Rady School of Management, UC San Diego

About the Program

Intrapreneurship means driving innovation on a consistent basis, but within an organization—it’s internal entrepreneurship. This need not entail creating the next internet or printing press 2.0 (Of course it can lead there too). Intrapreneurship means making changes within your organization that have significant impacts, even on daily interactions and processes. Even small changes will lead to improved collaboration, productivity and synergy among teams and organizations. Add up enough small changes and a sea change engulfs any community. This course focuses on how to innovate immediately, practically and consistently. More so, it focuses on risk and how taking risks can lead to transformation. Risk need not entail disruption, as individuals will learn how to innovate and take risks in ways that organizations can accept and adopt. Participants will:

  • Engage in interactive exercises that stimulate innovation
  • Learn different types of innovation
  • Overcome fears and take risks to create positive change—and eventual transformation

Course Outline

Embracing Innovation

  • Innovation in the Workplace: More Than Just Fancy Jargon
  • Vision vs. Reality
  • It’s Your Baby
  • When to Abandon Your Brainchildr

Buy‐In and Ownership

  • Create Value, Not Products
  • The Audience and You: What’s in it for Them?
  • Addressing Egos: Yours and Others’

The Way You Think

  • Think and Act Off‐the‐Cuff
  • Systems Thinking

Initiative and Risk‐Taking

  • The Pros and Cons of Taking Initiative
  • Risks and Rewards

Success from Failure

  • How to Deal with Failure
  • Receiving Feedback: Learning from Your Mistakes

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Details

April 26-27, 2013
9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Location: UC San Diego
Rady School of Management

$1200 Participant Registration
$25 due at time of seat reservation.
Remaining $1175 due prior to start of class.
(Includes tuition, course materials, parking and breakfast.)

CEU's awarded: 1.2
Course Number: LEAD 321

Program Consultant

Jill Rosenow
858.246.0959
jrosenow@ucsd.edu


"This program was so valuable and after a few days back in the office, I have noticed myself consciously applying some of the things I learned last week. It was a great course!!"

  • - Ryan Seals
      Employers Group

Faculty

Vu Pham, Ph.D. works with dozens of organizations at the Fortune 500 level. Previously, he held Research Fellow positions through the University of California Office of the President and the Paul Merage School of Business at UC Irvine. He completed his degree from Cornell University and has a book entitled, Impressive First Impressions: The Most Important 30 Seconds (And 30 Years) of Your Career. His work has been featured on national and international multimedia venues, such as CNN, MSNBC, the Associated Press, Voice of America, The Los Angeles Times, KSCI International Television, Diversity, Inc. and Strategic Innovators. He has given numerous keynote speeches internationally, and has written for both academic and mainstream publications.