Innovation Sprint Mini MBA

The best innovation training course to fast-track your career in 8 weeks.

Learn how to apply Design Thinking, Agile and Lean Startup skills in established organisations
Make a real impact at work by solving a business problem that matters, and prove it to decision-makers
Get innovation leadership training from industry leaders

The best innovation training course to fast-track your career in 8 weeks.

Learn how to apply Design Thinking, Agile and Lean Startup skills by solving a problem that matters.

Get Innovation Course Info and
Sample Lesson

Get Course Info and Sample Lesson

Innovation course brochure and syllabus
Guidance to get your manager to cover this innovation training cost
Innovation Roadmap Template used by L’Oréal and Sony Music

We’ve trained over 2,500 innovation leaders from:

Course Format

8 weeks online
4-8hrs per week

Next Cohort

7 February 2022

Course
Fee

Regular Price
£ 1,950+VAT

EARLY BIRD PRICE
£ 1,500+VAT

Save £450
Register by Fri 24 Dec

Course Format

8 weeks online
4-8hrs per week

Next Cohort

7 February 2022

Course Fee

Regular Price
£ 1,950+VAT

EARLY BIRD PRICE
£ 1,500+VAT

Save £450
Register by Fri 24 Dec

“I have achieved in just 8 sessions what a university degree needs a year for.”

John Mica

“I have achieved in just 8 sessions what a university degree needs a year for.”

John Mica

How this Mini MBA works

You’ll cover 8 modules, experiencing each with a combination of live online innovation classes, practical application and personal review.

Eight, week-long modules, each delivered as:

Expert-led live workshop
Learn the skills and mindsets from trainers who have delivered corporate innovation in some of the world’s leading companies.

Expert-led live workshop
Apply the skills to your organisation
Work on a real business challenge or opportunity, using templates and resources from our dedicated learning hub.

Apply the skills to your organisation
1:1 expert coaching
Get feedback and support each week to drive the end-to-end innovation process and deliver real results in your company.

1:1 expert coaching

Expert-led live workshop

Learn the skills and mindsets from
trainers who have delivered
corporate innovation in some
of the world's leading companies.

Innovation Course - Innovation Sprint MiniMBA

1:1 expert coaching

Get feedback and support each week
to drive the end-to-end innovation process
and deliver real results in your company.

Apply the skills to your organisation

Work on a real business challenge
or opportunity, using templates
and resources from our dedicated
learning hub.

Final Deliverable:

Business Case & Pitch

Work with your coach to solve a business problem and pitch it to senior leadership.

Is this approach right for you?

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Sample Lesson

“The framework is a very clear and tangible step by step process to implement the entrepreneurial approach.”

Hary KapotaCommercial Director

What you get

Accelerate your career progression by mastering innovation skills while solving a business problem that matters.

Become an innovation leader — Master Design Thinking, Agile and Lean Startup alongside techniques adapted to established organisations.
Accelerate your promotion, career shift, or simply do your job better.

Prove to your senior stakeholders and internal decision-makers that your business case is worth pursuing.
Access to the same tools and templates we use with FTSE 100 businesses.

Are you ready to level-up your career?

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Sample Lesson

“This course is invaluable for creating a new mindset and equipping you with a skillset to launch new ideas within your organisation. Definitely recommended.”

Giulia MasciProject Manager

“This innovation management training is invaluable for creating a new mindset and equipping you with a skillset to launch new ideas within your organisation. Definitely recommended, one of the best Mini MBAs out there!”

Giulia MasciProject Manager

Learn from specialists

You’ll be trained and personally mentored by intrapraneurs who have delivered innovation for some of the world’s leading organisations.

Jamie Qiu

Managing Founding Partner at Studio Zao

Former Director of EY’s Startup Accelerator and Managing Director of Startupbootcamp’s Dubai FinTech Accelerator.

Delivered innovation for:

Dubai International Financial Centre
Sony Music
Speedo
Visa
HSBC

Davide Turi

Founding Partner at Studio Zao

Intrapreneur and consultant for FTSE 100 and Fortune 500 global organisations, and Lecturer in Entrepreneurship at Imperial College London.

Delivered innovation for:

Target
Sky
Wellcome Trust
Ellesse
NHS

Chris Baker

Head of Programmes at Studio Zao

Managing Director at Circle of Intrapreneurs. Former management consultant in the market-leading HR Transformation practice at Deloitte.

Delivered transformations for:

Burberry
Discovery
Allianz
BT
AptarGroup

Are you ready to transform your career?

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“Studio Zao’s course helped shape the direction of my career.”

Matt KennedyVenture Design Lead

What you learn

We’ve taken the best of Design Thinking, Lean Startup, Corporate Innovation and Agile and synthesised them in a clear and practical Innovation Journey.

MODULE 1 — Make Innovation Happen

‣ Introduction to the mini MBA programme and meet the cohort
‣ Learn the principles of corporate innovation and understand the end to end process for bottom-up initiatives

MODULE 2 — Identify The Strategic Opportunity Area

‣ Explore the stakeholder landscape: strategic alignment, priorities and co-dependencies
‣ Identify hotspots and opportunity areas to be explored for innovation during the Mini MBA

MODULE 3 — Understand The Underlying Problem

‣ Empathise with customers, beneficiaries or stakeholders — analyse frustrations, needs and day-to-day journey
‣ Identify the assumptions about the target segment

MODULE 4 — Empathise With Customers To Validate The Problem

‣ Conduct customer discovery interviews to validate the underlying problems
‣ Refine the problem statements by using the insights and data gathered

MODULE 5 — Define The Solution with Creative Ideation

‣ Ideate out-of-the-box propositions and prioritise the most promising idea
‣ Define the value proposition and its critical assumptions

MODULE 6 — Prototype To Validate The Solution

‣ Run Lean Experiments focused on validating the desirability of your innovative idea
‣ Create rapid prototypes, test and prove initial traction for your solution

MODULE 7 — Create The Business Case And Maximising ROI

‣ Frame the business case to prove viability, feasibility and expected returns
‣ Build a roadmap with shortterm and long-term goals, activities, resources and KPIs

MODULE 8 — Pitch To Secure Sponsor Approval

‣ Create a pitch that speaks to your internal investors and decision-makers
‣ Influence stakeholders with storytelling techniques and establish yourself as a leader

Get Course Info and Sample Lesson

Innovation course brochure and syllabus
Guidance to get your manager to cover this innovation training cost
Innovation Roadmap Template used by L’Oréal and Sony Music

Innovation Sprint Mini MBA

Get Course Info and Sample Lesson

We’ve trained over 2,500 innovation leaders from:

How this Mini MBA works

Expert-led live workshop

Expert-led live workshop

Apply the skills to your organisation

Apply the skills to your organisation

1:1 expert coaching

1:1 expert coaching

Business Case & Pitch

What you get

Learn from specialists

Jamie Qiu

Davide Turi

Chris Baker

What you learn

Get Course Info and Sample Lesson

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