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Emotional Intelligence: Fuelling the Innovation Engine

Audience

Leaders or innovation teams and champions who are keen to harness the power of Emotional Intelligence to create the right environment for innovation to flourish

Aim

Whilst innovation is often about embracing the latest AI and technology, in this increasingly digital age, harnessing the power of human connection to truly engage an audience and inspire creativity is critical to success. Emotional intelligence (EQI) is the ability to identify, understand and manage your emotions and identify, understand and influence the emotions of others. This session is designed to be an introductory session to EQI and the benefits or barriers to innovation within your organisation. By the end of the course participants will have

A greater understanding of Emotional Intelligence and how it applies to innovation
Reviewed the strengths & weaknesses of their working environment in terms of EQi
Focussed on a couple of critical elements that can really drive success

Content

This session will include:

Background of Emotional Intelligence using the EQi 2.0 Model
An opportunity to review the current highs and lows of emotional intelligence within your organisation and how that may benefit of hinder innovation
A deeper dive into
- Interpersonal relationships and collaboration
- Empathy and using empathy mapping
- Reality Testing and avoiding personal bias

Duration

1 day delivered face to face

Cost

£2800.00 for up to 10 participants delivered face to face, plus VAT, travel & expenses

NB: If virtual delivery is preferred for this one day course this can be accommodated, please get in touch

IDEA EVALUATOR TRAINING

AUDIENCE:

This training is aimed at those individuals within your organisation who have the critical role of evaluating ideas that are submitted

AIM:

By the end of the session, participants will

Understand their role as an evaluator within the innovation programme and appreciate how vital they are to the success of the programme
Understand the how to effectively and consistently evaluate ideas
Feel competent and enthused to deliver evaluations without personal bias

CONTENT:

We will work with you to align the content of this package with your current evaluation criteria and process and cover the following areas within this training

Benefits of an innovation programme
Behaviours, skills & responsibilities
How to evaluate the idea
Communicating the outcome
Putting theory into practice

DURATION:

2 hours delivered either face to face or virtually

COST:

£2200.00 for up to 10 participants (includes customisation) and £1200.00 for subsequent sessions (plus VAT; travel & expenses if face to face)

CHAMPION TRAINING

AUDIENCE:

To deliver innovation at scale across any organisation you need individuals who will ‘champion’ the innovation programme, providing reach into every area of your organisation. This training is aimed at those individuals who alongside their day job will take on an additional task to be the local champions, encouraging and supporting participation of others.

AIM:

By the end of the sessions, participants will be able to:

• Understand their role as an innovation champion for the innovation programme and appreciate how vital they are to the success of the programme

• Understand why innovation is important to the organisation

• Gain strategies to effectively engage others

• Have methodologies to deliver brainstorming sessions

• Be able to develop a business case to support others to expand their ideas

• Feel competent and enthused to engage others around the innovation programme

CONTENT:

We will work with you to align the content of this package to your needs whilst covering the following areas

• Session 1: Why?

Benefits of an innovation programme

Behaviours, skills & responsibilities

Creating the right environment

• Session 2: Engaging Others

Building trust

Effective communication strategies

Drivers & Barriers to success

• Session 3: Delivery

Identifying areas of need

Brainstorming techniques

Putting theory into practice

DURATION:

3 x 1.5 hours delivered virtually or one day face to face training for up to 10 participants

COST:

£2800.00 for all 3 sessions for up to 10 participants (includes customisation) and £1800.00 for subsequent sets of sessions (plus VAT; travel & expenses if face to face)

INNOVATION PRACTITIONER CERTIFICATION

AUDIENCE:

This is aimed at anyone who will be actively involved in innovation as covers the full process from ideation through to implementation of ideas.

Aim: For participants to feel confident and inspired to explore & try new ideas and ways of working using a well-defined process. By the end of the programme the participants will:

Understand what innovation is and why innovation is important to the organisation
Understand how to get started
Have methodologies to deliver brainstorming sessions
Be able to develop a business case to support ideas through to deployment
Feel enthusiastic and eager to implement their newly developed skills

CONTENT:

The content is aligned to the international innovation standards ISO 56002, using the 5 steps highlighted in the top-line process map as the 5 topics covered. Tools and processes will be shared during each session alongside the opportunity to apply knowledge and develop their practical skills during each session.

Session 1: What is Innovation & Why is it Relevant?

Why is innovation important to your organisation?
What behaviours are required from you as individuals?

Session 2: Identifying Opportunities

How do I get started?
Identifying problems & Opportunities to Solve

Session 3: Creating Concepts

Effective brainstorming
Capturing ideas

Session 4: Validating Concepts

Evaluating ideas
Effective prioritisation

Session 5: Developing & Deploying Solutions

Using a business model canvas
Identifying and engaging stakeholders to ensure effective deployment

DURATION:

5 x 1.5 hours delivered virtually or 2 day face to face training for up to 10 participants

COST:

£4500.00 for all 5 sessions for up to 10 participants (includes customisation) and £3500.00 for subsequent sets of sessions (plus VAT; travel & expenses if face to face)

INNOVATION – DRIVING ORGANISATIONAL SUCCESS

AUDIENCE:

This session is aimed at those individuals who have responsibility for delivering the innovation programme within their organisation

AIM:

The aim of this workshop is for those actively involved in delivering innovation to review their innovation vision, truly scope out how the programme should be received by others (what you would like people doing, saying and feeling) and highlight areas of focus to achieve that goal.

