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Drive Innovation and Growth

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Drive Innovation and Growth

This course is part of Leadership for Everyone Specialization

Instructor: Harvard Business Review

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3 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

Intermediate level

Some related experience required

3 weeks to complete

at 10 hours a week

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

3 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

Intermediate level

Some related experience required

3 weeks to complete

at 10 hours a week

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

Explore industry trends and organizational patterns to identify strategic opportunities.
Create proactive strategic responses by anticipating future opportunities and challenges.
Support innovation by connecting with others and developing a network of supporters.
Design innovation experiments and learn from successes and failures.

Skills you'll gain

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Build your subject-matter expertise

This course is part of the Leadership for Everyone Specialization

When you enroll in this course, you'll also be enrolled in this Specialization.

Learn new concepts from industry experts
Gain a foundational understanding of a subject or tool
Develop job-relevant skills with hands-on projects
Earn a shareable career certificate

There are 3 modules in this course

Strategy and innovation are essential to your organization’s long-term success. As a leader, you need to think strategically and creatively, and help others do the same. In this course, you’ll develop the skills to explore and assess ideas, challenge assumptions, and identify new possibilities to create value for your customers and organization. You’ll also learn strategies to help your team accelerate innovation through experimentation and to win stakeholder buy-in for your innovative ideas.

Module details

To help position you, your team, and your organization for long-term success, you need to think strategically. Discover how to add value by broadening your perspectives, challenging your assumptions, and identifying new opportunities.

What's included

7 videos19 readings1 assignment

7 videosTotal 12 minutes

How Can I Be More Strategic?1 minute
Sound Strategic1 minute
Listen for Opportunities2 minutes
Stay Open to New Ideas1 minute
Strengthen Your Thinking by Inviting Dissent2 minutes
How to Surface the Best Ideas2 minutes
4 Steps of Strategic Thinking3 minutes

19 readingsTotal 570 minutes

Understand the Big Picture30 minutes
What is strategic thinking?30 minutes
Get in the habit30 minutes
Make it a team effort30 minutes
Sound more strategic30 minutes
Explore Key Trends30 minutes
Consider the broader context30 minutes
Ask the right questions30 minutes
Clarify cause and effect30 minutes
Challenge Your Assumptions30 minutes
Beware of cognitive biases30 minutes
Exercise critical thinking30 minutes
Invite dissent30 minutes
Examine assumptions as a team30 minutes
Anticipate Opportunities and Threats30 minutes
Learn how to anticipate30 minutes
Think creatively about the future30 minutes
Explore possible scenarios30 minutes
Pinpoint opportunities30 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Strategic Thinking Assessment30 minutes

Enough talk—it’s time to make innovation happen. Transform your idea into a new product, service, or process that will make a real impact to your team, organization, and customers.