{"id":172553,"date":"2024-12-18T11:46:25","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T03:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/?post_type=pd&#038;p=172553"},"modified":"2026-08-17T15:28:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T07:28:08","slug":"strategic-innovation-part-1","status":"publish","type":"pd","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/prof-development\/strategic-innovation-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Strategic innovation: Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Problem Discovery and Strategic Insight<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this course, you will learn how to move beyond surface-level assumptions and develop a deeper understanding of the challenges you are trying to solve. Through practical tools and guided frameworks, you will be able to identify what is really driving a problem, rather than simply responding to its symptoms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You will examine how to map and interpret stakeholder needs, uncover hidden pain points, and analyse the broader organisational and environmental context in which problems exist. This approach helps ensure that your solutions are not only creative, but also relevant, targeted and sustainable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By the end of the course, you will be able to confidently define problem statements that are clear, evidence-based and strategically aligned. These insights will enable you to design more effective solutions, reduce wasted effort, and increase the impact of your work across teams and organisations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whether you are working in strategy, design, innovation or leadership, this course will equip you with a critical thinking mindset that strengthens every stage of your decision-making process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This course can be taken alone, or you can also enrol for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/prof-development\/strategic-innovation-part-2\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/prof-development\/strategic-innovation-part-2\/\"><strong>Strategic Innovation: Part 2 | Solution Design and Innovation Execution<\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<mimas-block \n        block-name=\"accordion\"\n        role=\"complementary\"\n        aria-label=\"Accordion content\"\n        data-segment=\"all\">\n\n                \n\n                    <div class=\"accordion\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-title-Learning-outcomes\">\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion__heading\" aria-controls=\"Learning-outcomes\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n            <div class=\"title\" id=\"accordion-title-Learning-outcomes\">Learning outcomes<\/div>\n            <div class=\"icon\"><\/div>\n        <\/button>\n        <div class=\"accordion__content\" id=\"Learning-outcomes\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                    <p><strong>Strategic Innovation: Part 1, Problem Discovery and Strategic Insight<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Introduces the foundations of strategic innovation, including why innovation efforts often fail when they start with premature solutions rather than well-framed problems.<\/li>\n<li>Uses the Double Diamond and systemic design principles to help participants explore complex challenges, stakeholder needs, organisational context and root causes.<\/li>\n<li>Builds practical skills in stakeholder discovery, research planning, interview design, evidence gathering and synthesis.<\/li>\n<li>Concludes with a clearer problem frame, key insights, stakeholder considerations and preparation for vision setting and solution development.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n        \n                            \n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n                    <div class=\"accordion\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-title-Who-is-this-program-for?\">\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion__heading\" aria-controls=\"Who-is-this-program-for?\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n            <div class=\"title\" id=\"accordion-title-Who-is-this-program-for?\">Who is this program for?<\/div>\n            <div class=\"icon\"><\/div>\n        <\/button>\n        <div class=\"accordion__content\" id=\"Who-is-this-program-for?\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                    <p>This program is for people who want to lead strategic change and therefore innovation in any context (hopefully that is everyone at some stage of their career).<\/p>\n\n        \n                            \n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n                    <div class=\"accordion\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-title-Program-schedule\">\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion__heading\" aria-controls=\"Program-schedule\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n            <div class=\"title\" id=\"accordion-title-Program-schedule\">Program schedule<\/div>\n            <div class=\"icon\"><\/div>\n        <\/button>\n        <div class=\"accordion__content\" id=\"Program-schedule\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                    <table width=\"597\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"185\"><strong>Time<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"218\"><strong>Title <\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"194\"><strong>Facilitator <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"185\">9:00am \u2013 10:30am<\/td>\n<td width=\"218\">Strategy &amp; the role of innovation<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Understanding your strengths<\/li>\n<li>The imperative for strategic change and innovation in your context<\/li>\n<li>People as innovators<\/li>\n<li>What is strategy and strategic change<\/li>\n<li>Leadership of change<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"194\">G Ferguson &amp; B Thomas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"185\">10:30am \u2013 11:00am<\/td>\n<td width=\"218\">Morning tea<\/td>\n<td width=\"194\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"185\">11:00am \u2013 12:30pm<\/td>\n<td width=\"218\">Strategic Innovation<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A brief primer on innovation<\/li>\n<li>Framing the problem<\/li>\n<li>Creativity<\/li>\n<li>Experimenting<\/li>\n<li>Embedding<\/li>\n<li>Resilience<\/li>\n<li>Innovative strategy<\/li>\n<li>Innovative<\/li>\n<li>Implementation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"194\">G Ferguson &amp; B Thomas<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"185\">12:30pm \u2013 1:15pm<\/td>\n<td width=\"218\">Lunch<\/td>\n<td width=\"194\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"185\">1:15pm \u2013 2:30pm<\/td>\n<td width=\"218\">Application<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Building you value chain<\/li>\n<li>Identifying and framing strategic opportunities<\/li>\n<li>Generating strategic solutions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"194\">G Ferguson &amp; B Thomas<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"185\">2:45pm \u2013 3:00pm<\/td>\n<td width=\"218\">Afternoon tea<\/td>\n<td width=\"194\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"185\">3:00pm \u2013 4:30pm<\/td>\n<td width=\"218\">Achieving outcomes<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Leading change<\/li>\n<li>Recognising context and barriers<\/li>\n<li>Recognising culture<\/li>\n<li>Communication<\/li>\n<li>Managing change<\/li>\n<li>Implementation ideas<\/li>\n<li>Personal planning<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"194\">G Ferguson &amp; B Thomas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n        \n                            \n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n                    <div class=\"accordion\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-title-Credit-for-recognised-learning\">\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion__heading\" aria-controls=\"Credit-for-recognised-learning\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n            <div class=\"title\" id=\"accordion-title-Credit-for-recognised-learning\">Credit for recognised learning<\/div>\n            <div class=\"icon\"><\/div>\n        <\/button>\n        <div class=\"accordion__content\" id=\"Credit-for-recognised-learning\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                    <p>When you complete this course, you can choose to study further, and may be eligible to receive up to 5 credit points towards Curtin\u2019s flagship MBA Programs.<\/p>\n\n        \n                            \n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n        \n<\/mimas-block>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Problem Discovery and Strategic Insight In this course, you will learn how to move beyond [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","wds_primary_pd-categories":0,"footnotes":""},"pd-categories":[],"class_list":["post-172553","pd","type-pd","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pd\/172553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pd"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/pd"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pd\/172553\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":184973,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pd\/172553\/revisions\/184973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pd-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pd-categories?post=172553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}