Your online learning journey

Designed to ensure innovations are implemented to maximum effect.

Program overview

Understand how innovation drives industry change through S-curves.
Learn to think like a disrupter via business model innovation.
Understand that the best innovations stem from homing in on the customer journey.
Map out your customers’ journey and use S-curves to predict the future of your industry.

Understand that for your organization to be sustainable, it must move into the future and address the unknown, which is different from the uncertain.
Acquire the tools required to jump S-curves and stay ahead of the pack.
Learn to leverage talent from others already living in the future.
Understand Roger’s 5 factors for rapid adoption of your ideas.

Discover practical ideas and tools to help you confront challenges and seize opportunities in an unknown future.
Dive into the core principles of design thinking.
Become familiar with the Business Model Canvas as a tool to think about your business.
Apply design thinking principles to identify innovation potential in your business.

Understand how high-performing teams and a supportive culture drive innovation.
Become familiar with the concept of conversation re-engineering to reach your full innovation potential.
Apply this concept to your own business context.

Reflect on how to adopt an explorer mindset to lead and nurture innovation.
Learn how to beat legacy thinking.
Recognize that to brace for the future, you need to develop new leadership competencies and become a role model within your organization.

One-on-one coaching

Throughout your online learning, you’ll be accompanied by an experienced IMD executive coach who will challenge you, encourage you, and provide valuable feedback on your weekly assignments. Together, you’ll dive deeper into the program content and make it meaningful to your own professional context. Your interactions will take place via video, in writing, and over the phone.

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Achieve your goals

Your expert coach helps you:

Define

Define your learning objectives and stay on track.

Review

Review your progress on a weekly basis.

Overcome

Overcome your challenges.

Apply

Apply what you learn to your own context.

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Earn an IMD Online Executive Certificate

Reinforce and consolidate your expertise in leadership, strategy, or digital acceleration through an immersive, fully online experience incorporating executive coaching.