Innovation Leadership

How Graduates of the Program Help Their Companies Grow

“ Rich content. Relevant information to help strengthen contributions to the teams I participate on. I can bring new thinking and new tools and a stronger understanding of what principles are embedded and woven into innovative environments.”

Dawn Schifsky
Deluxe Corporation

Corporations can be assured that UST Executive Education for Innovation Leadership was specifically developed to create leaders who are well equipped to help their companies grow through innovation. After completing the program, high-potential employees are likely to demonstrate:

  • Enhanced entrepreneurial, creative, and critical thinking capabilities
  • The ability to use tools and techniques to assess ideas for the innovation portfolio
  • Confidence in applying end-user investigation methods
  • The ability to design organizational structures that support innovation
  • Diplomacy in handling resistance and managing uncertainty
  • A greater capacity for – and interest in – leadership

UST Executive Education for Innovation Leadership provides managers with a set of tools and frameworks for driving innovation within their organizations, as well as the opportunity to build skills applying them through interactive case study analysis, computer simulation and small group exercises. Specifically, upon completing this module, each participant will be able to:

  • Carry out an analysis of their business to identify the critical strategic core.
  • Identify the strategic adjacencies best suited for innovation beyond the core.
  • Develop innovative Blue Ocean strategies for adjacent markets that complement core innovation initiative.
  • Investigate new opportunities and form differentiated value propositions
  • Apply rigor in evaluating and pursuing new opportunities
  • Create organizational structures and personal leadership strategies that encourage innovation.

Help your company grow by becoming an innovative leader. Join the next available Innovation Leaderhsip program at the University of St. Thomas.

Program Dates and Times
Founded in 1885, the University of St. Thomas has established itself as one of the premier universities in Minnesota and the Midwest. There are currently more than 7,000 students engaged in the Opus College of Business’s undergraduate, graduate, executive and professional education studies because they value the emphasis on career preparation and engaging in service to others.
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