Innovation isn’t the mysterious result of a genius mind. It’s a skill, a process of solving challenges by trying new things in ways that are smart and intentional. Like any skill, innovation can be improved, honed with the right methods. The Caltech Center for Technology and Management Education provides proven techniques for stimulating innovation in technology-driven organizations. When the stakes are high and time is short, our creatively focused workshops—Breakthrough Labs— help teams to quickly solve the stickies of challenges.

We help teams to have strategic conversations needed to define a problem, raise awareness of relevant issues, explore options, align stakeholders, and confidently make critical decisions. In one- and two-day events for up to 20 people, we provide a professionally facilitated experience and an environment that inspires collaboration and yields productive understanding.

Caltech CTME’s Innovation programs combine content from other tailored programs (in Technology Marketing or Leadership, for example), to teach new strategies, approaches, and tools. The focus on innovation ignites ideation and creativity needed to develop products and grow business models.

Some Breakthrough Labs for Innovation

• Futures Thinking/Scenario Envisioning/Wargaming
• Activating an Innovation Ambition, Agenda, and Ecosystem
• Technology Strategy
• Strategic Workforce Planning
• Product Design
• Transformation Planning

Technical and nontechnical executives and managers become better at nurturing innovations and technological breakthroughs. Caltech CTME expert facilitators, guides, and external provocateurs have proven track records of implementing strategic and tactical improvements that grow revenues and profits.

Custom Programs Benefits

You and your team will learn to:

• Promote and drive innovation, creativity, technology, and invention throughout the organization
• Compose and lead highly productive teams that deliver innovative products quickly
• Leverage intellectual property (IP) to generate higher profits and licensing revenues, shield business unit profits from competition, and contain costs in your enterprise