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There are 4 modules in this course
For product leaders, creating new new products and improving existing products are imperatives for success. Maturing technologies and aging product portfolios are requiring companies to discover, develop, and deliver products that customers love. This course is focused on the first step of this journey, identifying and evaluating new product opportunities.
This course is primarily aimed at professionals who are inspired, or tasked, to develop and lead products. This include aspiring and active product managers, product designers, product developers, and others in the product arena. This course is also valuable to anyone interested in how to developing innovative ideas for new products.
We will focus on four important areas to develop and enhance your capabilities as a product leader:
• Introducing the skills for identifying and analyzing entrepreneurial ideas for new or improved products;
• Examining entrepreneurial thinking within yourself and your colleagues with an awareness of entrepreneurial mindset, entrepreneurial motivations, and entrepreneurial behaviors;
• Cultivating seeing entrepreneurially within yourself and your colleagues with attention to industry conditions, industry status, macroeconomic change, and competition; and
• Championing acting entrepreneurially within the corporate environment with an understanding of value innovation and opportunity identification.
Get acquainted with the learning experience and course format, meet the faculty, and connect with classmates from across the globe.
What's included
1 video5 readings
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1 video•Total 4 minutes
Introducing Our Course•4 minutes
5 readings•Total 15 minutes
Welcome to Developing Innovative Ideas for Product Leaders•3 minutes
Meet Dr. James V. Green•3 minutes
Connect with Your Classmates•3 minutes
Our Textbook for the Course•3 minutes
Explore the Specialization in Product Ideation, Design, and Management•3 minutes
Thinking Entrepreneurially
Module 2•5 hours to complete
Module details
Examine entrepreneurial thinking within yourself and your colleagues with an awareness of entrepreneurial mindset, entrepreneurial motivations, and entrepreneurial behaviors
What's included
17 videos12 readings3 assignments
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17 videos•Total 182 minutes
Welcome to Thinking Entrepreneurially•3 minutes
What are entrepreneurial opportunities?•12 minutes
What is strategic decision-making?•10 minutes
Why study strategic decision-making?•6 minutes
What is your decision-making style?•8 minutes
Do you have a high need for achievement?•10 minutes
How does individualism influence your decision-making?•7 minutes
Do you believe that you have control of your own destiny?•9 minutes
Are you able to effectively focus your time and resources?•9 minutes
Do friends characterize you as an optimist?•10 minutes
Do you have high self-efficacy?•16 minutes
Do you exhibit high cognitive motivation?•11 minutes
What is your tolerance for ambiguity?•16 minutes
Do you have the confidence to attempt the difficult?•8 minutes
What is your risk tolerance?•22 minutes
Are your interpersonal skills well developed?•11 minutes
Are you rich in social capital?•17 minutes
12 readings•Total 91 minutes
Welcome to Thinking Entrepreneurially•2 minutes
The Opportunity Analysis Canvas•30 minutes
Introduction to Entrepreneurial Opportunities•3 minutes
Introduction to Entrepreneurial Mindset•3 minutes
The Opportunity Analysis Canvas•20 minutes
Ideas to Action Project (Optional)•5 minutes
Introduction to Entrepreneurial Motivation•1 minute
The Opportunity Analysis Canvas•10 minutes
Ideas to Action Project (Optional)•3 minutes
Introduction to Entrepreneurial Behavior•1 minute
The Opportunity Analysis Canvas•10 minutes
Ideas to Action Project (Optional)•3 minutes
3 assignments•Total 30 minutes
Entrepreneurial Mindset Quiz•10 minutes
Entrepreneurial Motivation Quiz•10 minutes
Entrepreneurial Behavior Quiz•10 minutes
Seeing Entrepreneurially
Module 3•5 hours to complete
Module details
Cultivate seeing entrepreneurially within yourself and your colleagues with attention to industry conditions, industry status, macroeconomic change, and competition
What's included
16 videos13 readings4 assignments
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16 videos•Total 174 minutes
Welcome to Seeing Entrepreneurially•1 minute
What impact do knowledge conditions have in your industry?•17 minutes
Are the demand conditions in your industry favorable?•20 minutes
What is the lifecycle stage of your industry?•15 minutes
Is the industry capital intensive?•15 minutes
Is the industry advertising intensive?•14 minutes
Are you trying to enter a concentrated market?•5 minutes
What is the average size of a company in the industry?•12 minutes
What demographic changes are creating new market needs?•11 minutes
What psychographic changes are opportunistic?•8 minutes
What technical advancements are emerging?•11 minutes
What societal changes are presenting new opportunities?•6 minutes
What political and regulatory forces will influence the market?•9 minutes
How does the learning curve influence your success?•10 minutes
What complementary assets are critical to develop?•11 minutes
What is the reputation of your competitors?•8 minutes
13 readings•Total 61 minutes
Welcome to Seeing Entrepreneurially•3 minutes
Introduction to Industry Condition•2 minutes
The Opportunity Analysis Canvas•10 minutes
Ideas to Action Project (Optional)•3 minutes
Introduction to Industry Status•1 minute
The Opportunity Analysis Canvas•10 minutes
Ideas to Action Project (Optional)•3 minutes
Introduction to Macroeconomic Change•2 minutes
The Opportunity Analysis Canvas•10 minutes
Ideas to Action Project (Optional)•3 minutes
Introduction to Competition•1 minute
The Opportunity Analysis Canvas•10 minutes
Ideas to Action Project (Optional)•3 minutes
4 assignments•Total 40 minutes
Industry Condition Quiz•10 minutes
Industry Status Quiz•10 minutes
Macroeconomic Change Quiz•10 minutes
Competition Quiz•10 minutes
Acting Entrepreneurially
Module 4•3 hours to complete
Module details
Champion acting entrepreneurially within the corporate environment with an understanding of value innovation and opportunity identification
What's included
10 videos11 readings2 assignments
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10 videos•Total 82 minutes
Welcome to Acting Entrepreneurially•2 minutes
What is value innovation?•6 minutes
What existing factors can you eliminate?•7 minutes
Where can you reduce factors and not reduce value?•5 minutes
Which factors can you raise above competitors?•8 minutes
What new factors can you create?•6 minutes
Is the problem real?•8 minutes
Does your solution create value for your stakeholders?•10 minutes
Is your advantage superior and sustainable?•15 minutes
Can you build the right team at the right time?•16 minutes
11 readings•Total 62 minutes
Welcome to Acting Entrepreneurially•2 minutes
Introduction to Value Innovation•3 minutes
The Opportunity Analysis Canvas•10 minutes
Ideas to Action Project (Optional)•3 minutes
Introduction to Opportunity Identification•3 minutes
The Opportunity Analysis Canvas•10 minutes
The Opportunity Analysis Canvas•10 minutes
Ideas to Action Project (Optional)•3 minutes
Developing Your Opportunity Analysis Canvas•10 minutes
Congratulations!•5 minutes
Explore the Specialization in Product Ideation, Design, and Management•3 minutes
2 assignments•Total 30 minutes
Value Innovation Quiz•10 minutes
Opportunity Identification Quiz•20 minutes
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Reviewed on Jan 29, 2025
This course is very informative and provides insight of the subject.
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Reviewed on May 18, 2022
Really enjoyed this course especially the crisp and clear advice on entreperneurs which is very much relevant for organisation employees who are essentially intrapreneurs too.
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Reviewed on Apr 29, 2023
It may be old. In my point of view I guess the core concepts are never going to change.
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