23rd edition – 6th February to 6th June 2025
GOALS:
The programme enables the participants to:
- Master the key challenges of innovation and its strategic positioning in the company
- Understand how to make teams and organisations more innovative
- Turn a profusion of ideas into concrete products and markets
- Acquire the means to generate, facilitate and structure innovation
- Understand how to effectively bring to market innovation projects
- Carry out a specific innovation project for their company
METHOD:
Over twelve days (six 2-day modules), this programme provides a rigorous multi-disciplinary approach developed by an international panel of academic and field experts. Firmly rooted in practice, it includes studies of innovative companies and business testimonials and allows for numerous exchanges between lecturers and participants. It is concluded by a business project to enable the participants to apply in their respective company the methods and tools acquired. An annual networking and follow-up session ensures the implementation of the objectives set at the end of the programme.
CONTENT:
Today, efficient companies are distinguished by their capacity to continuously detect, assess and capitalise on new opportunities and to turn this capacity into a sustainable competitive advantage. In this context, providing innovation management training enables company executives to acquire the key competencies of innovation management.
The programme is therefore based on the 5 key competencies of an innovative company:
- Understand the role and importance of innovation in the company’s strategy
- Understand the key success factors of innovation and the implications for its management in the company
- Identify which types of innovation meet optimally the goals set by the company
Guest speaker : Paul Baisier (Puratos)
Dates : Thursday 6th February & Friday 7th February 2025
- Identify & differenciate the innovative organisations
- Develop an organisation that promotes the innovation and proactivity
- Thinking in new boxes: acquire, create and manage ideas in an innovative organisation
Lecturers : Professors Julie Hermans - LSM, Luc de Brabandère - BCG, Benoit Gailly -LSM, Marine Agogué (HEC Montréal)
Guest speaker : Tom De Block (Google)
Readings:
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Luc de Brabandère "Petite Philosophie de la transformation digitale ou (re) découvrir l'art du zigzag"
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Benoît Gailly "Navigating Innovation", Chapter 4
Dates : Thursday 20th February & Friday 21st February 2025
Module 3 Create, develop and manage an innovative organisation and teams
- Identify the characteristics of a learning organisation geared to innovation
- Manage the organisational factors that inhibit or encourage the creation of knowledge and innovation
- Understand and implement the Fair Process Leadership
Lecturers : Professor Françoise de Viron - LSM, Julie Hermans - LSM, Ludo Van der Heyden - INSEAD
Guest speaker : Frédéric Van Malleghem (Cambio), Anne-Sophie Marsin (Santily), Damien Prieels (Iba)
Readings:
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Benoît Gailly "Navigating Innovation", Chapter
Dates: Thursday 13th & Friday 14th March 2025
- Master the tools for the evaluation and enhancement of innovative business models
- Develop and manage a balanced portfolio of innovative projects
- Identify and master the challenges of intellectual property
Lecturers : Professor Julie Hermans-LSM, Professor Mireille Buydens - ULB Partner-Janson Baugniet & Professor Benoît Gailly-LSM
Guest speakers : Nicolas Cudre-Mauroux (Solvay), Frederic Gevers (Prayon)
Dates: Tursday 27th March & Friday 28th March 2025
Module 5 Launch successfully and accelerate an innovation project
- Master the key factors for the adoption and dissemination of an innovation
- Identify and activate the innovation networks
- Manage efficiently the process for launching an innovation on your market
Lecturers : Professors Françoise de Viron, Julie Hermans, Benoit Gailly - LSM
Olivier Wathelet - Users Matter, Annick Castiaux - UNamur
Guest speaker : Philippe Tallier (GSK), Dimitri Schuurman (Imec)
Dates : Thursday 17th April & Friday 18th April 2025
Module 6 Become an innovation champion
- Integrate the concepts and tools of innovation management in your business
- Reflect on the responsible organisation
- Present the business project
Lecturers : Professors Benoît Gailly & Françoise de Viron - LSM & Xavier Pavie - Essec Business School
Guest speaker :
Dates : Thursday 5th June & Friday 6th June 2025
Integration workshop: ...and stay the course! Have I become an innovation champion?
- Have I become an Innovation Champion?
- A networking and follow-up session is planned to ensure the implementation of the learnings of the programme.
- Workshop : From convinced to convincing
Date : Thursday 9th October 2025