Innovation Games® Overview (2 days)
Modern product development practices, especially those that focus on innovative products and services, place great emphasis on having teams work directly with customers. This course tackles the unique challenge of implementing flexible, cost effective methods that can enable teams to develop the necessary customer understanding that will allow them to create breakthrough, innovative products and services. Through the use of case based simulations, participants will have the opportunity to play many of the games discussed in the book.
Agenda
- Discuss the background of how & why Innovation Games® were created
- Discuss how Innovation Games can fit into the product development process
- Discuss how to generally plan, play, and post-process Innovation Games
- Experience planning, playing, and post-processing several Innovation Games through the use of case studies
- Review and discuss how to implement Innovation Games within your team and broader organization
Key Learnings
- How to select the appropriate games to accomplish specific types of goals
- How to plan, play and process each of the games
- How to get the best results from the games and how to avoid common pitfalls
Class Materials
- Presentation in soft and hard copy
- A variety of handouts used to stimulate thinking and apply the materials
- Copy of Innovation Games®: Creating Breakthrough Products Through Collaborative Play
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