Strategic Innovation

Date: 11/18/2016
Time: 8:30 AM TO 5:00 PM

221 2nd Avenue SE #300, Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids, IA 52401

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Event Description: We are excited to announce our new one day Strategic Innovation Workshop. Designed for executives, managers and business owners, this workshop will give you the tools you need to launch new products and services through customer-driven innovation. To remain competitive in today’s business environment, companies of all sizes need to embrace an innovative spirit. You will leave this course with an innovation roadmap for your company that goes far beyond the “business as usual” approach and ensures future growth and competitiveness. To learn more visit our website. About The Workshop: Learn from Lean innovation experts teaching leading edge curriculum to encourage growth and discovery for small businesses, non-profits, and corporate innovation teams. Our Venture School Instructors have developed this innovation workshop for small and mid-sized businesses who are interested in growing or scaling their business. Strategic Innovation emphasizes hands-on innovation to help validate new business ideas and scale into new markets. “Every organization needs a reminder that customer discovery is the key. We learned that our investors wanted to see us branch into different areas of work to complement our core mission. It gave us the validation to take some new risks to serve our community.” – Mark Nolte, President of Iowa City Area Development Group. What You’ll Take Away: - Learn to assess opportunities from the business landscape and add value to your company - Learn to build enthusiasm and buy-in from internal stakeholders - Create an innovation roadmap to bring back to work and implement - Develop customer-centric innovation techniques - Learn to anticipate and leverage changes in technology to stay ahead of the competition


Directions:
University of Iowa MBA

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