WINV050 - Workplace Innovation: Strategy and Culture

Course Description

Organizations often identify innovation as a critical strategic objective, yet struggle to achieve it because it is not supported by their organizational culture. This course guides you through an exploration of what a healthy focus on strategy and culture might look like, and how it can support workplace innovation. Based on the final course in the Graduate Certificate in Workplace Innovation at Royal Roads University, this workshop provides an overview of the concepts and activities that are part of the nine-week online program.

Course Outline

• Explore the complex relationship between strategy and culture and how the two need to work together to create truly innovative organizations

• Consider non-traditional approaches to strategy development

• Assess your organization’s innovation culture

• Identify how to promote innovation in your organization by considering the current strategy and culture

Notes

There are two other courses in the Workplace Innovation series. For more information visit: Cultivating Creative Confidence and Competence Innovation Tools and Processes. Learn more about the 6-month Graduate Certificate in Workplace Innovation.