Welcome to your innovation bootcamp

You're starting this blended learning program to acquire the tools used by innovators and startups, and to make a significant leap forward on your project.

We designed this program to achieve two goals:

1. To help you grasp some of the tools and concepts around entrepreneurship, Lean Startup, and Design Thinking. These are the tools of innovators and entrepreneurs. As most innovation and new product development are coming from startups, there are a few things we can learn from them. We aim to achieve this by quickly explaining the different concepts and tools and putting them directly into practice. As Confucius once said, "Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn." So, we want you to apply those tools during this training. It's all about doing, a little about listening and understanding.
2. The second goal is to help you make progress on your project. The tools and methods are only useful if they are relevant to your context and problems. Therefore, we want to apply them to your project, in your context, to help you progress and hopefully see some value in what you do. If you don't have a project, you will have the opportunity to join and help an existing project.

Here are the pillars of this training:

1. Teamwork: You will work with your team to take actions and make decisions based on the data you collected.
2. Coaching: During this program, you will have a few coaching sessions with our mentors to guide you through any obstacles. These sessions are limited, so make good use of them.
3. Outside of the comfort zone: This is where learning happens. Forget how things are usually done and try different approaches that are right for the project perspective. This training gives you the green light to do so.
4. Actions: You will only make progress if you take action. Depending on the steps you are in, actions can take half a day to a full day per week. Please block some time in your calendar. If you are unable to do the work in between sessions, you won't get much out of this training.
5. Continuous support: If you have any questions, don't stay stuck. Reach out, clarify what you need, express your objections, and get unstuck. Time is of the essence here. Reach out and move forward. We are here to help.
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This is what the programme covers:

• Design Thinking Essentials
• Lean Startup Essentials
• Framing your project
• Interviewing customers
• Extracting insights
• Testing your offer
• Deciding what to test and how to test it
• Presenting your progress

Enjoy the programme !