When specialised innovation teams is unclear, people default to protecting their own function. Managers are promoted for competence and then judged on the organisational leadership discipline, which nobody trained them for. Moving this strand of organisational leadership from written policy into daily practice is not achieved by a single decision. Participants gain a realistic view of what specialised innovation teams costs and what it returns. It suits anyone whose decisions touch the organisational leadership capability, in large organisations and small ones alike. The course gives participants a defensible structure for the organisational leadership discipline and the judgement to adapt it. Comparative studies of specialised innovation teams across sectors find the same handful of failure points recurring. Sessions alternate between guided analysis of this area of organisational leadership and supervised application. The final module sets out how progress on the wider organisational leadership agenda will be evidenced six months later.
Expected Learning Outcomes
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Integrate specialised innovation teams into existing management routines rather than running it separately.
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Test the organisation's response to specialised innovation teams under conditions that are less than ideal.
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Hold difficult conversations about specialised innovation teams early, while they are still small.
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Review your own performance on specialised innovation teams as rigorously as you review others'.
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Set standards on specialised innovation teams and apply them consistently regardless of who is involved.
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Read the informal dynamics that determine whether specialised innovation teams actually moves.
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Communicate the purpose of specialised innovation teams to those who have to comply with it.
Who Should Attend
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Founders and owner-managers formalising specialised innovation teams as the organisation grows.
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Officers preparing reports on specialised innovation teams for boards or oversight committees.
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Public sector managers applying specialised innovation teams within institutional constraints.
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High-potential staff being prepared for wider responsibility for specialised innovation teams.
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Technical staff being prepared for supervisory responsibility over specialised innovation teams.
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Managers of geographically distributed teams handling specialised innovation teams.
Course Modules
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Specialised innovation teams: influence across functions you do not control
2 sessions · 8 points
Session 1Showing that specialised innovation teams changed something measurable
Compare the cost of specialised innovation teams with the cost of its absence.
Set escalation thresholds for specialised innovation teams that work out of hours.
Agree the indicators that will show whether specialised innovation teams is improving.
Write down the reasoning behind your position on specialised innovation teams.
Session 2The decisions in specialised innovation teams that cannot be delegated
Identify your successor for specialised innovation teams and the gap they need to close.
Assess the workload specialised innovation teams adds and what you will remove to make room.
Establish who is informed, consulted and accountable in specialised innovation teams.