CONTENT:

This is very much an interactive workshop session, looking at where the programme is now, the vision for the future and how to close the gap. We will ask challenging questions in a constructive way to support you to work through the steps required to reinvigorate your programme for the future. The four key workshop areas will revolve around:

Understanding of your personal goals and values
Value, impact and reputation of the programme today
Value, impact and reputation of the programme for the future – Vision
Strategies to achieve success

DURATION:

1.5 day face to face training

COST:

£4000.00 for up to 10 participants (includes customisation and planning sessions with the team to maximise impact) NB: plus VAT; travel & expenses

EVERYONE CAN IDEATE

AUDIENCE:

All employees

AIM:

This is very much an introductory session that can be used to engage all employees in your innovation programme and encourage them to get involved. By the end of the session participants will be able to:

Understand what innovation is and why innovation is important to the organisation
Understand what constitutes an idea and where to find inspiration
Feel engaged with the programme and be willing to contribute their ideas
Know practically how to submit their ideas

CONTENT:

We will work with you to align the content of this session to the vision of innovation within your organisation and the processes involved in submitting ideas

Why innovation is critical to the organisation
Anyone can ideate – focus on beneficial behaviours
How and where to get started
Submitting your ideas

DURATION:

1.5 hours delivered virtually or option of face to face

COST:

£1200.00 for up to 10 participants delivered virtually (includes customisation), plus £600.00 for subsequent virtual sessions. (plus VAT; travel & expenses if face to face). If you would prefer face to face sessions for multiple groups or larger group sessions, please get in touch to discuss

SELLING SOLUTIONS

AUDIENCE:

All employees / Innovation Management Specialists

AIM:

There are often great ideas which offer solutions to problems or opportunities to be realised that never gain funding or are developed and never used. This session aims to share some tools and techniques for you to be able to effectively ‘sell’ those ideas to ease development internally and help ensure the completed idea reaches its potential. By the end of the course participants will:

Understand how to set objectives for key conversations
Gain strategies to effectively engage others
Learn how to apply a sales model to beneficial effect

CONTENT:

This session will cover some hints and tips to support you to influence others. Whether you are pitching for funding internally, wanting to gain traction for your ideas or selling your eventual solutions externally then we have the tips and techniques to help you deliver your goals. The course will include

Knowing your audience and your solution
Persuasive communication and decision triggers
Sales tools and techniques

DURATION:

1 day course delivered face to face

COST:

£2800.00 for up to 10 participants delivered face to face, plus £1200.00 for subsequent sessions (plus VAT; travel & expenses)

CAMPAIGNING YOUR INNOVATION

AUDIENCE:

Innovation teams and leads plus those who will be developing and leading campaigns in their areas of the business

AIM:

This session is designed to look at how to create successful campaigns. By the end of the course participants will have designed a campaign, including being able to:

Understand how to identify potential opportunities
Create a campaign statement
Learn tactics to effectively engage your sponsor and the wider population
Appreciate the logistics involved in delivering your campaign

CONTENT:

This session will include:

Benefits of campaign driven innovation
Persuasive communication – how to write a campaign statement
Tools and techniques for delivery

DURATION:

1 day delivered face to face

COST:

£2800.00 for up to 10 participants delivered face to face, plus £1200.00 for subsequent sessions. (plus VAT; travel & expenses)

EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATIONS

AUDIENCE:

Idea Managers and their teams who lead the idea/innovation programme.

AIM:

During the course, participants will either start to create or develop a communication plan for their innovation programme to actively engage their defined target audience.

CONTENT:

Whilst ideally you will have internal communication support, for those where support is limited or would like to develop a plan to share with their communications team, this course will cover:

How to define your communication strategy
Identifying your target audience
Creating an ‘elevator’ pitch
Defining metrics
Developing a communications plan

DURATION:

1 day course delivered face to face

COST:

£2800.00 plus VAT, travel & expenses

RISK ANALYSIS

AUDIENCE:

Idea Managers and their teams who lead the idea/innovation programme.

AIM:

To understand the basic principles of risk analysis and pull together a risk plan for your innovation programme

CONTENT:

Based on a well-known method for identifying risks in the three key areas of people, intent and delivery, this course will cover:

How implementing innovative solutions aligns to change management
Identifying and mitigating for three key risk areas – Intent – People – Delivery
Tools to create a risk mitigation plan

DURATION:

1 day course delivered face to face

COST:

£2800.00 plus VAT, travel & expenses

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