Leadership & Strategy · Professional · Corporate
MLILS
Managing & Leading Innovation
Leadership & Strategy
Professional level
10 Modules
40 Topics
Corporate
In-house or live virtual
Certification
Blue Ocean Academy certificate

MLILS
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About the MLILS Program
Innovation stalls when good ideas have nowhere to go. The program gives managers a working system for innovation: where ideas come from, how they are screened, how small experiments are run, and how promising work is funded and scaled. Participants map their own innovation pipeline during the sessions. Delivered in-house at the client's premises or live virtual, it leaves the team with a portfolio of tested ideas and a routine for managing them.
What You Will Learn
- Understand how innovation is managed as a process
- Build an idea pipeline with clear entry points
- Apply screening criteria to filter ideas early
- Design low cost experiments to test assumptions
- Evaluate innovation options as a balanced portfolio
- Lead teams through the uncertainty of new work
- Measure innovation progress with meaningful indicators
- Implement a culture that rewards useful learning
What you take away
Skills You'll Build

Idea pipeline design
Experiment design
Innovation portfolio
Business case testing
Core Topics
Who Is This Program For?
Innovation managers
Run innovation as a repeatable process
Department heads
Turn team ideas into funded work
Product and service managers
Test new offers before heavy investment
Research and development teams
Link technical work to business value
Strategy and planning managers
Balance the innovation portfolio deliberately
Continuous improvement leads
Move from small fixes to new value
What's Included?
Delivery at your premises or live virtual for your teams
Sessions applied to your own ideas and innovation pipeline
Participant workbook, experiment and screening templates, digital materials
Certificate of completion issued by Blue Ocean Academy
Blue Ocean Academy
Corporate training terms and scheduling policies apply
Course Outline
- Types of innovation
- Incremental and breakthrough work
- Why innovation efforts stall
- Setting the scope for your organization
Every participant receives a Blue Ocean Academy certificate of completion
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Every participant receives a Blue Ocean Academy certificate that can be verified by their employer. Corporate clients receive a completion report for the whole cohort.
Digital Certificate
Verifiable Credential
Professional Recognition
Cohort Completion Report


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