Create the innovation culture for your organisation
The Developing a Culture for Innovation Excellence programme focuses on giving participants the knowledge and tools needed to shape your organisation’s innovation culture and to make sure that it gets widespread throughout the organisation.
Learning Objectives
- develop the understanding and the capability to facilitate cultural change and influence senior leadership behavior.
- acquire knowledge about the ins and outs of implementing innovative systems and cultures;
- develop the capability to create urgency and a social movement for innovation, i.e. to involve, engage and excite others through creating a common dialogue.
Participant Profile
- Innovation professionals that have experience with demonstrating internal entrepreneurship and have experience with innovation, strategic renewal and/or (digital) transformation projects.
- Example function titles: Innovation Professional, Innovation Leader, Chief Innovation Officer, Digital Transformation Professional, Coach of Innovation Teams, Manager of Innovation Programmes and more.
“This programme allows any innovation professional to understand the fundamentals of influencing and driving the innovation culture in any organisation” – Past participant
Curriculum
Becoming a leader
Becoming a leader means that people want to follow you, rather than need to follow you. To do so, you need to be able to effectively ‘sell’ the innovation story; why do we need to innovate, what are our area’s of expertise and how can we leverage these?
During the programme, you’ll learn how to ‘design’ leadership. What are different types of leadership styles and which work in your organisation? What types of behaviour should you stimulate in yourself and amongst your employees and how can you influence these?
Learning the in’s-and-out’s of social networks
Diffusing the innovation vision and getting support for it requires help from other (in)formal leaders within the organisation.
You will learn the importance of these (in)formal leaders and the social networks that they have. Furthermore, you will learn how to identify, connect, stimulate and develipp these leaders and social networks to use these in developing the innovation capability.
Building the innovation dialogue
Innovation inherently is a difficult subject to understand, as it is different compared to the other traditional fields of business. As such, the imporatance of building an inn a common innovation dialogue is crucial within the organisation, as it allows both the top and the bottom to contribute to realising the innovation vision.
During the programme, you’ll learn to unravel your innovation vision into concrete terms and language to allow innovation to become ‘explainable’. What are we working on, why is it important and how can to explain the impact that our innovation makes?
Programme Impact
Practicalities
Dr. Ferdinand Jaspers
Programme DirectorFerdinand Jaspers is programme director at the Erasmus Centre for Entrepreneurship. His teaching and consultancy activities focus on innovation leadership. Based on his expertise at the intersection of strategy, innovation and entrepreneurship, he teaches courses, masterclasses and boot camps on corporate entrepreneurship, innovation excellence and entrepreneurial culture. He holds a PhD from RSM.
Prof. Dr. Justin Jansen
Professor Corporate EntrepreneurshipJustin Jansen is professor of corporate entrepreneurship at RSM. His award-winning research and publications provide new perspectives into the roles of leadership, start-ups, organisational ambidexterity, corporate entrepreneurship, and new developments to improve long-term viability and performance. Justin is scientific director of the Erasmus Centre for Entrepreneurship, and is on the editorial board of several academic publications.
Prof. Dr. Tom Mom
Professor Strategic Growth & ImplementationProf. Tom J.M. Mom is a professor of Strategic Growth and Implementation in the department of Strategic Management & Entrepreneurship at RSM. His research interests include new business development & corporate growth, ambidexterity, strategic renewal, and strategy execution.
This programme is specially designed for (innovation) professionals that have experience with demonstrating internal entrepreneurship. Participants have experience with innovation, strategic renewal and/or (digital) transformation projects and want to elevate both themselves and their organisation (200 FTE>) from any disciplines to the next level.
Roles that these professionals fulfill are for example:
- Innovation professional or business developer
- Innovation leader
- Intrapreneur
- Coach of innovation teams
- Manager of innovation programmes and initiatives
- HR professional for innovation
- Chief Innovation Officer
- Digital Transformation professional
Who can participate in this programme?
The Innovation Processes and Governance Systems module consists of three days in class. Next to these in-class days, there will be some preparatory work for before the start of the module and optional webinars. Furthermore, the participants may opt to develop and execute their own Real-life Impact Project during the programme with coaching from top academics and industry-leading practitioners.
How much time will I need to spend on this programme?
The study load of the programme will mostly be during the three days on campus, combined with the preparatory work and optional webinars. This is because you will be working on your Real-Life Impact Project which allows you to use the days on campus to gain a theoretical and practical foundation, which you directly apply to the project.
What is the maximum number of participants that can join the programme?
The limit amount of participants is 15 as we seek for a highly interactive learning environment. On average most modules will have 10 participants.
Where will the programme take place?
All in-class modules takes place at the Erasmus Centre for Entrepreneurship in the centre of Rotterdam.
Sessions start at 09:00, but you can join us each morning from 08:30 for a light breakfast. The day ends at ~17:30. The programme has one day with a late finish at ~20:00, which includes dinner.
Rotterdam Science Tower, 10th floor
Marconistraat 16
3029 AK Rotterdam.
What is the fee for participating in this programme?
€ 3,500 (excl. 21% VAT) for the programme which contains; a personal academic and practitioner coach throughout your Real-life Impact Project; the ECE Entrepreneurship Scan; preparatory webinars and quizzes; graduation conference (in case you follow the entire programme), course book & materials, lunches, dinners, social activities.
Our Terms and Conditions Study Programmes apply when you register for an open programme. Please review them to learn more about our policies for cancellation, deferral and substitution.
What kind of certification will I receive when I graduate from this programme?
After completion of a single module you will receive a proof of participation for that module.
Participants who follow the entire Leading Innovation Excellence Programme, will receive a certificate from the Erasmus Centre for Entrepreneurship, Erasmus University Rotterdam, if they comply with the certification requirements;
A participant must – within two years – successfully complete:
- All four modules;
- ECE Entrepreneurship Scan;
- Personal Real-life Impact Project;
- Case Exam;
- A Personal Learning Plan;
- A published Opinion Piece.
In what language will the programme be held?
All the programmes will be facilitated in English. The only exception is the first programme for public organisations specifically, which will be facilitated in Dutch.
About us
Erasmus Centre for Entrepreneurship
The Erasmus Centre for Entrepreneurship is the leading centre for entrepreneurship in Europe with the mission to embed entrepreneurship into the DNA of people to drive innovation excellence. The Erasmus Centre for Entrepreneurship is part of the Rotterdam School of Management (RSM), Erasmus University Rotterdam. The RSM belongs to the top 1% of business schools world-wide to be awarded the Triple Crown Accreditation, which is awarded by the three largest and most influential school accreditation organisations world-wide. (AACSB, AMBA, EQUIS).
We stimulate entrepreneurial behaviour by using the renowned faculty of the RSM to teach educational courses on Bachelor, Master and MBA level through our various open and customised programmes. Our executive programmes are tailored to helping large organisations increase their level of innovation excellence.
