Unlock Your Company’s Second Act with Trainsmart’s Corporate Innovation Training

In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, finding your company’s “second act” is more crucial than ever. Gone are the days of the familiar bell-shaped adoption curve. It’s all about the Shark Fin – a lightning-fast spike of mass adoption. To thrive in this new reality, leaders must master the art of efficient pivoting and strategic change management.

Trainsmart’s Corporate Innovation Training is designed specifically for leadership teams, new product organizations, and sales functions—any group that needs to swiftly develop new strategic thinking to drive business success. Our virtual instructor-led program comprises six 120-minute sessions, providing a comprehensive and immersive learning experience.

Target Audience:

Leadership teams, new product organizations, sales functions – any group that has to create new strategic thinking to help their business thrive quickly.

The Problem:

McKinsey’s Global Innovation Survey found that 84% of executives agree that innovation is essential for their business growth. However, only 6% of those same executives were satisfied with the outcomes of their innovation efforts. Many leaders reported struggling with problem identification and how to improve their innovation processes.

Our Solution:

To Learn to…

  • Define creativity and the innovative thinking process
  • Detail the characteristics of each step of the process
    • Strengths and contributions
    • Blind spots and ways they annoy others
    • Divergent and convergent thinking
  • Assess personal and team innovation preferences
  • Diagnose the assisters and resisters to innovation among the team and in the greater organization
  • Generate new and novel thinking around a real-world challenge or opportunity that will help the business pivot

Course Outline:

  • Complete the FourSight® Innovative Thinking assessment (prework)
  • Define creativity and innovation
  • Overview of the four steps in the innovative thinking process
  • Review assessment results to understand oneself better
  • Examine the team’s profile – their innovation strengths and struggles
  • Conduct a deep dive on a critical business issue by applying tools to
    • Clarify the problem
    • Brainstorm new high-potential ideas
    • Develop a detailed solution
    • Create an implementation action plan
  • Embed facilitation skill-building for each step in the innovation process

Invest In Corporate Innovation Training For Your Team

Ready to discuss your live virtual instructor-led training needs for an Innovation For Leaders workshop for your group? Schedule a call at 800-807-8030 or fill out the form below. We look forward to connecting with you.