Customer Centric Innovation for Engineers
Learn How to Foster Customer Centric Mindset as a Value Driver.
Practice customer centricity as the pivot to all engineering activities
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Course Length
5 Weeks
Effort
4 Hours/ Week
100% Online
With Continuous Learning Community support + Monthly Live Webinars​
Learning Access
Resource Toolkit & Templates + Unlimited Networking Events
What will you Learn?
- Journey of idea to commercially successful products or solutions.
- This innovation course will help you develop a value proposition using the value prop canvas framework.
- Get strategy and innovation certification to overcome the psychological and behavioral barriers to build personal and team creativity.
- The five leadership practices of building an innovation culture.
- Proper innovation training to understand the fundamental personas & user stories.
- The right incentives, processes, and mindsets to spur creativity.
- Types of Innovation based on the impact the innovation creates.
- Differences between radical and Disruptive innovation.
- Best Practices of recognized innovative companies.
- Understand the concept of Innovation.
- ROI of Innovation.
Key Topics Covered
- Design value propositions using customer centric innovations.
- Use voice of customers to understand needs and problems and devise solutions.
- Communicate with customers effectively using positioning driven stances.
Course Content
Chapter 1 - Customer Centric approach to Designing Value Propositions
Value Proposition Design – Introduction
Chapter 2 - Understanding Customers
Importance of Understanding Your Customers
How to understand your customer
Chapter Quiz
Additional Learning Resources
How to understand your customer
Chapter Quiz
Additional Learning Resources
Chapter 3 - Communicating With Your Customers
Effective Communication
B2B Communication
Chapter Quiz
Additional Learning Resources
B2B Communication
Chapter Quiz
Additional Learning Resources
Chapter 4 - Persona
What is a Persona
Creating Personas – Persona BAG
BAG Framework – Behaviour,Aspirations, Goals
Designing a Sample Persona
Chapter Quiz
Creating Personas – Persona BAG
BAG Framework – Behaviour,Aspirations, Goals
Designing a Sample Persona
Chapter Quiz
Chapter 5 - Buyer Persona
Building a Buyer Persona
Why do Personas Fail
Chapter Quiz
Additional Learning Resources
Why do Personas Fail
Chapter Quiz
Additional Learning Resources
Chapter 6 - Understanding The Problem
Understanding the Problem
Asking the right questions
Why do problems exist
JTBD types (core, social, emotional)
Customer Profile Map
Chapter Quiz
Additional Learning Resources
Asking the right questions
Why do problems exist
JTBD types (core, social, emotional)
Customer Profile Map
Chapter Quiz
Additional Learning Resources
Chapter 7 - Understanding the Solution
Understanding the Solution
Journey Map
The Value Map
Elements of Value
Chapter Quiz
Additional Learning Resources
Journey Map
The Value Map
Elements of Value
Chapter Quiz
Additional Learning Resources
Chapter 8 - Value Proposition Design - Recap
Value Proposition Design – Recap
Final Quiz
Final Quiz
Chapter 9 - Resource Library - IPL Product Management Webinar Series
Empathy in Product Development
Building Customer Centric Products
Product Management: Not Just for Product Managers
Product Management as a Career Path
Transition from Technology Professional to Product Management Career Charter
Building Successful Career with Product Management
Building Customer Centric Products
Product Management: Not Just for Product Managers
Product Management as a Career Path
Transition from Technology Professional to Product Management Career Charter
Building Successful Career with Product Management
Chapter 10 - Recommended Readings and Books
Recommended Books
Chapter 11 - Applied Creativity in Innovation Context - Introduction
Getting Started
Chapter 12 - Vocabulary of Creativity
What is Creativity and Innovation
Understanding Invention and Patent
Understanding Invention and Patent
Chapter 13 - Habits of Creative People
What is a Habit?
Curiosity and Experimentation
Courage
Sense of Humour
Power of Association
Additional Learning Resources
Curiosity and Experimentation
Courage
Sense of Humour
Power of Association
Additional Learning Resources
Chapter 14 - Creativity in the Product Process
What is a Product?
Where do Ideas come from?
Conceptualization to Execution
Creativity in Go-to-Market and Product Pricing
Additional Learning Resources
Where do Ideas come from?
Conceptualization to Execution
Creativity in Go-to-Market and Product Pricing
Additional Learning Resources
Chapter 15 - Design Thinking
Visual Thinking
Rapid Iteration
What is Design Thinking?
Customer Centricity
Additional Learning Resources
Rapid Iteration
What is Design Thinking?
Customer Centricity
Additional Learning Resources
Chapter 16 - Science of Creativity
What is the Science Behind Creativity?
Best Case Solution
Landscaping and Solution Vegetation
Additional Learning Resources
Best Case Solution
Landscaping and Solution Vegetation
Additional Learning Resources
Chapter 17 - Landscaping
Staying with the Problem and Mind Mapping
5W 1H
Storytelling
5W 1H
Storytelling
Chapter 18 - Solution Vegetation/Ideation
What is Solution Vegetation?
SCAMPER
Tiers of Non-Customers
SCAMPER
Tiers of Non-Customers
Chapter 19 - Best Case Solution
Technique from Design Thinking
Non-Dollar Returns
Non-Dollar Returns
Chapter 20 - Innovation Frameworks for Creating Value - Introduction
Introduction and Learning Outcomes
Additional Learning Resources
Additional Learning Resources
Chapter 21 - Innovation
Learning Outcomes
Define Innovation
Define Innovation
Define Innovation
Define Innovation
Chapter 22 - Types of Innovation
Learning Outcomes
Different types of Innovation
Chapter Quiz
Additional Learning Resources
Different types of Innovation
Chapter Quiz
Additional Learning Resources
Chapter 23 - Process of Innovation
Learning Outcomes
Processes of Innovation
Chapter Quiz
Additional Learning Resources
Processes of Innovation
Chapter Quiz
Additional Learning Resources
Chapter 24 - Practices at Innovative Companies
Learning Outcomes
Various practices at Innovative Companies
Chapter Quiz
Additional Learning Resources
Various practices at Innovative Companies
Chapter Quiz
Additional Learning Resources
Chapter 25 - Returns of Innovation
Learning Outcomes
Tangible and Intangible Returns
Chapter Quiz
Tangible and Intangible Returns
Chapter Quiz
Chapter 26 - Conclusion
Course Summary
Resource Library
Resource Library
Chapter 27 - Final Certification Exam
Final Exam
Reference Books
Reference Books
What Learners Say About Our Program
Sukhinder STechM
As engineers we are always focused on creating solutions, products but often miss out on the important questions of why are we developing this solution? This course makes us step back and learn the approach, ask those questions and put them into context in a structured way. The process of innovation is beautifully explained and is very practical
Kripa MCognizant
After going through this course as an engineer I’ve started asking very important but often unasked questions - Who is the product for? Why do they need it? Why do they choose us? What is the best way to innovate? and now my work as an engineer is more satisfying
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Engineers with over 5 years of experience
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65% of companies say their customer focused employees are their most important partners in innovation, ranking them above technology partners
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