Product sheet
Idea Agent Training

 

Training programs

Idélaboratoriet designs different kinds of educational programs for different clients.
Here are some examples of three programs:

Idea Agent™ Training
Innovation Agent™ Training
Entrepreneurship in the knowledge economy

Idea Agent™
The Idea Agent™ program is a hands-on course designed mainly for managers that need to be able to take an active role in facilitating creative processes. The three day program focuses on the design of a creative process, the tools and techniques available for creating and managing ideas and the appropriate leadership skills needed to facilitate the process.

Objectives:
To make the participants able to design, facilitate and document a professional creative process using techniques way beyond "brainstorming".

To enhance and get an understanding for the creative process in the organization of the participant.

Deliverables:
Two "test" facilitation's of creative processes in the organization of the participant during the program.
The Idea Agent´s Secret Handbook - a toolkit in the shape of a map that contains all the knowledge you need to become a successful facilitator of creative processes.
The Idea Agent™ Diploma.


Innovation Agent™
The Innovation Agent™ program is both a practical and theoretical course. The course is designed for managers who are interested in innovation from both an organizational perspective (intellectual capital, innovation strategies, idea culture etc) as well as from a more hands on facilitating perspective (creative techniques, personal creativity, creative space design etc). Idélaboratoriet guides the participants through the latest achievements concerning innovation management around the world. The programs final design is worked out in close cooperation with the client.

Objectives:
To give the participants an overview of the most interesting findings and creative experiments in the field of innovation management today.
To develop managers who after the program will be able to analyze his/her organization from an innovation perspective, create innovation strategies and implement cutting edge innovation programs based on first hand experiences.
To inspire the participants to achieve greatness by meeting interesting thinkers in the innovation area and visiting innovation hotspots of today.

Deliverables:
A toolbox for innovation management.
A great personal network built up by the participants of the Innovation Agent ™ program.
The creation of an innovation initiative in each of the participants organization that will be developed during the course.

 

Entrepreneurship in the knowledge economy 5 points

Together with the University of Malmö, Idélaboratoriet is producing an university course that is an introduction to entrepreneurship in the economy where value is created by creativity and intellectual capital. The focus of the course lies in the constructive meeting between the creative work in the form of music, design, software development (i.e. the gaming industry) on one hand, and the business driven market economy on the other hand. The course is based upon field trips to exciting companies, discussions with entrepreneurs, lectures from the academic field and coaching. The course can be held for companies as a contract education program.

Objectives:
The purpose of the course is that the participants should develop a business plan of their own based on the theoretical and practical coaching received in the subjects of:

Idea generation - how do you create and develop ideas?
Business development - how do you start a business that creates value for the customer?
Business law - how do you protect your intellectual capital and how do you start a company?
Branding - how do you communicate your message?
The personal entrepreneur - what does entrepreneurship mean on a personal level?

Deliverables:
The basic tools to start a creative business
The business plan of your dreams
5 university points / credits