’s expert faculty offers the latest in the strategy of innovation, effective techniques for adopting it across the organization, and a step-by-step approach to design thinking, product development and tactics for change. Whether participants are already well versed in innovation and growth or are seeking out a sound foundation in the fundamentals, they’ll return to the office with a fresh perspective, the process for implementing cultural transformation and the strategic agility to iterate and improve.

Change is the only constant that we can rely on in the business world. It is critical that organizations understand change, promote change, cope with change, and value change.

Through the trainer’s expertise and practical knowledge, you will be able to define the key concepts associated with change management and you will be able to:

• Understand Change

• Describe how to implement a Change Program

• Identify and overcome Obstacles to Change

• Using the knowledge gained, and contributing to effective change in their organization

• Understand the impact of change on the organization

• Understand the requirement for a sound change process within the organization

You should also  learn to:

–        Sources of innovation

–        Challenges in managing innovation

–        Strategies for effective management of innovation

–        How to develop networks and communities of innovators.

–        Stimulate and Nurture Innovation

–        Understand Value Innovation

–        Contrast the calm waters and white-water rapids metaphors of change

–        What is change management?

–        Describe what managers can change in organizations

–        Explain why people are likely to resist change

–        List techniques for reducing resistance to change

–        Describe the situational factors that facilitate cultural change

–        Explain how to process of reengineering is related to change

–        Differentiate between creativity and innovation

–        Explain how organizations can stimulate and nurture innovation

–        How do we manage change from both the individual and organizational perspectives? 

–        How do we manage readiness? 

–        Describe what change variables are within personal control

–        Identify external and internal forces of change

–        Explain why people are likely to resist change

–        How to overcome barriers to change

–        Understanding uncertainty in the context of human reactions to change.

–        Managing ourselves during times of uncertainty

Course Outline

·         Innovation and creativity – An overview

·         The creative process

·         Creativity versus Innovation

·         Sources of innovation

·         Challenges in managing innovation

·         Strategies for effective management of innovation

·         Developing networks and communities of innovators.

·         Case study

·         Stimulating Innovation

·         Systems View of Innovation

·         Stimulating and Nurturing Innovation

·         Innovation Variables

·         Value Innovation

·         What Is Value

·         Understanding Value Innovation

·         Creating Blue Oceans of Market Space

·         What is change management?

·         Personal change management

·         Forces that create a need for personal change

·         Dealing with uncertainty in change:

·         The uncertainty of personal change

·         Managing ourselves during tough times

·         Three phases of change

·         Force field analysis: critical components

·         Force field analysis