Skip to content

Business Innovation Strategy & Innovation Management Training Course

Shows how to build innovation into a strategic capability, from spotting opportunities and generating ideas to developing and implementing them for growth.

ENT · Entrepreneurship & Business InnovationAll Levels#2155ClassroomEnglish , Arabic
Duration
5 Days
Download BrochureView Upcoming Dates

Free substitution at any time · 30+ days' notice: full refund minus 10%. Cancellation policy

Course Overview

This comprehensive Business Innovation Strategy & Innovation Management Training Course provides a practical framework for developing, managing, and implementing innovation as a strategic organizational capability. The programme focuses on how organizations can systematically identify opportunities, generate valuable ideas, develop innovation strategies, and convert innovative concepts into measurable business outcomes. Participants will explore the relationship between innovation and organizational strategy, market developments, customer expectations, technology, operational performance, and competitive positioning. The course examines different forms of innovation, including product and service innovation, process innovation, business model innovation, digital innovation, and organizational innovation. The programme also addresses the practical management of innovation portfolios, innovation governance, idea generation and evaluation, experimentation, resource allocation, innovation culture, collaboration, and performance measurement. Participants will learn how to establish structures and processes that encourage innovation while maintaining strategic alignment, risk awareness, and organizational accountability. Through case studies, innovation workshops, strategic exercises, and practical simulations, participants will develop the ability to formulate innovation strategies, evaluate opportunities, design innovation initiatives, manage innovation portfolios, and build implementation roadmaps that support sustainable organizational growth and transformation.

Learning Objectives

  • By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
  • Understand the principles, dimensions, and strategic importance of business innovation.
  • Assess how innovation can support organizational strategy, growth, competitiveness, and long-term value creation.
  • Identify emerging market, customer, technological, and operational opportunities for innovation.
  • Develop an innovation strategy aligned with organizational objectives and priorities.
  • Apply structured techniques for generating, capturing, evaluating, and prioritizing innovative ideas.
  • Assess innovation opportunities based on value, feasibility, risk, resources, and strategic alignment.
  • Design innovation initiatives and development pathways from concept to implementation.
  • Establish effective innovation governance, roles, responsibilities, and decision-making mechanisms.
  • Manage innovation portfolios and allocate resources across different innovation opportunities.
  • Develop organizational environments and cultures that support creativity, experimentation, and collaboration.
  • Establish appropriate innovation performance indicators and measurement frameworks.
  • Develop practical innovation implementation and continuous improvement roadmaps.

Who Should Attend

This course is designed for executives, managers, and professionals responsible for strategy, innovation, business development, transformation, organizational performance, digital initiatives, and growth. It is particularly suitable for Chief Innovation Officers, Strategy Managers, Innovation Managers, Business Development Managers, Transformation Leaders, Digital Transformation Professionals, Product and Service Managers, Research and Development Professionals, Project and Programme Managers, Operational Excellence Professionals, and Management Consultants. The programme is also valuable for senior managers and department heads in government entities, banks and financial institutions, oil and gas organizations, industrial companies, technology organizations, and large corporations seeking to establish or strengthen structured innovation capabilities.

Learning Outcomes

  • Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to:
  • Explain the strategic role of innovation in organizational growth and transformation.
  • Identify different forms and sources of business innovation.
  • Analyze market, customer, technology, and organizational trends to identify innovation opportunities.
  • Develop an innovation strategy aligned with business objectives and organizational priorities.
  • Apply structured ideation and opportunity assessment techniques.
  • Evaluate and prioritize innovation concepts based on strategic and commercial criteria.
  • Design innovation initiatives using structured development and experimentation approaches.
  • Establish innovation governance and decision-making structures.
  • Manage innovation portfolios and balance opportunities, resources, risks, and expected value.
  • Build organizational conditions that encourage innovation, collaboration, and experimentation.
  • Develop innovation KPIs and performance measurement mechanisms.
  • Prepare an actionable innovation roadmap from opportunity identification through implementation and scaling.

Course Outline

Course Outline

Day 1

Business Innovation Fundamentals & Strategic Context

  • Introduction to business innovation
  • Definitions, principles, and dimensions of innovation
  • Innovation versus creativity, invention, and continuous improvement
  • The strategic role of innovation in organizations
  • Product and service innovation
  • Process and operational innovation
  • Business model innovation
  • Digital and technology-enabled innovation
  • Organizational and management innovation
  • Innovation drivers and sources
  • Linking innovation with strategy, growth, and competitive positioning
  • Practical Workshop: Assessing an organization’s current innovation landscape and identifying strategic innovation opportunities
Day 2

Innovation Strategy, Opportunity Identification & Ideation

  • Developing an organizational innovation strategy
  • Innovation vision, objectives, priorities, and strategic themes
  • Analyzing market and customer trends
  • Identifying emerging technologies and business opportunities
  • Customer needs and unmet market requirements
  • Design thinking principles for innovation
  • Structured ideation and creative problem-solving
  • Idea generation and opportunity discovery
  • Capturing and organizing innovation ideas
  • Screening and evaluating innovation opportunities
  • Practical Workshop: Developing an innovation opportunity map and generating prioritized innovation concepts
Day 3

