Free online course on Innovation Leadership provided by edX

OPPORTUNITY DETAILS

Total reward

0 $

Nonprofit organization

edX

Area

Online

Deadline

19 Feb 2020

Study level

Undergraduate

Opportunity type

Scholarships , Workshops & Trainings , Miscellaneous

Opportunity funding

Full funding

Eligible Countries

Algeria , Comoros , Egypt , Jordan , Lebanon , Mauritania , Oman , Qatar , Somalia , Syria , United Arab Emirates , Bahrain , Djibouti , Iraq , Kuwait , Libya , Morocco , Palestine , Saudi Arabia , Sudan , Tunisia , Yemen

Eligible Region

All Regions

EdX offers a free online course on entrepreneurship. Professor Bill Middle, CEO and President of Medtronic will train learners to turn to innovation leaders. This course is divided into three modules, each of which includes videos of Professor Bill George in which to describe the basic elements of innovation leaders, and provide practical and real examples from innovation leaders, in addition to illustrations, exercises, and discussion topics.

What you will learn during the course:

Why is innovation leadership so rare and necessary for growth?
How to become a leader in innovation and create shared value.
How to enable creators.
Discover the goal as a leader for innovation and how to find what is known as a "sweet spot" to start driving innovation.
Innovation for global impact.
Learn from exceptional innovation leaders.
Self-awareness development.

Course outline:
Module 1: Your Personal Journey to Innovation Leadership.
Module 2: Development as a Leader of Innovation.
Module 3: Innovation Leaders in Organizations.
About the teacher:
This course will be taught by Bill George, a professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology who was a fellow at Harvard University, and he also authored a book called "Discover Your True North."

About the edX platform:
EdX is an educational platform offering various courses in all disciplines online, established in cooperation between Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2012. edX provides high-quality courses provided by the best universities and international educational institutions for students and learning lovers around the world, as well It offers courses in various fields such as computer science, languages, engineering, psychology, writing, electronics, biology or even in marketing arts. In cooperation with more than 130 global partners, edX offers courses offered by the largest universities and non-profit educational institutions in a single platform that anyone can access online.

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