Course

Credit Type:
Course
ACE ID:
DAU-0355
Version:
1
Organization's ID:
EXE 4050V
Location:
Online
Length:
34 classroom hours over the course of 5 days
Minimum Passing Score:
80
ACE Credit Recommendation Period:
Credit Recommendation & Competencies
Level Credits (SH) Subject
Upper-Division Baccalaureate 3 Management
Description

Objective:

This Virtual Instructor-Led Training course is designed to inspire learners and their peers to think outside the box and recognize their capacity for innovation and creativity. Specifically, the learners are asked to bring their most vexing organization problem/challenge statement; to embark on a journey of self-exploration and practice with innovative tools and methods; to engage in various simulations and explore radically different thinking tools to generate breakthrough ideas for your team or organization problem/challenge statement; to experience the power of collaborative learning in an IPT setting; and then to leave this course equipped with new tools that generate fresh thinking to address your most vexing challenges. There is an old saying in the military that states, “train as you fight.” This course was reimagined with that theme in mind. Learners can expect to work in a small group setting with peers from various acquisition functional areas and industry partners, in an Integrated Product Team (IPT) setting. The course concludes with an Apex Exercise, in which learners will apply the knowledge gained from simulations and apply those techniques to their specific problems or challenge statements. Learners will roll up their sleeves and experience first-hand innovation techniques to develop new breakthrough ideas.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Develop a change philosophy that encourages innovation solution sets
  • Mitigate barriers to innovation as a way to boost creativity
  • Apply techniques that explore innovative solutions to a problem or challenge
  • Apply strategies to grow skills and mindsets to address leadership shifts in the workplace of the future
  • Apply strategies to help you make sense of how you feel about what is happening in a chaotic world
  • Discover innovative solutions to challenges through storytelling
  • Engage in an exchange of innovative ideas with peers

General Topics:

  • Act I: Make Sense of a Chao World (simulation) Act II: Directional & Inter sectional Innovation (simulation) Act III: Discovering Breakthrough Ideas (simulation) Act IV: Assumption Reversal (simulation) Recognize Fears, Anchoring and Confirmation Bias Apex Exercise
Instruction & Assessment

Instructional Strategies:

  • Audio Visual Materials
  • Case Studies
  • Coaching/Mentoring
  • Computer Based Training
  • Discussion
  • Learner Presentations
  • Lectures
  • Practical Exercises
  • Performance Rubrics (Checklists)
  • Simulations

Methods of Assessment:

  • Case Studies
  • Other
  • Performance Rubrics (Checklists)
  • Presentations
  • Planned assessments consist of Instructor observation and peer assessment.
Supplemental Materials
Equivalencies

Other offerings from Defense Acquisition University