ONLINE PROGRAMME

Innovation Through Design Thinking

Master the principals of design thinking to ignite, manage and sustain innovation in your team, department or business unit.

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Programme Impact

Build a truly innovative organisation

Drive change, understand your customers’ needs and generate creative, optimal outcomes.

Good for you
Good for your organisation

Discover why innovation is important to you and how design thinking can help you unlock your creativity.
Define your own innovation challenge and solve it with design thinking principals.

Move your concept forward by building the right strategy with stakeholder support.
Use business experimentation and prototyping to turn your ideas into reality.

Identify why innovation is important to your organisation and how design thinking can help you build a corporate culture that nurtures creativity.
Apply programme content directly to your organisation’s context through the latest research from our world-class faculty and regular feedback from learning coaches.

Simultaneously exploit a whole new market while protecting your current one.
Gain a better understanding of your potential, new, and loyal customers.

"This course is first in its category. It has made a real difference in how I approach innovation."

Eceiza Nebreda

Financial and Facilities Manager, Fundación Cudeca - Cudeca Hospice
Programme: Innovation Through Design Thinking
Nationality: Spanish

Right for you

This programme is designed for executives tasked with igniting innovation within their organisations, or who seek to create innovative solutions to a major challenge.

management experience

on average

Attendees include:

C-suite and General Management Executives
Mid-level Functional Managers
Consultants
Entrepreneurs, Owners and Founders

Programme Content

Identify and overcome your challenges

Redefine your approach with the latest design thinking principals.

Module 1 | Why innovation is important to you?
You will become conversant in the why, what, and how of innovation, learning the basic principles of innovation, why it’s necessary to your success and what form it takes.
Module 2 | Identifying customers’ needs:
Master the key principals of design thinking, trying out its techniques and tools to help you make it real.
Module 3 | Defining your own innovation challenge:
What innovation opportunities are you considering? What battles are you fighting? Learn to frame your challenges in a way that reveals answers, not just obstacles.
Module 4 | Exploring possible futures:
Begin to connect ideas to your challenge, develop new models of thinking and consider multiple perspectives.
Module 5 | How to take your concept forward:
Explore prototyping your concept in an easy and low-risk way. Understand the techniques for selecting the most promising ideas and developing them further and discover how to design and run an experiment.
Module 6 | Making your ideas stick:
Taking a broader perspective, you will consider the tactics needed to gain support from those inside and outside your business, while learning how to help others develop their own innovation ideas.

Experience self-paced and flexible learning: Work through each module at your own pace, selecting material relevant to your individual innovation challenge.
Access faculty webinars: Join two faculty webinars, one at the start of the programme and the other before completion with Julian Birkinshaw, Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship
Boost your development: Benefit from the guidance of business experts and dedicated coaches to aid your development throughout the programme.
Join a global online network: Connect with peers from across the globe in dynamic discussion forums, share your progress and learn from each other.

Do I need to attend the whole Executive Education programme

Yes. To optimise the learning experience for you and your cohort, you will be expected to attend all programme sessions including group work and coaching sessions. You'll also be expected to take part in peer-to-peer learning.

Can I complete the programme in my own time?

Yes. Learn across 6 weeks through a blend of live online and self-directed content.

Are there any formal exams?

There are no formal exams for our Short Live Online courses. However, you may be required to complete some pre-work before the programme starts. This could include tasks such as reading through resources or writing a short bio. You might also want to familiarise yourself with the learning platform and start connecting with other learners. Your Programme Manager will let you know exactly what’s required before the programme starts.

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Self-paced flexible online learning

Challenge your thinking with our range of online courses for individuals and teams. During this unique digital learning experience, you’ll embark on a self-paced journey with a dedicated Learning Manager over the course of several weeks. We have a variety of programmes to suit your individual needs, all of which offer access to the expertise of our world-class faculty, no matter where you are in the world, and an e-certificate on completion.

12 hours of pre-recorded faculty-led lectures

Learn from industry experts through videos, curated content, assignments and - on select courses - live faculty sessions.

6 weeks, 4-5 hours per week

Experience a journey to suit your schedule with self-paced learning over the course of 6 weeks.

Dedicated learning manager support

Benefit from the support of a learning manager to boost your development.

Global online peer network

Connect and reinforce your learnings with an exceptional group of peers from around the world.

E-certificate on completion

Build credibility with a London Business School e-certificate on completion.

