This CPD Accredited immersive, practical training programme equips participants with the tools, mindset, and structured methods required to drive innovation within their organisation.

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Format

In Person Course

Dates

TBC

Location

Scottish Engineering, Glasgow

Duration

Hours
Member Price

£234 inc. VAT

Non Member Price

£292.50 inc. VAT

Innovation Training  

This immersive, practical training programme equips participants with the tools, mindset, and structured methods required to drive innovation within their organisation. Blending design thinking, creative ideation tools, stakeholder engagement and prioritisation techniques, the session builds both capability and confidence to take an idea from initial insight through to delivery. 

Participants will explore desirability, feasibility, and viability, and learn how to apply structured innovation frameworks to real business challenges. Activities are hands‑on, collaborative, and designed to stimulate creativity while maintaining a clear link to business strategy. 

Learning Objectives

Understand the Principles of Innovation 

  • Define innovation and recognise its strategic business value. 
  • Identify barriers to innovation and how to overcome them. 
  • Understand the innovation journey from insight to implementation. 

Apply Design Thinking Concepts 

  • Explore user needs, trends, and expectations. 
  • Build insights using the Point of View (PoV) method. 
  • Frame challenges through effective “How Might We…?” questions. 

Use Proven Ideation Methods 

Practise structured ideation tools including:  
  • Hopes & Fears 
  • Brainstorming rules 
  • 6‑3‑5 ideation technique (108 ideas in 30 minutes) 
  • SCAMPER 
  • Affinity diagramming 
  • Multi‑voting prioritisation 

Evaluate and Score Innovation Opportunities

Apply scoring methods such as:  
  • Opportunity matrices 
  • Real–Win–Worth (RWW) 
  • Feasibility and capability assessments 
  • Readiness levels (TRL, DRL, MRL, BRL, CRL) 

Navigate Stakeholder Engagement & Project Delivery

  • Identify and influence key stakeholders.
  • Understand stakeholder roles in innovation (expert, translator, agitator, spark plug, novice, acrobat). 
  • Use project governance tools to support delivery (Gantt, SMART goals, Hoshin X‑matrix). 
  • Recognise different project types (painting by numbers, making a movie, being on a quest, lost in the fog) and how to manage them. 

Course Structure 

A full-day programme typically includes: 
  • Need for Innovation
  • Innovation Journey and Design Thinking Foundations
  • Practical Ideation Tools
  • Evaluating Opportunities
  • Stakeholders and Innovation Delivery
  • Next Steps

Your Instructors

Eric Boinard
Net Zero Project Lead

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   Where to find us   

Scottish Engineering

105 West George Street
Glasgow
Scotland
G2 1QL

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