Innovating Out of Crisis
31mAdvanced2020-10-15
Authors

Simone Ahuja
Founder of Blood Orange, a global innovation and strategy firm
Course details
In times of crisis, innovation matters more than ever. These challenging events often shine a spotlight on urgent and existing problems, providing professionals with the opportunity to bolster creativity and resilience, boost employee engagement, and pursue new growth.
In this course, instructor Simone Ahuja—the founder of global innovation and strategy firm Blood Orange—shows you how to lock into an innovation mindset and prepare to innovate during a crisis. She shares simple tools to make innovation successful during uncertain times by solving key business problems faster and with fewer resources. Plus, she details practical strategies to eliminate innovation barriers and accelerate problem-solving so innovation sticks long after crisis abates.
In this course, instructor Simone Ahuja—the founder of global innovation and strategy firm Blood Orange—shows you how to lock into an innovation mindset and prepare to innovate during a crisis. She shares simple tools to make innovation successful during uncertain times by solving key business problems faster and with fewer resources. Plus, she details practical strategies to eliminate innovation barriers and accelerate problem-solving so innovation sticks long after crisis abates.
Skills covered
Crisis ManagementBusiness StrategyMarketingBusiness Analysis and StrategyLeadership and ManagementDeep Dive (X:Y)
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Addressing a crisis head on
1. Prepare to Innovate in a Crisis
- 02 - Why innovation in crisis matters
- 03 - How to develop an innovation mindset
- 04 - How to build a reimagined vision for the future
2. Principles and Tools That Drive Innovation in a Crisis
- 05 - How to use constraints as a catalyst for innovation
- 06 - Problem-solving in a crisis using experimentation
- 07 - Build and maintain a culture of trust for innovation
- 08 - Prioritize customer feedback in a crisis
3. Making Innovation Stick
- 09 - How to remove barriers to innovation
- 10 - How to define metrics for innovation
Conclusion
- 11 - Turn learning into innovative action