“The innovation funnel gave us a way to say no to ideas without it being personal. That alone was worth it.”
NNils E.
Norway★★★★★
Norway★★★★★Innovation Management Program
Four short courses covering how organizations generate ideas and turn them into value — innovation, digital transformation, design thinking, and the change that follows. Finish all four and the program certificate is issued automatically.How organizations turn ideas into value, in four short courses.
4 coursesany order
2h eachself-paced
Introductoryno prerequisites
100% onlineany device
Lifetimenever expires
Certificatefree · automatic
How to turn ideas into real products,
in four short courses
Innovation gets treated as a lucky spark. In practice it is a discipline — a repeatable way of finding opportunities and moving the strongest ones forward. This program covers that discipline in around eight hours, online and entirely at your own pace.Innovation is treated as luck, but it is a discipline. This program covers it in around eight hours.
By the end you can run an idea through a funnel rather than a hunch, use design thinking to start from the person rather than the product, and tell the difference between an innovation worth funding and one that just sounds exciting.By the end you can run an idea through a funnel rather than a hunch, and start from the person rather than the product.
Who this program is for
- Anyone curious about how new products and ideas actually come about, whatever their background.
- People starting out, or changing direction, who want a foundation to build a career on.
- Teams and founders who need ideas to arrive on purpose rather than by accident.
The later courses deal with what innovation does to an organization: the digital shift that reshapes how work happens, and the change management needed so that a good idea survives contact with the people who have to adopt it.The later courses cover what innovation does to an organization — and how to make a good idea survive contact with it.
And none of it is abstract: every method arrives attached to a company that used it, so you learn not only what a tool is but when it is worth reaching for.And none of it is abstract: every method comes attached to a company that used it.
Why this matters
2nd
most important core skill for workers today is creative thinking — innovation has become a baseline business capability rather than a nice-to-have.
Source: World Economic Forum, Future of Jobs ReportThere is nothing to apply for, no cohort to join, and no schedule to keep up with. You decide which of the four courses to take first and when, you can buy them one at a time or all together, and the program completes itself the moment the last one is done. Every course you finish counts towards it, with no time limit.
The four courses of this program follow an idea all the way through: where it comes from, how it is shaped, what technology does to it, and how an organization absorbs it.
Innovation Management sets the frame: types of innovation, the innovation funnel from ideation to commercialization, open versus closed models, and how to measure whether any of it is working — with the innovator’s dilemma and the three horizons of growth as the backbone.
Digital Transformation covers the shift that reshapes how organizations operate rather than just what they sell — what actually changes, what gets in the way, and why so many transformations stall at the pilot stage.
Design Thinking flips the starting point from the product to the person: empathy, problem definition, ideation, prototyping and testing, taught as a loop you can run on a real problem rather than a theory to admire.
Change Management closes the program with the reason good ideas fail. Innovation changes how people work, and people resist being changed — this covers how to introduce that disruption so it holds.
The curriculum
The four courses that
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When you finish all four
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- 4 course certificatesone for every course you complete
- 1 signed letter of confirmationlists each course with the score you achieved
- 1 Innovation Management program certificatefree, once all four are complete
4 courses × US$1212 €£12CHF 12SAR 45AED 44₹1,140₱760Rp215.000EGP 640MAD 118MX$220R200R$61Rs 3,300₦16,000₺590QAR 44US$120120 €£120CHF 120SAR 450AED 441₹11,400₱7,560Rp2.151.000EGP 6,420MAD 1,181MX$2,220R1,980R$606Rs 33,200₦159,600₺5.930QAR 437US$4848 €£48CHF 48SAR 180AED 176₹4,560₱3,030Rp861.000EGP 2,570MAD 473MX$890R790R$242Rs 13,300₦63,800₺2.370QAR 175
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Total−60%US$4848 €£48CHF 48SAR 180AED 176₹4,560₱3,030Rp861.000EGP 2,570MAD 473MX$890R790R$242Rs 13,300₦63,800₺2.370QAR 175
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Issued in your name, automatically, once all four courses are complete.
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Ratings & feedback
Rated 4.7/5.0 by our users
The average rating across the four courses of this program.
“Design thinking was the standout. Starting from the user instead of the feature changed how our team runs workshops.”
AAyla D.
Turkey★★★★★
Turkey★★★★★“Concise and practical. Four short courses and I came away with methods rather than inspiration.”
PPaulo R.
Portugal★★★★★
Portugal★★★★★“The change management course explains why our last rollout failed. I wish I had taken it a year earlier.”
MMeera J.
India★★★★★
India★★★★★“Good pacing, real examples, no jargon for its own sake. Finished it across two evenings and a Sunday.”
TTom W.
United Kingdom★★★★★
United Kingdom★★★★★“A strong introduction. I would have liked more on funding and portfolio decisions, but the fundamentals are solid.”
CChen L.
Singapore★★★★☆
Singapore★★★★☆“I took it out of curiosity and ended up using the empathy mapping the following week.”
IInes M.
France★★★★★
France★★★★★“Clear structure and genuinely useful tools. The digital transformation course was more honest than most.”
KKofi A.
Nigeria★★★★★
Nigeria★★★★★“Innovation finally felt like something you can manage rather than wait for.”
SSofia B.
Italy★★★★★
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Frequently asked questions
Simply enroll in the individual courses that are part of this program — there is no separate program registration. When you successfully complete all four required courses, you can download your program certificate in My Programs.
You only pay for the individual courses — currently US$1212 €£12CHF 12SAR 45AED 44₹1,140₱760Rp215.000EGP 640MAD 118MX$220R200R$61Rs 3,300₦16,000₺590QAR 44 per course. The program certificate itself is free: there are no program fees, enrollment fees, or certificate fees.
No, and you do not have to buy them all at once either. The four courses can be purchased and taken individually, in any order, and at your own pace. There is no deadline — you keep lifetime access, so the program is complete whenever you finish the fourth course.
You receive the course certificate of every individual course as you complete it, plus the program certificate once all four required courses are done. All certificates are issued as digital PDF files.
IBMI holds its distance learning programs to the same high standards applied by traditional educational institutions, and this program certificate is recognized by many employers around the world as a professional certificate. We encourage you to share it on LinkedIn and your resume. Please note that IBMI does not award academic titles or degrees.
Once all required courses are complete, go to My Account → My Programs. Your Innovation Management certificate is ready to download there, alongside your individual course certificates.
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