April 19, 2005

Leveraging Innovation to Power Corporate Growth


Upcoming Courses:

April 19, 2005 Leveraging Innovation to Power Corporate Growth

May 2-4, 2005 MOT Executive Institute

Return to Short Courses Home

Return to CDTL Home

Contact:

Email

612-624-5747

Register

Tuesday, April 19, 2005
8:00 AM – 4:30 PM
West Bank Office Building
University of Minnesota

Corporate leaders know that their companies must innovate to sustain growth. They also know innovation is essential for gaining and maintaining competitive advantage. Yet, the road to innovation is often unclear and fraught with missteps and missed opportunities.

Leveraging Innovation to Power Corporate Growth helps improve the success rate of corporate innovation. The session teaches participants ways to enhance and renew innovation throughout their organizations. Translating innovation into business success is a primary focus.

During the short course, participants explore the gamut of innovation challenges and opportunities. They identify and analyze their own companies’ past successes, role models, and processes. Participants also use innovation theory, case studies, and discussion points to probe their corporate environments and business strategies. They explore the requirements for a robust innovation environment and learn what it takes to build such a climate. By the end of the session, participants know where the innovation growth opportunities might be within their organizations, what barriers exist, and what strategies are needed to link innovation to corporate growth.

• KEY TOPICS

  • Building the business core to optimize the value of innovation
  • Exploring the sources and role of innovation – from technology to business processes and beyond
  • Analyzing innovation best practice
  • Probing the innovation paradoxes – creativity and control; divergence and discipline
  • Developing and sustaining organizational innovation
  • Managing innovation growth and profits
  • Taking action – tools, techniques, and take-aways

Download the Course Outline Here (Word 40kb)

Download the Brochure for this Course Here (PDF 544kb)

• COST    $475 (Includes short course materials, lunch and refreshments)

• REGISTER Here

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR

Dr. Lockwood Carlson is president of the Carlson Consulting Group. He provides technology and business development consulting, assisting clients in R & D, technology foresight, and new business development. He also is a consultant with the Sota Tec Fund and serves as chief scientist. A member of the University of Minnesota’s graduate school faculty, he teaches in the Master of Science program in the Management of Technology (MS-MOT). That program is offered through the Institute of Technology’s Center for the Development of Technological Leadership, where Dr. Carlson holds the James J. Renier Visiting Land Grant Chair in Technological Leadership.

Dr. Carlson holds a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Wyoming.

Much of his career was spent at 3M where he first led 3M’s research in films, electrophotography, solid state materials, and electronic imaging. By 1988, he was named corporate scientist. In this position, he formed and led the Theory and Modeling Group for the company. This group’s efforts included optical polymer films, fiber optics, fuel cells, LCD display optics, and data storage technology. He also helped form 3M’s Corporate Enterprise Development Department. This department identified, developed, and incubated new business opportunities, from internal concepts to outside technology acquisitions. Responsible for developing technology strategy for the corporation, he used foresight processes to match emerging technology trends with high value business opportunities. These opportunities were aligned with corporate growth strategies. He also provided the technical leadership for 3M’s corporate venturing program.