3-Day Intensive Course for Innovators, Strategists & Technical Leaders

3 Intense Days
7 Hours per Day (Split into two 3.5-hour sessions)

Learning Path Visual

Your journey from trendspotting to innovation strategy execution:

Day 1: Technology Trends & Innovation Mindset
Explore today’s emerging technologies — from AI and blockchain to edge computing and quantum — and learn how to adopt an innovation-driven mindset.

Day 2: Technology Scouting, Validation & Application Mapping
Discover how to evaluate tech signals, run validation pilots, and link emerging tools to business use cases using structured frameworks like TRL and Gartner Hype Cycle.

Day 3: Strategy, Ecosystem & Innovation Execution
Translate innovation into action. Build roadmaps, identify innovation partners, design pilot programs, and integrate disruptive tech into your organization’s strategy.

Course Overview

Innovation isn’t just about ideas — it’s about intelligent technology adoption.
This workshop trains professionals to identify, assess, and implement emerging technologies that create competitive advantage. From trend analysis to roadmap execution, you’ll learn how to bring innovation to life inside any organization.

You’ll leave with practical tools to lead innovation strategy, assess tech maturity, and align technical experiments with business outcomes.

You’ll learn how to:

• Monitor and evaluate trends in AI, cloud, IoT, quantum, and beyond

• Apply frameworks like TRL, Hype Cycles, and diffusion models to new technologies

• Identify high-potential use cases and prioritize strategic investments

• Design and manage pilot programs for testing emerging tech

• Build innovation ecosystems and partnerships

• Translate disruptive trends into competitive digital strategies

This course is ideal for innovation managers, digital transformation leads, R&D teams, and tech-savvy business strategists.

What’s Inside Each Day

Day 1 — Technology Trends & Innovation Mindset

• The technology S-curve and diffusion of innovation

• Deep dive: AI, edge computing, metaverse, quantum, generative design, robotics

• Gartner Hype Cycle: hype vs. actual maturity

• Innovation archetypes: disruptive, incremental, sustaining

• Case studies: how real companies adopted emerging tech

• Workshop: Map technologies against your industry

Tools: Gartner Hype Cycle, World Economic Forum Tech Tracker
Focus: Trends • Exploration • Awareness

Day 2 — Scouting, Validation & Application Mapping

• Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs) and innovation risk

• Signals vs. noise: spotting what matters early

• Business model integration: lean canvas + tech evaluation

• ROI frameworks for emerging tech

• Frameworks: TRL, PESTEL, Lean Innovation Matrix

• Workshop: Prioritize 3 technologies using structured scouting

Tools: TRL Grid, Tech Radar Templates, Lean Canvas
Focus: Evaluation • Pilot Planning • Business Alignment

Day 3 — Strategy, Ecosystem & Innovation Execution

• From signal to system: creating an innovation roadmap

• Collaborating with startups, labs, and universities

• Creating pilot governance and KPI tracking

• Building innovation programs in large orgs

• Managing risk, ethics, and IP in frontier tech

• Workshop: Draft a 6-month innovation roadmap for your domain

Tools: Partner canvases, innovation playbooks, roadmap boards
Focus: Strategy • Execution • Collaboration

Course Goals

By the end of this course, you’ll be able to:

• Track and evaluate key technology trends impacting your industry

• Use maturity models and scouting techniques to assess innovation viability

• Run pilot programs that align with business value

• Build strategic innovation roadmaps and execution frameworks

• Work with partners to accelerate adoption and reduce R&D risk

• Integrate emerging tech into a broader business or transformation strategy

Who Should Take This Course?

• Innovation managers and heads of R&D

• Digital transformation leaders and CTOs

• Strategic consultants and product innovators

• Technical architects interested in frontier technologies

• Corporate intrapreneurs leading new initiatives

• Educators and researchers building tech foresight models

Class Reference: INO-010
Form Updated on: 06/17/2025 (Version 1)
Last Modified on: 06/17/2025

Program Note

Includes global trend tracker databases, TRL assessment templates, innovation roadmap templates, and startup scouting tools. No coding experience required.