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The Developing Agile Innovation Capabilities program gives you a 360-degree view of innovation and service design. It supports developing an innovative mindset and a service design culture in your organization.
The program offers you practical tools and frameworks for designing new innovative products and services. It will teach how to combine analytical and creative thinking systematically for the best results.
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The learning path consists of three online courses that are also available as stand-alone courses: Service Management, Design Thinking, and Innovation Leadership.
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By completing the program, you will get an Aalto EE Developing Agile Innovation Capabilities certificate worth 1.5 ECTS. |
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This course provides a toolbox to understand better and analyze recent service management developments. You will understand how to assess and optimize service quality and the future role of artificial intelligence in service, design effective service recovery measures, integrate customers and technology in service delivery, and develop hybrid offerings in business markets.
The course walks you through the human-centric process of Design Thinking and gives you the best tools for all phases. You will learn to systematically combine analytical and creative thinking for the best business results. You will gain a coherent understanding of this human-centric approach to innovation, its process and tools, and receive the latest academic viewpoints as well as many practical, real-world examples and tacit knowledge on how best to apply it.
The central concept of this course is that Innovation Leadership is not just for start-ups. It is a mindset and a set of practices adopted by small and large organizations to address today’s increasingly complex business problems. The course builds fundamentally on Lean Start-up methodologies and frameworks that highlight the three key concepts of a) systematic innovation, b) exploration vs. execution projects, and c) entrepreneurial management.
The program is targeted to business leaders and experts responsible for creating and growing new products or services and applying design thinking and innovation tools in development processes.
The program consists of three online courses focusing on Service Management, Design Thinking, and Innovation Leadership. During the Design Thinking course, you are introduced to a Design Thinking Workbook with practical tools and templates for real business challenges.
The program allows flexible study patterns; you can decide on your schedule and the speed of your progress. The program duration is approximately 12–18 weeks following the recommended 4–5 hours weekly study schedule.
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March 17, 2023
Schedule March 17, 2023
Location Aalto University Töölö, Helsinki
Generative AI is a major technological revolution that promises to supercharge productivity. This coming change has been most vividly illustrated by ChatGPT, the OpenAI’s chatbot service that can respond to prompts as well as proofread, summarize, and expand on a given text.
Fee: € 550 (+ VAT)
March 20 – September 29, 2023
Schedule March 20 – September 29, 2023
Location Aalto University Töölö, Helsinki, Finland
The program enables you to find people-centric, inclusive, and innovative ways of defining and enhancing employee experience. You will have a chance to try different design methods and approaches in practice whilst working on your own development project.
Fee: € 3,900 (+VAT)
May 2 – June 14, 2023
Schedule May 2 – June 14, 2023
Location Aalto University Töölö, Helsinki, Finland and Live online
Frequency Multiple times a year
The program gives service developers a comprehensive understanding of the human-centered approach to service design. You will focus on the stages of the design process of service design and go through methods suitable for customer-oriented development. The program is held in Finnish.
Fee: € 3,100 (+VAT)
May 5 – September 8, 2023
The program focuses on enhancing your strategic HR leadership skills and competencies in a rapidly changing and evolving environment.
Fee: € 7,800 (+ VAT)
September 26 – November 16, 2023
Schedule September 26 – November 16, 2023
Location Aalto University Töölö, Helsinki, Finland and Live online
Frequency Multiple times a year
The program gives service developers a comprehensive understanding of the human-centered approach to service design. You will focus on the stages of the design process of service design and go through methods suitable for customer-oriented development. The program is held in Finnish.
Fee: € 3,100 (+VAT)
October 26, 2023 – February 16, 2024
Schedule October 26, 2023 – February 16, 2024
Location Aalto University Töölö, Helsinki, Finland or live online
Frequency Once a year (starting in Fall)
The program is for professionals who already know the basics of service design and want to deepen their expertise in human-centric design in designing services and customer experiences. The program is held in Finnish.
Fee: € 6,825 (+ VAT)
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Location Online, Helsinki/Finland, Oslo/Norway. Palo Alto/United States
A 4-month growth camp for fast-growing technology companies who want to build capabilities to the next stage and keep on growing.
Fee: € 30,000 (+VAT) / company
Estimated Study Time: 15 hours
Schedule Estimated Study Time: 15 hours
Location Aalto Learning Experience ALEX e-learning environment: License for three (3) months starting from the order date.
A cost-effective and flexible study module offering a unique insight into the Innovation Leadership mindset and concepts. Course Language: English
Fee: € 350 (+ VAT)
Estimated Study Time: 18 hours
Schedule Estimated Study Time: 18 hours
Location Aalto Learning Experience ALEX e-learning environment: License for three (3) months starting from the order date.
A cost-effective and flexible online course offering a concise overview of Design Thinking. Course Language: English
Fee: € 350 (+VAT)
Recommended schedule: 4–5 hours per week, for 12–18 weeks
Schedule Recommended schedule: 4–5 hours per week, for 12–18 weeks
Location Online learning environment. License for 18 weeks (4.5 months) starting from the order date.
This online course gives you a 360-degree view on innovation and service design. It supports developing both an innovative mindset and a service design culture in your organization. Course Language: English
Fee: € 690 (+ VAT)
Two months in 2023
Schedule Two months in 2023
Location Aalto University Töölö, Helsinki, Finland and online
This program is the next step from the Information Visualization online course. The program is suitable for those who want a concise overview of information visualization and want to do a practical project and receive expert feedback. It focuses on making quantitative data understandable and usable. You will understand and learn to decipher visualizations and what is behind them and learn to do visualizations of your own.
Fee: € 1,650 (+ VAT)