About the Program
Objectives:
- Learn a proven Silicon Valley innovation process from the professor that teaches the Stanford 500 Startups program
- Accelerate your capacity to innovate and deliver value from ideas
- Make meetings and brainstorms more productive
- Manage through resistance and overcome barriers to innovation
- Help move from ideas into action and successful implementation
- Apply lessons while working on a real corporate challenge of your team, not a case study
Concept:
- Large companies are generally not adept at creating high performance innovation units inside their companies due to interference with the company’s business model.
- In this 2-day program, thought leaders from both Stanford School of Engineering and IE Business School will bring participants up to speed on strategies and techniques for creating the next disruption that participants need to stay competitive.
- Content is derived from successful face to face and online programs that the teaching team has developed over the last two years.
- The material is highly current, not academic, and will require hands-on participation from client company representatives.
- Each Instructor will work with groups of about 6-7 companies; instructors will rotate across various sections to provide a complete experience for all companies
- Randomly selected companies may make presentations with instructor feedback or, if there are confidentiality issues, instructors will provide Case Study presentations.
Who Should Attend:
- This session is geared toward middle management responsible for motivating and guiding teams to drive new value and organizational impact.
- For those looking for creative solutions to complex problems and how to get more impact from a team, this course can help you make the leap.
- The ideal candidates will have a minimum of a bachelors degree. They will be proficient in English, at least college level spoken and written proficiency. They will have at least 5 years of work experience. They are in a middle management position accountable for the identification of challenges and the execution of projects / solutions.
- In addition, candidates should have ownership of a business innovation challenge and the full explicit support from their immediate manager for practicing and applying skills learned in the course.
- We encourage team participation (2-8 members per company) to come to the course with a pressing business issue.
- We suggest providing the professors with a brief description of their business challenges at least 2 weeks before the start of the program. (Optional)
About the Professors
Professor Mike Lyons – Stanford University
Prof. Mike Lyons is a Consulting Associate Professor at the Stanford University Department of Management Science and Engineering. Serving in the Stanford position since 1988, he was a co-developer of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program with Prof. Tom Byers and the founding professor of Technology Venture Formation. He has co-produced and delivered numerous other SCPD and STVP programs. He is a co-founder of the Innovation Institute focused on creating training platforms for entrepreneurial education. Prof. Lyons teaches innovation to companies in many sectors including technology, education, energy, financial services and many others.
Professor Paris de l’Etraz, PhD – IE Business School
Prof. Mike Lyons is a Consulting Associate Professor at the Stanford University Department of Management Science and Engineering. Serving in the Stanford position since 1988, he was a co-developer of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program with Prof. Tom Byers and the founding professor of Technology Venture Formation. He has co-produced and delivered numerous other SCPD and STVP programs. He is a co-founder of the Innovation Institute focused on creating training platforms for entrepreneurial education. Prof. Lyons teaches innovation to companies in many sectors including technology, education, energy, financial services and many others.
