The Innovation Tools Graduate Course

The Innovation Tools Graduate Course

The Innovation Tools course at the University of Cincinnati teaches how to innovate using the Systematic Inventive Thinking method, which is based on five patterns that are re-applied to create innovative products or services. The course also emphasizes the importance of starting with a configuration and working backwards to the problem, and innovating within the world of the problem. Students learn how to link innovation to marketing strategy, create an innovation roadmap, and work on innovative projects related to retail display, pharmaceutical sales, publishing, online experience, logistics packaging, and industrial tubing. The course ends with a final exam that tests students' ability to apply the five SIT patterns to create new-to-the-world innovations in a given category.

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Organizations need a driving aspiration, or a Golden Thread, to tie all initiatives into a single fabric and attain coherence, focus and strategic direction for sustained market leadership.

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Enterprises: to Embrace Uncertainty, Alleviate Anxiety

To embrace uncertainty, organizations must alleviate anxiety in their workforce. Three strategies to achieve this are decentralizing control, boosting employee wellness, and building a culture of support and cooperation.

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Zero Budget - A Boon to Innovation

Starting an innovation project with no budget can lead to more creative thinking and inventive solutions.

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