Innovation Ideation

Transform your entrepreneurial mindset in this 8-week course designed for both entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs ready to drive innovation.

Through hands-on learning and expert guidance, you’ll:

  • Master creative problem-solving techniques to turn challenges into opportunities
  • Develop emotional intelligence skills for stronger business relationships
  • Analyse real startup case studies to sharpen your innovation toolkit
  • Learn to assess market potential and craft compelling pitches that resonate with stakeholders

This microcredential is part of the Knoei Colab Skills Stack certification. Complete three additional skills badges to earn your full certification and boost your entrepreneurial credentials.

Under the guidance of industry experts, you will gain recognition and skills to effectively solve business challenges but actively shape the future of innovation.

Additional course information

In completing this microcredential, participants will have gained experience in:

  • Applying practical tools and approaches to explore a problem worth solving and ideating a solution
  • Generating a feasible innovation idea

The course will comprise online interactive workshops, readings, case studies and activities.

Over the eight weeks of the course, participants can expect a time commitment of approximately 5 hours per week, consisting of:

  • 2hr ‘kick-off’ and ‘wrap-up’ workshops at the start and end of the course
  • 1 hour online workshop via Butter
  • 2 hours case study exploration and group work
  • 1 hours per week reading and reflection
  • 1 hours per week assessments.

The following content will be covered during the course:

  • An introduction to key theories of start up ideation and innovation
  • Case studies of real-world issues
  • Industry and start-up presentations
  • Practical tools that will be used by participants to ideate a start-up solution and assess market viability and desirability

Week 1: Innovation Mindset

Week 2: Innovation, Ideation and Invention

Week 3: Exploring Market Opportunities

Week 4: Opportunity Analysis

Week 5: Ideating the Solution

Week 6: Customer Mapping

Week 7: Business Model Development

Week 8: Pitch and Storytelling

Participants will work collaboratively in teams to apply practices and skills to a start-up idea either their own, in a team or a real world industry problem

Participants will undertake individual and group activities. They can choose to complete assessment tasks in addition to these group activities with the opportunity to obtain credits into other education pathways including other Knoei programs. All participants will receive a digital badge and certificate of completion.

To complete this online course, you will need a personal computer with adequate internet access and sufficient software and bandwidth to support web conferencing.

Course Details

Duration: 8 weeks 

Delivery: Facilitator-led 

Perfect for: Young entrepreneurs 

Ready to challenge conventional thinking and drive meaningful change? Enrol now to kickstart your innovation journey.

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