Innovation Development, Evaluation & Portfolio Management

  • Moving from ideas to innovation concepts
  • Innovation concept development
  • Assessing value propositions and business potential
  • Feasibility and viability assessment
  • Innovation risk assessment
  • Experimentation and validation
  • Prototyping and testing concepts
  • Business case development for innovation initiatives
  • Innovation portfolio management
  • Resource allocation and investment decisions
  • Balancing incremental, adjacent, and transformational innovation
  • Practical Workshop: Evaluating innovation concepts and developing an innovation portfolio
Day 4

Innovation Management, Governance & Organizational Culture

  • Innovation governance frameworks
  • Innovation roles, responsibilities, and decision rights
  • Establishing innovation processes and operating models
  • Managing innovation pipelines
  • Building an innovation-supportive culture
  • Leadership and innovation behavior
  • Employee engagement and idea participation
  • Cross-functional collaboration and innovation teams
  • External partnerships and innovation ecosystems
  • Managing innovation risks and organizational resistance
  • Measuring innovation performance
  • Practical Workshop: Designing an innovation governance and management framework
Day 5

Innovation Implementation, Scaling & Sustainable Performance

  • Translating innovation strategy into implementation
  • Prioritizing innovation initiatives and implementation milestones
  • Innovation project and programme management
  • Managing resources, dependencies, and implementation risks
  • Measuring innovation outcomes and business value
  • Innovation KPIs and performance dashboards
  • Scaling successful innovation initiatives
  • Embedding innovation into organizational processes
  • Continuous innovation and organizational learning
  • Reviewing and adapting innovation strategy
  • Developing long-term innovation capabilities
  • Final Integrated Workshop: Developing a complete Business Innovation Strategy and Implementation Roadmap covering innovation priorities, opportunity portfolio, governance, initiatives, KPIs, resources, milestones, and scaling strategy.

Upcoming Dates

Selected date

Geneva · 4 – 8 Jan 2027 · Classroom

Need more details?Chat with us on WhatsApp

CityDatesPrice per ParticipantEarly Bird
AmsterdamScheduled
9 – 13 Nov 2026€5,400—
BakuScheduled
16 – 20 Nov 2026€4,800—
BerlinScheduled
23 – 27 Nov 2026€5,800€5,220until 2 Nov
BarcelonaScheduled
23 – 27 Nov 2026€5,400€4,860until 2 Nov
CairoScheduled
30 Nov – 4 Dec 2026€3,300€2,970until 9 Nov
CasablancaScheduled
7 – 11 Dec 2026€4,300€3,870until 16 Nov
DammamScheduled
14 – 18 Dec 2026€4,200€3,780until 23 Nov
DohaScheduled
21 – 25 Dec 2026€4,400€3,960until 30 Nov
DubaiScheduled
27 – 31 Dec 2026€4,400€3,960until 7 Dec
FrankfurtScheduled
4 – 8 Jan 2027€5,800€5,220until 14 Dec
GenevaScheduled
4 – 8 Jan 2027€6,300€5,670until 14 Dec
IstanbulScheduled
11 – 15 Jan 2027€4,700€4,230until 21 Dec
Kuala LumpurScheduled
18 – 22 Jan 2027€4,400€3,960until 28 Dec
LisbonScheduled
25 – 29 Jan 2027€5,400€4,860until 4 Jan
LondonScheduled
1 – 5 Feb 2027€5,600€5,040until 11 Jan
MadinahScheduled
8 – 12 Feb 2027€4,200€3,780until 18 Jan
MadridScheduled
15 – 19 Feb 2027€5,400€4,860until 25 Jan
ManamaScheduled
22 – 26 Feb 2027€4,700€4,230until 1 Feb
MakkahScheduled
22 – 26 Feb 2027€4,200€3,780until 1 Feb
MarrakeshScheduled
1 – 5 Mar 2027€4,300€3,870until 8 Feb
MilanScheduled
8 – 12 Mar 2027€6,000€5,400until 15 Feb
MunichScheduled
15 – 19 Mar 2027€5,400€4,860until 22 Feb
MuscatScheduled
22 – 26 Mar 2027€5,300€4,770until 1 Mar
OnlineScheduled
28 Mar – 1 Apr 2027€1,700€1,530until 8 Mar
ParisScheduled
5 – 9 Apr 2027€5,700€5,130until 15 Mar
RabatScheduled
12 – 16 Apr 2027€4,300€3,870until 22 Mar
RiyadhScheduled
12 – 16 Apr 2027€4,200€3,780until 22 Mar
RomeScheduled
19 – 23 Apr 2027€5,800€5,220until 29 Mar
ViennaScheduled
26 – 30 Apr 2027€5,700€5,130until 5 Apr
AmmanScheduled
2 – 6 May 2027€3,100€2,790until 12 Apr

Available in: Istanbul · Dubai · London · Riyadh · Doha · Amsterdam

Related Courses

Ready to Elevate Your Team's Capabilities?

Speak with our advisors about upcoming programmes or a bespoke corporate training plan.