Work through the Harvard Online course on your own schedule within weekly deadlines, alongside professionals from around the world, with three months of Voca practice to apply what you learn.
Complete the course and Harvard Online issues your Certificate of Completion.
Curriculum developed and delivered by Harvard faculty including David S. Ricketts, with insights from leading innovators across industries.
Issued in your legal name as a Certified Electronic Credential you can add to your resume and LinkedIn profile.
Stack this course with others to earn a Certificate of Specialization in Innovation Leadership from Harvard Online.
Six topics integrating foundational principles of innovation with insights from leading innovators, and opportunities to practice the skills as you go.
Syllabus topics are set by Harvard Online and may be revised between cohorts.
If you are accountable for turning ideas into outcomes, this course is designed for you.
No technical background required. Taught in English; participants should be 18 or over.
Many organizations generate ideas and then stall. This course walks you through the full path, practicing each step as you go.
Your coursework is designed and delivered by Harvard faculty, with industry experts bringing real cases into each topic.
An innovation practitioner and researcher, focused on how organizations translate ideas into commercial and social value.
Three Harvard Online modules on innovation strategy, open innovation and adaptive leadership — with live sessions, app access and Voca practice.
One fee covering the full Harvard Online course, your Certificate of Completion, and three months of Voca practice access.
Four steps, usually completed within a week.
A twenty-minute conversation with an advisor to check the course fits your role and goals. No obligation.
We confirm the upcoming start dates that suit your schedule.
Confirm your place, then complete payment by international card or bank transfer.
We enroll you directly with Harvard Online. Your access details arrive by email before your start date.
Both. It combines foundational principles of innovation with insights from leading innovators, and gives you opportunities to practice the skills as you go.
Six topics that follow an idea from start to market: opportunity finding through design research; ideation; de-risking ideas through prototyping; capturing value through business modeling; futuring with strategy and storytelling; and implementation and going to market.
Innovation Strategy takes you through the full innovation process inside your organization. Open Innovation focuses on finding ideas, solutions and people outside it, through contests, communities and online labor markets. Both are modules of the Executive Program in Innovation Leadership.
The course runs seven weeks at roughly five to seven hours a week, completed on your own schedule within weekly deadlines.
USD 1,850 for the complete course, covering the full Harvard Online course, your Certificate of Completion and three months of Voca practice access.
Voca is SkillsPro360's AI-powered practice tool. You can rehearse a presentation, run a mock interview, or have your CV reviewed — privately, on demand, as many times as you like. Three months of access are included with this course, and your advisor will help you time it for when it is most useful.
Yes. It is one of the three modules of the Executive Program in Innovation Leadership. If you go on to complete the other two, this course counts toward your Certificate of Specialization. Speak to an advisor before enrolling so we can map the route with you.
Harvard Online. On successful completion you receive a Certificate of Completion issued directly by Harvard Online. SkillsPro360 is an authorized delivery partner — we are not Harvard University.
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