Innovation Champions Programme

Become a qualified innovation champion!

Why should I enrol?

The benefits of being a Champion

Content:

As an innovation champion, you will receive:

> Knowledge management for innovation > Being a champions for innovation > Actively finding problems > Building relationships across departments > Tacit skills > Finding sponsors > Funding ideas and sourcing resources beyond the business > Building an influencing network > Origins of design thinking > Understanding innovation theory > Recognising corporate culture > Enabling creativity > Integrated leadership and followership

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A portable assured qualification certificate from the ILM (part of City & Guilds), as well as a course completion certificate for attending the sessions!

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Personal insight into your innovation profile and priority areas of learning; as well as a learning roadmap at the end of the course.

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You will be able to demonstrate your learning and understanding of innovation in large corporates and complex organisations.

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You will become part of a growing community of qualified innovation champions across the UK. Graduates include diverse staff and team leaders from utilities, infrastructure, manufacturing and government bodies.

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Solve innovation challenges and develop projects with staff from other companies, as part of the learning programme.

+ADD Strategy is the only provider of ILM accredited and assured innovation qualifications in the UK.

Graduate cohort at a UK utility

Forge a community of action Innovation CHAMPIONS A certified and quality assured programme designed to support development of communities of action. The initiative provides training, 121 profiling and support, progress tracking and delivery of a dedicated project.

A very practical programme, designed to enable development of ‘communities of action. Establishing common language, engagement and commitment.

Learning together in virtual classrooms and using online learning tools. +ADD’s Thinkific platform enables course review, knowledge checks and offers materials and videobytes to support the learning journey.

Developing key skills and personal insights that enable individuals to build confidence and engage in innovation practice.

Working together, participants solve real world challenges and become a positive force for change.

Benefits for the organisation: “ The approach enables fresh thinking and gets the best out of everyone and their perspectives.”

Jeremy Heath, Head of Innovation, SES Water

> Develop a contemporary community of practice > Establish common language and understanding across the team and with your customers > Extend the reach and capacity of existing innovation teams > Accelerate development of a broader culture of innovation across the business Graduate cohort at a UK utility

What is the commitment?

Flexible Learning!

• The programme represents a light commitment of five sessions over three months including two full days or seven interactive digital sessions.

• The course is delivered online through blended learning sessions which includes a combination of talks, interactive workshop sessions (delivered using contemporary tools such as Mural and Miro) exercises and set group work.

• All course materials including recorded sessions and group memberships are available on our online learning platform.

• Preset and proven tools including personal journaling, knowledge checks and evidence recording to a personal folder used to collect your learning evidence for certification.

• Our course is led by an experienced trainer who will guide you through the requirements and ensure you collect the evidence required to pass.

Interactive Learning A range of tools!

• Gain access to a learning group online to share thinking, experiences and to develop shared insights and practice.

• Experience group learning in interactive sessions using virtual ideaLAB workspaces on MURAL and MIRO. • Build on your experiences through development of a personal learning journal.

• Participate in interactive learning games for groups and individuals.

• Complete light tasks using digital knowledge checks and exercises to reinforce and affirm learning.

• Collaborate on group innovation projects with participants from your own and other organisations.

A different approach WE ARE A GROWING ‘INNOVATION PARTNERING AGENCY’ OFFERING SUPPORT IN DEVELOPING INNOVATION CAPACITY, SOLVING CHALLENGES AND CREATING NEW VALUE FOR CUSTOMERS. We move quickly to help you overcome barriers to fresh thinking, opportunity realisation and change.

We specialise in innovation partnering with large complex organisations and Tier 1 suppliers.

We work closely with our clients and empower supply chains and enterprise communities to better define needs, co-create solutions and develop innovation capacity using proven results focussed methods.

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Corporate innovation consultants Service excellence specialists Innovation standards experts Innovation programme managers Innovation practitioners Specialist trainers Lean/ Sprint coordinators Design thinkers Co-design practitioners STEM communication specialists Technology marketers Service designers Hack facilitators Cartoonists/Graphic capture artists Prototypers/ UX designers Inventors

Award winning

We don’t just create new innovation initiatives We’ll help you develop open approaches and methods We stay and help (as much as you need) to see the change through…

Winner: GEM Partnerships award (NWG): ‘Most impact on Corporate innovation culture’.

Ambitious clients In 5 years we have established work programmes with a host of ambitious organisations that seek to scale and accelerate the impact of innovation in their organisations.

Innovation for everyone Through the line skills enhancement +ADD Strategy have established a complete set of learning programmes that are designed to engage at all levels.

Our assured courses can be deployed independently or as part of an integrated culture and skills programme. ‘I’m excited by how our programmes enable participants to immediately apply innovation practice within their role and department.

We provide a framework of innovation practice, a shared knowledge base and every single session asks participants to get involved, regardless of their position within the organisation.’ Sarah Cox, Innovation Training Lead

Masterclass Series ‘Innovation Evolved’ Working with leading figures from innovation management and practice globally, we are delivering short educational events sharing targeted learning in the latest thinking and practices.

A series exploring how we adapt our approach to innovation management, new ways of delivering innovation and results in practice.

We are privileged to be joined by published authors, expert practitioners sharing insight into contemporary practice, as well as corporate leaders who are sharing their insights about how they driving innovation .