In today’s business world, technology is changing at a fast pace and challenging companies to become more efficient and innovative so they can compete rigorously in the marketplace. The creation of new ideas leads to better services, more effective products and new technologies. The Driving Business Innovation Certificate equips business leaders with strategies to develop and foster more innovative thinking for creating products and services or implementing changes that will better meet and exceed stakeholder expectations. Participants leave with tools and techniques to enable their organization and team to innovate and execute successfully.

Earning a Driving Business Innovation Certificate requires completion of three core courses and six days of electives. The courses may be taken in any order and participants have two years to complete the requirements.

Core Courses

• Leading Innovation within Existing Organizations
• Maximizing Mental Agility to Improve Creativity
• Strategic and Business Model Innovation

Electives (choose six days)

• Advocacy: Championing Ideas and Influencing Others
• Building Engagement: What Leaders Do to Manage Talent & Build Allegiance 
• Market Validation: Know Your Markets Before You Build Your Product or Service 
• Planning the Successful Project
• Strategic Management 
• Writing Persuasive Business Proposals *(one-day course)
• Company Talk: The Language of Power and Deception *(one-day course)
• Creativity and Leadership *(one-day course)

*One-day classes are offered through the Human Dimensions of Organizations (HDO) programs. For more information, visit the Human Dimensions of Organizations (HDO) website.

To enroll online please follow the link and select the appropriate certificate program and choose at least one program date to start your certificate series. An email confirmation will be sent once received and processed.

Title:	Driving Business Innovation Certificate
DURATION:	12 days [six, two-day programs]

Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

Participants earn 1.4 CEUs or 14 CPEs for each completed course.

A certificate of completion will be presented at the end of each course. Upon completion of the certificate series, you will receive a framed Innovation Certificate from Texas Executive Education, McCombs School of Business, and a complimentary one-year membership in the Texas Exes. Texas Exes is a great way of making and keeping connections as well as receiving deals and discounts that are only available to members.