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 Karim R. Lakhani of Harvard Business School, whose research established much of this field.
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 of case studies, guest speakers and tutorials, giving you a playbook you can adapt to your own organization.
Syllabus topics are set by Harvard Online and may be revised between cohorts.
If you face problems your own team cannot solve alone, this course is designed for you.
No technical background required. Taught in English; participants should be 18 or over.
Sometimes the best solution sits outside your organization. This course shows you how to find it and bring it in safely.
Your coursework is designed and delivered by Harvard faculty, with industry experts bringing real cases into each topic.
A leading scholar of open innovation and digital transformation, Professor Lakhani's research established much of the field's foundation.
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.
Strategies for finding the best ideas, solutions and people outside your organization to solve its most difficult problems.
Six topics of case studies, guest speakers and tutorials: an introduction to open innovation; defining your problem; contests; user innovation and communities; online labor markets; and adoption and scaling.
Open Innovation focuses on sourcing ideas and talent from outside your organization. Innovation Strategy takes you through the full innovation process inside it. Both are modules of the Executive Program in Innovation Leadership.
The course runs six weeks at roughly two to four hours a week, completed on your own schedule within weekly deadlines.
USD 950 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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