Innovation
Courses tagged with "Innovation"
Sustainable Innovation: How Organisations Can Create Sustainable Innovation Projects
This course investigates the principles and practices of sustainable innovation, concentrating on how businesses and organisations can develop and implement innovative solutions that address environmental, social, and economic challenges. Participants will analyse case studies, engage in inventive problem-solving, and create a sustainable innovation project.
Completing this course will equip you to:
- Learn the basics of sustainable innovation
- Understand eco-innovation and social innovation
- Get familiar with how to scale sustainable innovations
- Understand how to use Open Data and services towards a sustainable digital transformation
- Evaluate and be able to apply related methodologies for sustainable innovations

- Managers
- Business owners
- Entrepreneurs
- Students
- Teacher: Kostas Dellis
- Teacher: Panagiota Koltsida
- Teacher: Lydia Papadaki
- Enrolled students: 3
Intellectual Capital and Change Management for Digital Transformation and Sustainability
In a society increasingly dominated by digital transformation and the pressures resulting from the imperative of sustainability, markets have become more competitive and forced organisations to become more resilient and to engage in permanent change. The aim is to provide competences to managers, consultants, and entrepreneurs to manage change through the management of intellectual capital as drivers of competitiveness and sustainability.
Completing this course will equip you to:
- Understand the importance of managing intellectual capital in a digital context as a driving factor for innovation, competitiveness, and sustainability
- Identify the key elements involved in intellectual capital
- Finding out the factors that are responsible for enhancing the business value and sustainability of organisations
- Apply intellectual capital management concepts in the context of change management
- Develop a strategic plan to improve the organisational management of intellectual capital

- Managers responsible for the implementation of strategic organisational change and sustainability
- Consultants in management and organisational change
- Entrepreneurs and startup managers who wish to develop sustainable business models
- Teacher: Carolina Marques
- Teacher: Florinda Matos
- Enrolled students: 4
Driving Sustainable Growth with Innovation Capital
The course aims to provide participants with the knowledge and skills necessary to fully realise the strategic potential of managing intellectual capital and innovation within their organisations and drive sustainable growth. Participants will be able to evaluate the ROI of investing in R&D&I and align innovation capital with organisational objectives and the business plan. This course includes live online training sessions where participants will interactively work on given assignments.
Completing this course will equip you to:
- Explain the relationship between innovation capital and the other components of intellectual capital
- Examine how different types of innovations can be integrated into various business models
- Propose activities to align innovation capital with organisational objectives and the business plan and drive sustainable growth
- Evaluate the effects and ROI of investing in R&D&I on organisational performance with appropriate metrics for quantifying innovation capital.

Senior executives, managers, innovation leaders, R&D managers, entrepreneurs, and professionals seeking to advance their understanding of innovation capital management and wish to innovate responsibly and sustainably.
- Teacher: Rhonda Bowen
- Teacher: Ana Tomik
- Teacher: Slavica Trajkovska
- Enrolled students: There are no students enrolled in this course.
Organisational Capital
The course aims to understand how effectively managing organisational capital is crucial for organisations looking to thrive in a rapidly changing business environment. Participants will involve a combination of strategic planning and commitment to fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement. These assets are not physical in nature but play a crucial role in the organisation's success, contributing to efficiency, productivity, and competitive advantage.
Completing this course will equip you to:
- Explain the elements of the organisational capital
- Discuss the importance of organisational capital and the need to manage it strategically
- Relate organisational capital and financial management
- Design activities and action plans for organisational learning
- Develop an organisational capital strategy adapted to your organisation

- SMEs managers
- HR managers
- Students of Business and related fields
- Teacher: Carolina Marques
- Teacher: Florinda Matos
- Teacher: Nuno Matos
- Enrolled students: 2
Introduction to Learning Organisations
Learning organisations are those that encourage and facilitate continuous learning, innovation, and adaptability among their employees, ultimately leading to improved performance and competitiveness. This introductory course aims to introduce participants to the basic concepts of organisational learning and its importance in the context of organisational development and change.
Completing this course will equip you to:
- Identify the pillars of a learning organisation
- Understand the advantages and constraints of the implementation of learning organisation culture
- Discuss the role of leadership in changing cultures
- Understand the strategies for measuring and maintaining the learning culture

- Managers
- Business owners
- Entrepreneurs
- Students
- Teacher: Rhonda Bowen
- Teacher: Isabel Flores
- Teacher: Florinda Matos
- Teacher: Ana Tomik
- Enrolled students: 5
Unlock Your Potential as a Sustainability Leader
This course is open to all who want to explore their capacity to lead, unlocking the potential of their leadership style. Participants will be able to explore the topics of ethical and purpose-driven leadership while gaining insights into emotional intelligence and spiritual capital. Added value from this course is the opportunity to put the learning into daily practice in a personal action learning project and participate in a research project working with professionals from other organisations.
Completing this course will equip you to:
- Discuss the importance and power of sustainability leadership
- Explain the role of leadership in initiating long-lasting changes in organisations
- Analyse the effects of purpose-driven leadership in nurturing the spiritual capital of the organisation
- Experiment and reflect on a set of techniques to manage your emotions at the workplace
- Adopt a leadership style with a long-lasting impact on sustainability

- Managers
- Business owners
- Entrepreneurs
- Students
- Teacher: Angelina Taneva-Veshoska
- Enrolled students: 5