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Critical Needs
Core Training
Tailored Training For Business Units
Critical Needs
Dr. Lee, President of Robust Innovations,
Inc., observes that he has never worked with a Management Team that
initially judged itself to be more than “average” at developing a
comprehensive innovation strategy, selecting a portfolio of project to
accomplish the strategy and then delivering the planned results. Teams
often express uncertainty about, and discomfort with, managing research
and development, advanced engineering, and innovation in general. Most
say that their formal education did not prepare them well for innovation
leadership.
Management Teams often
take multiple strategic planning cycles to get their business and
innovation strategies well integrated. This takes several years. Just
think of the missed opportunities!
The critical needs are
to enable the Management Team to produce well integrated strategies
during their first planning cycle and to prepare them for their on-going
productive involvement in innovation.
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Core Training
Based on experience, Robust Innovations,
Inc. recommends the core training shown in the following table:
|
Subject |
People To Be
Trained |
Training Type |
Training
Provider |
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Business &
Innovation Strategy Integration |
·
Management Team
·
Direct Reports |
·
Experiential
·
Classroom |
·
Robust Innovations
·
Company Experts |
|
STRIVE
Management & Improvement |
·
Management Team
·
Project Leader
·
Project Teams |
·
Classroom
·
Experiential |
·
Robust Innovations
·
Continuous Improvement Staff |
|
Creative
Problem Solving |
·
Management Team
·
Project Leaders
·
Functional Experts |
·
Classroom
·
Experiential |
·
University Experts
·
Company Process Leaders |
|
Management of
Innovation |
·
Management Team
·
Direct Reports |
·
Experiential
·
Classroom |
·
University Experts |
|
Project/Program Management |
·
Project Leaders
·
Functional Experts |
·
Experiential
·
Classroom |
·
Commercial Source |
“Business & Innovation
Strategy Integration” should be the first training module. It produces
the strategy that demands skills in the other four subjects. Effective
core training usually takes 3-5 years
If desired by the
Management Team, Robust Innovations will solicit proven sources for
Creative Problem Solving, Management of Innovation, and Project and
Program Management.
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Tailored
Training For Business Units
For each business, the Innovation Capability
Assessment and the STRIVE Capability Assessment produce unique
capability profiles. These profiles indicate areas for improvement of
skills. The following tables contain suggested training to raise
proficiency. Note
that the core training discussed above is shown in “red.”.
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Innovation
Elements |
Capability Level |
Training |
|
I |
II |
III |
IV |
V |
|
Leadership |
Customer
Focus |
|
|
|
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Strategy
Practicum, Strategy Workshop, Voice of the Customer,
Relationship Management,
|
|
Business &
Innovation Strategy Integration |
|
|
|
|
|
Strategy
Practicum, Strategy Workshop, Management of Innovation, Creative
Problem Solving, Strategic Linkage, Project Selection
Methods, Portfolio Management |
|
Innovation
Culture |
|
|
|
|
|
Strategy Practicum, Management of
Innovation, Creative Problem Solving, Change Management
|
|
Infrastructure |
Innovation
Processes |
|
|
|
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STRIVE Practicum, Management of
Innovation, Portfolio Management, Project Management
|
|
Measurement
Vs. Goals |
|
|
|
|
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Continuous
Improvement, Policy Deployment, Strategic Reviews,
Project/Program Reviews, Business Scoreboarding, STRIVE
Assessments
|
|
Organizational Management |
|
|
|
|
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Performance
Management, Leadership
|
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Program
Management |
|
|
|
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Basic Project Management:
STRIVE Practicum, Leadership & Team Building, Requirements
Management, Integration Management, Scope Management,
Scheduling, Cost Management, Quality Management, Risk
Management, Communications, Project Execution & Control.
Advanced:
Stakeholder Management, Strategic Linkage, Program Selection,
Economic Analysis, Portfolio Management, Managing Multiple
Projects, Multi-Project Resource Planning, Advanced Scheduling |
|
Talent
Management |
|
|
|
|
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Performance
Planning & Assessment, Effective Interviewing, Job
Specification,
|
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STRIVE Stages |
Capability Level |
Training |
|
I |
II |
III |
IV |
V |
|
Opportunity
Targeting |
|
|
|
|
|
Company Basics,
Lead User Methods,
Open Innovation Methodology, Business Case Analysis Under
Uncertainty, Portfolio Management |
|
Project Idea
Generation |
|
|
|
|
|
Company Basics,
Generating
Technology-Based Product Ideas, Rapid Product Conceptualization,
Business Case Analysis Under Uncertainty, Portfolio Management |
|
Project
Screening & Selection |
|
|
|
|
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Company Basics,
Project Selection
Methods, Business Caser Modeling Under Uncertainty, Portfolio
Management |
|
Project
Planning |
|
|
|
|
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Company Basics,
Scope Management,
Requirements, Management, Detailed Work Breakdown Structures,
Risk Management, Detailed Cost Estimation, Scheduling, Team
Formation & Leadership, Communications |
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Preliminary
Design |
|
|
|
|
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Company Basics,
Requirements
Management, Integrated Supplier Management, Risk Management,
Product Cost Estimation, Communications |
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Detailed
Design |
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Company Basics,
Requirements
Management, Integrated Supplier Management, Risk Management,
Product Cost Estimation, Communications |
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Performance
Verification |
|
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Company Basics,
Causal Analysis & Resolution, Risk Management, Communications |
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Manufacturing
& Delivery |
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Company Basics,
Causal Analysis &
Resolution, Risk Management, Communications |
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Assessment &
Documentation |
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Company Basics, |
Company Basics = Continuous Improvement, STRIVE
Practicum, Creative Problem Solving, Management of Innovation
Robust Innovations
works with your Human Resource department to:
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Specify appropriate
training modules
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Prepare requests
for proposals to seek training providers
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Select the best
providers.
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