Delivered Brisbane
Duration
2 days
Cost TBC
Overview
The Disruptive Innovation Leadership Course is a highly interactive executive education program that introduces innovation lenses and the practical skills that can be applied immediately. The course provides leaders with a new way of thinking, builds capability and skills, and enables a culture of innovation.
This two-day Disruptive Innovation Leadership Course will cultivate future thinking within the leaders of our organisation. This intensive course inspires an opportunity mindset and develops ideation capabilities.
Evolve with QUTeX
Disruptive Innovation Leadership Course is a professional development program that cultivates future thinking in participants. The purpose of this intensive, interactive workshop is to create an opportunity mindset through the introduction of strategic innovation lenses to fuel decision making and build a culture of innovation that empowers leaders with confidence and an understanding of the thinking patterns and practical skills required to proactively identify and capitalise on new opportunities available in the digital economy.
Participants learn how to empathise, ideate, prototype and test new ideas. Through small group work they will learn to co-design creative solutions to complex problems in a high-energy, stimulating environment. They will build capability, skills, confidence and a common language in service delivery innovation; a solution focused methodology that applies logic, imagination, intuition, and systemic reasoning to problem solving; and a structured framework for customer-centred thinking.
Who should participate?
This workshop is for CEO & C-suite Executives, Senior Leadership Teams, Digital Transformation Project Teams, Emerging Leaders and Corporate Innovation Leaders
Your expert facilitators Professor Marek Kowalkiewicz, Peter Townson and Professor Melinda Edwards
Professor Marek Kowalkiewicz is an academic and industry leader with extensive global experience in conducting academically sound research, co-innovating with industry and university partners, and delivering innovative products to the market. As Founding Director of the Centre for the Digital Economy, Marek leads the digital economy research agenda of Queensland University of Technology in Australia. The Centre for the Digital Economy (CDE) is a research centre dedicated to designing digital transformation strategies for complex economic and social challenges. CDE’s research informs and empowers government and heavily regulated industries to understand and optimise digital transformation.Prior to joining QUT, Marek was based in Silicon Valley where he was Senior Director of Products and Innovation at SAP. He has 15 patents and is a frequent keynote speaker, presenting to government, corporate, and global audiences.
Peter Townson is the Senior Designer in the Centre for the Digital Economy. Peter works with organisations to harness the opportunities in the digital economy by combining a design mindset with rigorous research to deliver impactful solutions that build digital capability. Peter's work is unique in that he lectures, research and practices various design thinking, human-centered design and design-led innovation techniques that are utilised within the sprint method. Peter was awarded a Masters in Research with studies on integrating design into organisational culture.
Professor Melinda Edwards has been nationally recognised for her teaching excellence and has conducted commercial research and professional development courses in negotiation, mediation, communication and conflict resolution for lawyers, government agencies and community groups both domestically and internationally. Melinda has designed and taught university courses in: Equity and Trusts; Civil Procedure; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Mediation; Clinical Negligence; Business Law and Negotiation Strategies. She has also published extensively in these areas including a number of textbooks in Equity and Trusts Law.
Core concepts
The learning outcomes from this workshop will include:
- Strategies and approaches for innovation
- Five Innovation lenses for ideation
- The two facets for ambidextrous innovation
- Confidence and know-how for rapid ideation
Details
Where and when
QUT Executive Education Centre
B Block, QUT Gardens Point
2 George St
Brisbane QLD 4001
TBC
Certification
You will receive a certificate of attendance documenting your participation in the course.
Cost
Pricing is as per 2019. Please use these as a guide and pricing will be confirmed upon announcement of the next offering.
| Registration type | Cost |
|---|---|
| Early Bird registration (close 29 October 2019) | $2499 (GST included) |
| Standard registration (close 9 November 2019) | $2748.90 (GST included) |
| QUT Alumni / Staff registration | $2061.70 (GST included) |
| Group registration (5 or more) | $2499 (GST included) per person |
Fees include: course materials, morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea.
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