Our faculty

Experts in the field

Access some of the world’s leading thinkers whose cutting-edge research in global business is grounded in real-world practicality.

Julian Birkinshaw

Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, Academic Director of the Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship

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Julian Birkinshaw

Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, Academic Director of the Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship

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Academic Focus

Learn from one of the globe’s top 50 thinkers in the field of Management. Professor Birkinshaw is a leading authority on disruption and renewal in established firms, consulting to executives around the world.

Recent Clients

Rio Tinto, ABN Amro, UBS, Tata Group, Exxon.

Experience

He has written 15 books, including the recently published Fast/Forward with Jonas Ridderstrale, which offers companies a set of guidelines for how to respond to disruption. He is regularly quoted in international media outlets, including CNN, the BBC, The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, Huffington Post, Businessweek and The Times. His combination of academic prowess and real-world experience as a world-class consultant and practitioner will give you unparalleled insight into the world of disruption. Professor Birkinshaw’s other areas of expertise include the strategy and organisation of large corporations, specifically corporate entrepreneurship, strategic agility and headquarters-subsidiary relationships.

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Mary Ward

Learning Manager

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Mary Ward

Learning Manager

Experience

Mary is a strategic consultant, specialising in innovation and brands. Her independent consultancy, Innovation Kinetics, helps clients spark growth at the front end of innovation, from strategy to idea generation and concept development. She spans multiple sectors from food, healthcare and travel to education, public sector and Not for Profit. Repeat clients include multibillion-pound global companies like GSK Consumer Healthcare and Givaudan. She is a Trustee on the board of an International Development charity.

Prior to consultancy, Mary held the position of Innovation Director at AkzoNobel (formerly ICI), the world’s largest paint and coatings company, where she worked across Europe, Asia, USA and Latin America. As Head of Innovation for Dulux in the UK, she launched a portfolio of new products and services, including many multimillion-pound global successes. Her academic education includes a first class degree in Chemistry from Trinity College, Dublin and an MSc.

Mary is an experienced facilitator and has worked with LBS since 2013, contributing to LBS Executive Education programmes on strategy and innovation.

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Nathalie Ross Metcalf

Learning Manager

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Nathalie Ross Metcalf

Learning Manager

Experience

Nathalie is an experienced facilitator working in Executive Education at London Business School since 2014. Her experience at LBS includes the Senior Executive Programme and Executing Strategy for Results, as well as a number of Custom Programmes including ING, Ericsson and ETISALAT.

Over the last 18 years, Nathalie has specialized in facilitation of Leadership Development programmes and Executive Coaching. She regularly facilitates and coaches senior teams up to Board level on organisational challenges such as strategy development, change management and leadership. She facilitates learning groups on several online Leadership programmes on the EMERITUS School of Management. She is lead facilitator for Women Returners, helping senior professionals navigate the challenges of resuming their careers after a significant break in Top 250 UK companies, including investment banks, government organisations and multi-nationals

Nathalie’s earlier career was in management consultancies Arthur D. Little (UK and Singapore) and Andersen Consulting (UK and Australia) where she focused on strategy and organizational change. Diploma in Clinical Organisational Psychology and an MBA, both from INSEAD.

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Certificate in Management

This programme can also be taken as part of the Certificate in Management. Enhance your leadership approach, hone your business skills and curate your own curriculum with a blend of online and in-person learning.

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What is the application process?

You can apply to the programme of your choice online. Acceptance is not automatic and your application will be reviewed by our team of Programme Consultants to ensure the best fit between applicants and programmes.
When should I apply?

Spaces on our programmes can fill up quickly so we encourage you to apply early and to ensure that your application submission is as comprehensive as possible.
Language requirements

As the programme is conducted in English, a good working knowledge of the language is essential. If English is not your first language, we may require evidence of your proficiency.
What are the requirements to participate on this programme?

The programme can be taken on any device and is fully mobile compatible.

Fees

The fee for the programme is £1,850.*

We offer a 25% discount for London Business School Alumni.

*Fees are subject to change.

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Innovation Through Design Thinking

Programme Impact

Build a truly innovative organisation

Right for you

Programme Content

Identify and overcome your challenges

Self-paced flexible online learning

12 hours of pre-recorded faculty-led lectures

6 weeks, 4-5 hours per week

Dedicated learning manager support

Global online peer network

E-certificate on completion

Our faculty

Experts in the field

Julian Birkinshaw

Mary Ward

Nathalie Ross Metcalf

Certificate in Management

How to apply

Fees

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