Reigniting Growth and Innovation

About Programme

Behind each reinvention are strong entrepreneurial leaders who drive innovation and change. Effective leaders overcome daunting challenges during downturns to not just survive but to successfully turn around the fortunes of business following a downturn. This is nothing new.

History shows that crises and economic downturns are fertile grounds for creativity, innovation, entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial leadership. This programme will help leaders redouble their innovation efforts to change their competitive game in the market, both short term and long term.

Programme Start Date & Duration

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Programme Fee

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How does this Live Virtual programme help?

This programme will introduce methods and models that will help executives and leaders like yourself lead your teams through the Covid-19 crisis by empowering them to enable innovation. Packed with concrete action items, it will aid you in critically evaluating entrepreneurial leadership and enterprise issues that need you to extend beyond conventional thinking.

LIVE Virtual Classrooms

Experience a new way of immersive learning through group discussions, case reviews, peer networking and engaging dialogues.

Certificate

Awarded by the Centre for Executive Education at ISB, a prestigious B-School ranked among the best in the world, this certificate will be another addition to your accomplishments.

Research-Based Teaching

Learn at India’s most research-productive B-School. Gain advanced methodologies to conduct research that holds potential for transformative insights.

Alumni network

Gain exclusive access to premium learning events, speaker series, conferences, and learning sessions and expand your network with ISB’s 40,000+ high-performing alumni community.

Adaptable

Learn how to deliver added value to all partners and stakeholders while you juggle the new work-life balance from the safety of your home.

Real-world application

Learn real-world skills that you can immediately apply to initiate transformation at your organisation, giving it a distinct advantage over competitors.

Who should attend?

The programme is best suited for CXOs responsible for growth and profitability; enterprise leaders responsible for innovation and senior leaders running growth projects and processes to scale up; and current and future business leaders.

Benefits

Master the ability to stay ahead of a crisis
Gain the skills to stay agile at a chaotic time
Develop mental models to spot opportunities with clarity
Lead and refine organisational capacity for consistent innovation
Plan the road ahead for more ‘Black Swan’ events

Programme Structure

Module 1

Map the innovation journey of an organisation during a crisis
Take charge during a time of crisis and bring order to the chaos

Module 2

Understand the core concepts behind the phenomenon of disruption
How incumbents can use a crisis to reinvent themselves as disruptors
Understand how startups use innovation to disrupt despite fewer resources

Module 3

What is inter-generational change and how can it make businesses go extinct?
What are the mythologies surrounding radical innovation?
How do you know if the core of the enterprise needs to change?

Module 4

How creativity flourishes under clearly defined constraints
Understand associative thinking and positive deviance
Learn why innovation suffers during good times

Module 5

How can the customer experience be used in enterprise transformation?
How can a business use speed as a strategy to get a firm out of a crisis?
How can a firm get out of a crisis and lead transformation and innovation?

Module 6

How technology leaders can quickly lose their leadership position
How does culture aid/obstruct the delivery of organisational strategy
How a business can identify its ‘crown jewels’ and its ‘hidden gems’

Programme Structure

Module 1

Map the innovation journey of an organisation during a crisis
Take charge during a time of crisis and bring order to the chaos

Module 2

Understand the core concepts behind the phenomenon of disruption
How incumbents can use a crisis to reinvent themselves as disruptors
Understand how startups use innovation to disrupt despite fewer resources

Module 3

What is inter-generational change and how can it make businesses go extinct?
What are the mythologies surrounding radical innovation?
How do you know if the core of the enterprise needs to change?

Module 4

How creativity flourishes under clearly defined constraints
Understand associative thinking and positive deviance
Learn why innovation suffers during good times

Module 5

How can the customer experience be used in enterprise transformation?
How can a business use speed as a strategy to get a firm out of a crisis?
How can a firm get out of a crisis and lead transformation and innovation?

Module 6

How technology leaders can quickly lose their leadership position
How does culture aid/obstruct the delivery of organisational strategy
How a business can identify its ‘crown jewels’ and its ‘hidden gems’

Meet the Faculty

Dr Jay Rao

Dr Rao has extensive experience in teaching executive education programmes in the areas of innovation, implementation of innovation initiatives within firms, corporate entrepreneurship, and customer experience innovation.

Dr Rao has worked with some of the world’s elite organisations like Novartis, Fresenius Medical Care, Pernod Ricard USA, Covidien, BBVA, BAE Systems, U.S. Navy, SABIC, Citizens Bank, Merck, Masco Corp., Scottish Enterprise, Innovation Norway, North Atlantic Capital, EMC, GlaxoSmithKline, Scania and others.

Dr Rao also teaches two elective courses in the Babson MBA programs (1) Leading Innovation: Gorillas, Chimps & Monkeys and (2) #CX #UX #DX Innovation. He also teaches extensively in the Babson Executive Education programs.