Innovation Culture and Entrepreneurship
A five-day applied programme that builds an innovation culture and entrepreneurial thinking among supervisory and executive staff, helping them spot improvement opportunities, develop ideas and turn them into workable initiatives.
Delivered in Arabic at a 4/5 star hotel in Kuwait. Dates are arranged on request throughout 2026-2027.
Learning Outcomes
- Distinguish creativity, invention, innovation and entrepreneurship, and build an innovative mindset.
- Use design thinking to understand beneficiaries and frame real workplace challenges.
- Generate and select ideas with creative-thinking techniques such as SCAMPER and Lotus Blossom.
- Apply entrepreneurial thinking, business models, prototyping and solution testing.
- Turn ideas into initiatives with clear action plans, responsibilities and KPIs.
Course Outline
- Day 1 - Innovation culture and entrepreneurial thinking: the innovative mindset, breaking assumptions and the role of supervisors in enabling staff.
- Day 2 - Discovering opportunities and defining challenges: the five stages of design thinking, empathy and beneficiary journeys, root-cause analysis and an AI-assisted opportunity lab.
- Day 3 - Generating innovative ideas and solutions: brainstorming, SCAMPER, Lotus Blossom, Zwicky box and the impact-effort matrix.
- Day 4 - Entrepreneurship and models for turning ideas into value: business models, prototypes and testing.
- Day 5 - Building innovative initiatives and an implementation plan with responsibilities and performance indicators.
Location
Courses may be conducted at one of the following hotels in Kuwait:
- Hilton Garden Inn Kuwait – The Avenues
- Hilton Kuwait Resort – Mangaf
- Jumeirah Messilah Beach Hotel & Spa
- Radisson Blu Hotel Kuwait
Or at the client’s premises.
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