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Innovation Manager

Product managers, intrapreneurs or R&D leads.

Design thinking, creativity and strategic innovation, business models and corporate entrepreneurship, then growth strategy.

309hours of coursework
31weeks at 10 h
4steps
19courses
3universities

Target skills

Strategic ThinkingInnovationCreativityCreative ThinkingDesign ThinkingIdeationTeam ManagementBusiness ModelingCreative Problem-SolvingStrategic Decision-MakingEntrepreneurshipNew Product Development

Skill labels as listed on Coursera.

Target jobs

  • Innovation manager
  • Product manager
  • Intrapreneur

Progression

  1. 1
    University of VirginiaBeginner

    Stated prerequisites: No prior experience required

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    CourseLevelLengthRating (reviews)
    Design Thinking: Insights to InspirationBeginner14 h4.7 (156)
    Design Thinking: Ideas to ActionBeginner14 h4.6 (86)
    Design Thinking: Discovery ToolsBeginner14 h4.7 (43)
    Experiencing Design: Deepening Your Design Thinking PracticeBeginner11 h4.7 (71)
  2. 2
    University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignBeginner

    Stated prerequisites: No prior experience required

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  3. 3
    Tecnológico de MonterreyAdvanced

    Stated prerequisites: Industry experience

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    CourseLevelLengthRating (reviews)
    Entrepreneurial MindsetAdvanced28 h4.4 (51)
    Organizational innovation and creativityAdvanced26 h4.6 (17)
    Design and innovation of business modelAdvanced27 h3.8 (10)
    Corporate EntrepreneurshipAdvanced27 h4.9 (10)
  4. 4
    University of VirginiaBeginner

    Stated prerequisites: No prior experience required

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    CourseLevelLengthRating (reviews)
    Foundations of Business StrategyBeginner9 h4.8 (3,430)
    Advanced Business StrategyBeginner10 h4.8 (1,175)
    Business Growth Strategy—11 h4.7 (727)
    Strategic Planning and Execution—11 h4.7 (920)
    Business Strategy in Practice (Project-centered Course)—12 h4.7 (220)

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Projects to build

After step 1

Design thinking workshop

Facilitate an ideation workshop with five people on a real problem and prototype a solution.

After step 3

New business model

Design an alternative business model for an established company.

After step 4

Innovation portfolio

Rank ten innovation projects by risk and potential and propose trade-offs.

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