Andrea Ippolito is a Lecturer in the Engineering Management Program at Cornell University and the Founder and Director of Women Entrepreneurs Cornell (W.E. Cornell). Prior to joining Cornell, Andrea served as the Director of the Department of Veterans Affairs Innovators Network within the VA Center for Innovation. Andrea completed her MS in Engineering & Management at MIT. Prior to MIT, Andrea worked as a Research Scientist within the Corporate Technology Development group at Boston Scientific. She obtained both her BS in Biological Engineering in 2006 and Master’s of Engineering in Biomedical Engineering in 2007 from Cornell University.
COURSE OVERVIEW
There are many exciting tools you can use to implement innovation at your organization. These tools are the “hammer and nails” of innovation. In this course, you will learn about 14 innovation tools. You will also see how other organizations have used them to successfully increase cultural and financial ROI, please customers, and improve operational efficiencies. These tools range from simpler activities such as conducting employee training, hosting hackathons, and implementing design sprints to more complex methods such as establishing an external incubator, founding a center of excellence, and acquiring another company. You will then further iterate your innovation placemat.
Developing Innovation Strategy and Building Innovation Competencies are required to be completed prior to starting this course.
- Choose tools for deploying an innovation strategy
- Map internal and external tools tied to your innovation strategy
- Assess the fit of various tools and apply it to your project

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Who Should Enroll
- Entry-level to executive leaders
- Product managers
- MBA students
- Data scientists and analysts
- Entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs
- Engineers
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