Disruptive Innovation

IMD Business School

Innovation

About Programme

Are you finding that traditional managerial models no longer fit the challenges you face? In an era where long-held managerial cornerstones – sustainable competitive advantages, defined industry boundaries, reliable value chain partrnerships and asset ownership – are being overturned, the ability to drive discovery-led growth is increasingly essential. More than ever, innovation is the critical pivot for success.

IMD’s Disruptive Innovation program helps you drive innovation in your organization more successfully by providing insights into the lessons of successful innovators and by highlighting the limitations of current managerial models in our rapidly changing and uncertain world.

This program equips you with skills to think more creatively and apply your ideas more effectively. You will also learn concrete techniques to help you nurture a culture of innovation within your team or organization by maximizing the talent and creativity of those around you.

Supercharge your creative thinking skills

Unlock your creative thinking potential and learn techniques to generate innovative solutions to complex challenges and discover groundbreaking opportunities.

Boost your strategic planning capabilities

Master strategic planning for successful implementation of your best innovations. With practical tools and frameworks, turn concepts into tangible reality.

Amplify your innovation impact

Maximize the impact of your innovations within your organization. Gain insights to overcome adoption barriers and foster a culture that embraces change, enabling your ideas to thrive.

Foster innovation in others

Inspire and cultivate innovation in your team or organization. Equip yourself with effective strategies to nurture creativity, empowering your colleagues for collective success.

Programme Content

Unit 1: Disruptive innovation: Why now? Why me? Why not?

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.

Unit 2: Jumping the S-curve

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.

Unit 3: Business model innovation

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.

Unit 4: Innovation is a social phenomenon

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.

Unit 5: Innovative organizations deserve innovative-thinking leaders

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.

Programme Benefits

Designed for impact and delivered for you, IMD’s online programs help you achieve your aspirations wherever you are in your career or the world. Here’s what makes the IMD online program experience exceptional.

Access to thought leadership

Tap into the expertise of IMD’s faculty – globally recognized experts in their fields – wherever you are.

Personalized coaching

Benefit from one-on-one support from an experienced executive coach who helps you apply new insights to your own context.

Global peer interaction

Collaborate with participants from around the world through group and pair work that challenges your thinking and broadens your perspective.

Flexible format

Engage in a structured yet flexible learning experience that enables you to progress at your own pace and complete weekly assignments around your busy schedule.

Applied learning for real impact

Apply what you learn right away through practical assignments designed to make a direct impact on your work.

Testimonials

"Disruptive Innovation made me see myself as a global innovator by making me discover the qualities of an innovative leader such as exploring, taking risks, and being open and inclusive. I also gained relevant tools and insights for managing uncertainties in my industry, leading teams, and implementing culture change."

Florence Gadzama

Microbiologist, Nigerian Bottling Company Ltd, Nigeria

"Innovation is about great ideas, but even more about transforming those ideas into a market offer that works. That’s where the program came in with valuable insights."

Gerard Peyronne

Global Data & Analytics Product Owner – Business Solutions, Corteva Agriscience, Switzerland

"Disruptive Innovation was an exceptional experience, blending theory with practical insights. The interactive sessions, expert instructors, and real-world applications made it highly valuable and enriching."

Ahmed Ibrahim Alamri

VP of Development, Technology Control Company, Saudi Arabia

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Prashansa Uttam

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+91 9403890085[email protected]Mon – Fri, 9am – 5pm IST

IMD Business School

Executive Education Office

https://www.imd.org

Lausanne, Switzerland

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