Innovation requires more than understanding what it is and why it matters. Leaders must develop innovation as a core competency, supported by practical processes and tools that enable continuous problem-solving and improvement.
This two-day course introduces Wholistic Thinking for Innovation Management (WTIM), a whole-brain approach that combines holistic, systems, critical, and lateral thinking. Participants will apply ten management innovation tools and project-based accelerated action learning to address complex challenges, strengthen execution, and create and capture business value in a fast-changing VUCA environment.
Learning Outcomes
- Explain how Wholistic Thinking changes the way individuals and teams approach innovation management.
- Apply ten management innovation tools to solve complex problems and support continuous improvement.
- Use project-based accelerated action learning to create and capture value for business impact.
- Apply innovation as a strategy, organisational capacity, and discipline across individuals, teams, and organisations.
- Develop a transformation roadmap to support transformative innovation and organisational maturity.
- Anticipate emerging trends and strengthen adaptability, resilience, and innovation capability.
Key Topics
- Holistic, systems, critical, and lateral thinking for innovation.
- Ten management innovation tools for integration, implementation, decision-making, and consensus.
- Innovation balanced scorecards and business value creation.
- Innovation strategy, capacity, performance, and discipline using the SIOM® model.
- Transformation roadmaps and innovation maturity capability.
Day 1: Applying Wholistic Thinking to Innovation
Morning Session
- Understanding holistic, systems, critical, and lateral thinking
- Why Wholistic Thinking is essential for innovation
- Strengthening the ability to integrate, implement, innovate, influence, and improve continuously
- Case study and discussions
Afternoon Session
- Applying holistic thinking for integration using:
- Concept diagram
- 9-box solution
- Smiling curve
- Applying systems thinking for implementation using:
- I-P-O-C diagram
- SIOM® model
- Six transition change management steps
- Designing an innovation balanced scorecard to increase business value and minimise risks in innovation projects
- Case study and discussions
Day 2: Building Innovation Capability and Transformation
Morning Session
- Reviewing self-awareness, self-development, and self-management as foundations of a high-performance innovation culture
- Applying critical thinking for decision-making using:
- Building blocks innovation
- House of innovation
- Five levels of innovation
- Applying lateral thinking for consensus and win-win outcomes using:
- Six senses of innovation
- Innovation lifecycle of know, do, teach, and coach
- Case study and discussions
Afternoon Session
- Designing a transformation roadmap using the SIOM® model for:
- Innovation strategy
- Innovation capacity
- Innovation performance
- Innovation discipline framework for ISO 56001
- Applying the 5Ws and 2Hs of innovation to unify management, leadership, and entrepreneurship for business value innovation
- Reviewing and redesigning a transformation roadmap across Levels 1 to 5 of innovation maturity capability
- Case study and wrap-up
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