An Intensive 5-day Training Course

Open Innovation for Leaders

INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE

Innovation today is no longer confined within the walls of an organization. To stay competitive in a VUCA world—one defined by volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity—leaders must go beyond traditional frameworks and embrace open innovation. This means leveraging not only internal talent but also tapping into external ecosystems, including partners, suppliers, startups, and research institutions.

This Open Innovation for Leaders training course is designed for forward-thinking executives tasked with shaping the future of their business while managing present-day operations. Participants will explore open innovation frameworks, assess strategic and tactical approaches, and develop the skills needed to lead innovation initiatives that harness both internal and external capabilities.

This Open Innovation for Leaders training course will highlight:

  • Align innovation with strategic organizational needs and market positioning
  • Explore innovation horizons, value networks, and the open innovation lifecycle
  • Master engagement strategies with external collaborators, from ideation to partnership
  • Learn how to manage risk and failure while fostering a culture of creativity
  • Build actionable innovation roadmaps that lead to measurable impact

COURSE DETAILS

Objectives Icon

OBJECTIVES

By the end of this Open Innovation for Leaders training course, participants will be able to:

  • Apply strategic analysis tools to identify innovation opportunities
  • Engage confidently in high-level discussions on open innovation strategy
  • Cultivate a workplace culture that supports creativity, experimentation, and collaboration
  • Build and manage external partnerships for innovation success
  • Design and lead open innovative initiatives within their organization
Methodology Icon

TRAINING METHODOLOGY

This training course is designed for active and motivated senior executives, who are willing to contribute to business debate, and bring their own thoughts to discussions on challenges and opportunities of modern organisational change and innovation. This is a collegiate environment, mixing a relaxed atmosphere with challenging intellectual content. The training course will blend workshop formats that will stimulate and stretch participants, including (but not limited to); formal training course style presentations, structured discussions, informal debates, along with solo work and group exercises. Workshops will use a mix of printed material, slides, activities and videos.

Organizational Impact Icon

ORGANISATIONAL IMPACT

Organizations sending delegates to this training course will benefit through:

  • Increased leadership capacity to drive innovation strategy and transformation
  • Enhanced ability to identify and manage external innovation sources
  • Stronger alignment between business objectives and innovation initiatives
  • Broader organizational culture of agility, collaboration, and calculated risk-taking
  • Higher returns from partnerships, co-creation models, and idea networks
  • Accelerated development of innovative products, services, and business models
Personal Impact Icon

PERSONAL IMPACT

Participants will gain:

  • A strong foundation in open innovation frameworks and leadership techniques
  • Confidence to lead innovative discussions at executive and strategic levels
  • New skills in stakeholder engagement and managing innovative ecosystems
  • Insights from global best practices and multi-industry case studies
  • A professional network of peers facing similar innovation challenges
  • Greater value in their current leadership role and future career trajectory
Target Audience Icon

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

This training course is relevant for any manager or executive who is tasked now or is expected to be involved in the future with projects that require innovation, business and service development and organisational change. Participants could attend from across the organisation, as innovation impacts not just strategic planning, marketing and business development, but units such as operations, human resources, finance and legal. 

This KC Academy Open Innovation for Leaders training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

  • General Managers and Executives responsible for leading innovation & change
  • Project Managers
  • Business Development Managers
  • Business Unit Leaders and Commercial Managers
  • Marketing Managers (Product and Service Managers)
  • Relationship, Partnership and Contract Managers

DAILY AGENDA

Day 1: Marketing Strategy
  • Introduction
  • VUCA challenge 2020’s: Volatile, Uncertain, Chaotic and Ambiguous
  • Organisational changes, cultural challenges & technology rules
  • Strategic awareness: Sensing and responding
  • Environmental scanning: The classic tools of strategic conversation
  • Context and perspective: Tuning in your radar.
Day 2: Innovation Management
  • The need for innovation and change – global, local, personal
  • Innovation theories and plans
  • Understanding innovation horizons
  • Understanding the red and blue oceans
  • Business canvas part 1: Challenging the business model
Day 3: Partnership Management
  • Principles of adaptive leadership – Managing internal and external relations
  • Open innovation – Industries & loose connections to networks & alliances
  • Relationship objectives: From scanning to prospecting
  • Relationship development: From cold contact to simple steps
  • Relationship management: Measuring valuable relationships
  • Relationship map part one: Identifying value and opportunity
Day 4: Creativity and Risk
  • Creative culture – Connecting and collaboration
  • Creative culture – Conflict and change
  • Design thinking – Discovery, testing, learning and agile methods
  • Risk and creativity – Failing quickly and encouraging experiments
  • Open innovation – Your organisational thinking
Day 5: Practical Steps
  • Open innovation – Your opportunities and challenges
  • Business canvas part two: Changing the business model
  • Relationship map part two: SWOT and TOWS
  • Leading positive change – Stop, start and keep
  • Final discussion
Objectives Icon

Certificate

On successful completion of this training course, KC ACademy Certificate will be awarded to the delegates.

RELATED CATEGORIES

OTHER TRAINING COURSES

YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED AS WELL…

CLASSROOM

Certificate in Business Acumen

03-07 Nov 2025
Dubai, UAE
CLASSROOM

The Tech-Savvy Administrator: Incorporating AI for Efficiency and Innovation

13-17 Jul 2025
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
CLASSROOM

Warehouse Operations and Management

17-21 Aug 2025
Dubai, UAE
CLASSROOM

Warehouse & Stores Management

21-25 Jul 2025
Istanbul, Turkey
CLASSROOM

Best Practices for Optimizing Warehouse Safety

13-17 Oct 2025
Dubai, UAE
CLASSROOM

Mastering Contract Management and Administration

01-05 Sep 2025
Dubai, UAE
CLASSROOM

Advanced Key Account Management (Public Sales)

04-08 Aug 2025
Barcelona, Spain
CLASSROOM

Safety Audit & Site Inspection

14-18 Jul 2025
Dubai, UAE
CLASSROOM

The 10-Day MBA for Oil and Gas Professionals

18-29 Aug 2025
London, United Kingdom
CLASSROOM

Strategic Thinking and Planning for Optimum Success

14-18 Jul 2025
Houston, USA

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

This FAQ section provides quick answers to the most common questions about our services, procedures, and policies. We aim to make your experience with us as straightforward as possible. For further assistance, our support team is ready to help.

Are there prerequisites or language requirements? +
How many students are in a course? Who will be my classmates? +
Do I need specific equipment to take Online Courses? +
How can I register? +

READY TO GET STARTED?

Connect with our team to learn more about our customised learning and development solutions.

SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER

Stay up to date with our latest insights on leadership, strategy and other topics that are relevant to your business. No spam, great content.