How can I get others to listen to bold new ideas? How can I make innovation a corporate strategy?
Innovation is too important to be left to chance. Get on course to make it part of your organization’s culture.
DATES:
November 9-10, 2009
COST:
$1,800
Includes tuition, books, instructional materials, continental breakfast, and lunch.
REGISTRATION:
Register online >
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:
- How organizational and technical forces interact to nurture or stifle innovative ideas
- Why best practices of organizations with innovation cultures succeed
- How to benchmark innovation in your organization
- How to develop an innovation strategy
- How to get new ideas heard, accepted, and implemented
FORMAT:
Two-day program
Classes run from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Owen Graduate School of Management, unless otherwise noted.
INSTRUCTOR:
Professor David A. Owens serves on the faculty at the Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management. Specializing in strategy, innovation and product development, Owens also delivers executive education programs and consulting services to a wide range of clients around the world. Owens’ research has been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, London Guardian and San Jose Mercury News, as well as on NPR’s Marketplace. A dynamic educator, Professor Owens consistently receives top teaching ratings and awards from students in his executive programs and at Vanderbilt University.
His prior education and consulting work in the area of business strategy, innovation process and product development have included engagements with NASA, LEGO, Bristol-Meyers Squibb, Gibson Music, Sygen International, OrangeUK, Alcatel, Tetra Pak, and the Tennessee Valley Authority among others. He has also performed product design consulting work for a variety of firms including Daimler Benz, Apple Computer, Coleman Camping, Corning World Kitchen, Steelcase and IDEO. Most recently, while on leave from Vanderbilt University, Owens served as CEO of Griffin Technology Inc., the largest consumer electronics firm in the MP3/iPod accessory market space.
Owens earned his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management through a joint fellowship program between the Graduate School of Business and the School of Engineering at Stanford University. He also holds an M.S. in Engineering Product Design and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford.
