Innovation Masterclass

Our innovation masterclass is designed to introduce participants to the Exponential Organizations model and create innovators of all ages.

Our innovation masterclass is designed to introduce participants to the Exponential Organizations model and create innovators of all ages. It’s proven to shift to exponential mindsets, deliver practical tools and create disruptive opportunities to empower participants in becoming professionals in transformative change in an organization.

Through a structured 8-week program, participants will receive hands-on experience in developing innovative ideas, discuss their ideas with global innovators, build connections with innovative leaders, develop important leadership skills through team coaching, and develop pitch presentation and speaking skills.

Upon successful completion of the course, participants will receive an innovation masterclass certificate and may choose to also take the OpenExO Foundations certification exam.

Course Structure

3-4 hours of class instruction/week, 4-6 hours of homework time

Week 1 - Foundations

Participants will receive an introduction to the Exponential Organizations model, learn to share their learnings, and take a test to receive the OpenExO Foundations certification

Week 2 - Consult Business Model Canvas

Participants will learn about the business model canvas and work with their business to develop the canvas giving them hands on consulting experience and develop a connection with leadership.

Week 3 - Consult ExO Canvas

Participants will provide an “Awake” session around exponential growth, change, and technology as well as provide an Exponential Quotient assessment to the business.

Week 4 - Research

The team will develop their team communications and logistics as they do research on disruptive technologies, contextual changes, new business models, and global challenges.

Participants will learn about the difference between linear and exponential thinking and the tremendous opportunities exponential organizations bring in the form of abundance.

Week 5 - Ideation

Participants will diverge into a plethora of possibilities by dreaming up potential opportunities related to the case study business. This is the week that the participants will learn to think big and develop Massive Transformative Purposes.

Week 6 - Testing

The most important part of driving forward new ideas is testing the market. As Steve Blank says, no business case survives first contact with customers.

During this week, participants will learn how to test without building. How to develop surveys and interviews, conduct interviews, and actively participate in market research and viability studies for their ideas to filter them down to the most promising ideas.

Week 7 - Pitch Development

The participants’ top 2 most viable ideas are prepared for a 5-minute investor pitch. At this point the teams will have gained a great understanding of the Exponential Organization Attributes and will be encouraged (and coached) to include the attributes as well as all of their previous research into the development of their idea pitch.

At the end of this week, the teams will present their pitch to their coaches to help them refine their pitch in preparation for their final pitch in week 8.

Week 8 - Launch

In the final week the participants will finalize their pitch and present them to leaders, investors, and disruptors. This is a great opportunity for participants to gain invaluable experience and practice with public speaking and selling their ideas.

Participants will learn to be succinct through the development of their “elevator” pitch…to get to the point fast through a compelling visual and verbal presentation.

Included in the learnings over the 8 weeks are components of the Lean Startup model to start the students on planning what time and investment would be needed to take their ideas to a Minimum Viable Product that could be tested in the market.

This is the greatest opportunity to develop strong connections with leaders through investing in participants initiatives developed over the duration of the course.

Requirements

The Innovation Masterclass program is available to groups as small as 5 and because it’s delivered online it doesn’t matter where you’re located as long as participants have access to an internet connection and a computer. The program is an intense program that will require 4-6 hours of effort each week for participants plus 2×90 minute classes during the week.

Technologies about to disrupt

Blockchain

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Nano Technology

Quantum Computing

Virtual Reality

3D Printing

Renewable Energy

Drones

Internet of Things (IoT)

Space Travel

Robotics

Autonomous Cars

Anti Aging

Bionics

Wearable Tech

Neural Machine Interface

Genetic Engineering

Energy Storage

Vertical Farming

Digital Twin

Thousands of participants from around the world

Albania
Alergia
Anguilla
Agentina
Austrailia
Austria
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
Chile

China
Columbia
Crotia
Denmark
Egypt
France
Germany
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland

India
Indonesia
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
South Korea
Lebanon
Madagascar
Mexico

Netherlands
New Zealand
Niger
Norway
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Qatar
Russia

Saudi Arabia
Singapore
South Africa
Sweden
Switzerland
Thailand
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
United States

Books to read

Start with Exponential Organizations, which lays out the attributes shared by the world’s fastest-growing companies.

Salim Ismail, OpenExO

Continue with The Fourth Industrial Revolution, which lays out the economic affects disruptive technology will do on a global scale.

Klaus Schwab, World Economic Forum

Finally read The Future is Faster Than You Think, which provides a futurist view of what the future may look like with all this new technology hitting the market.

Peter Diamandis, Singularity University and XPrize