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Inovo, working in conjunction with its non-profit affiliate, The Inovo Institute, has created a unique course on innovation for the newly formed Medical Innovation Center (MIC) at the University of Michigan. This course, the first of its kind for such an institution, is an intensive eight weeks of innovation training for a select team of five MIC Fellows. The training is in preparation for a yearlong effort to create breakthrough innovations focusing on the specific medical domain of Surgery.
The training program that The Inovo Institute has developed is based on Inovo's proven innovation process, methods and tools that have been used by many Fortune 500 companies, as well as small to mid-size organizations, to improve their front-end innovation capabilities. This innovation program is also the basis for the popular MBA course "Driving the Innovation Process" taught at the Zell-Lurie Institute of Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business.
The MIC training program is called the Innovator's Foundation Backbone or IFB and consists of 40 hours of in-class learning, discussions and practice, accompanied by hands-on projects and activities to develop the knowledge and skills required of an innovator.The course consists of sixteen (16), 2.5 hour long sessions shown below.
The new Medical Innovation Center was recently created by The University of Michigan to "foster innovation and enable new medical technologies .." . The yearlong program offered by the MIC is designed as a post-graduate experience for a small team of MIC Fellows who study both the process and the methods and tools required to create new medical innovation.The team consists of post-graduates with backgrounds in business, medicine and engineering.Individuals who go through this program will have a thorough understanding of what it takes to create breakthrough innovations in the medical field and the skills necessary to make them a reality.
Inovo, and its non-profit affiliate, The Inovo Institute, are dedicated to advancing the process of innovation through understanding the innovation process, creating the methods and tools required by today's innovator and sharing them with others through education and training programs. By working with the Medical Innovation Center to provide the core foundation of innovation training program, The Inovo Institute is fulfilling its mission to advance economic prosperity and social well-being through education, research, development and the promotion of innovation in all endeavors - for individuals, organizations and the greater community.
July 2008
The training program that The Inovo Institute has developed is based on Inovo's proven innovation process, methods and tools that have been used by many Fortune 500 companies, as well as small to mid-size organizations, to improve their front-end innovation capabilities. This innovation program is also the basis for the popular MBA course "Driving the Innovation Process" taught at the Zell-Lurie Institute of Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business.
The MIC training program is called the Innovator's Foundation Backbone or IFB and consists of 40 hours of in-class learning, discussions and practice, accompanied by hands-on projects and activities to develop the knowledge and skills required of an innovator.The course consists of sixteen (16), 2.5 hour long sessions shown below.
The new Medical Innovation Center was recently created by The University of Michigan to "foster innovation and enable new medical technologies .." . The yearlong program offered by the MIC is designed as a post-graduate experience for a small team of MIC Fellows who study both the process and the methods and tools required to create new medical innovation.The team consists of post-graduates with backgrounds in business, medicine and engineering.Individuals who go through this program will have a thorough understanding of what it takes to create breakthrough innovations in the medical field and the skills necessary to make them a reality.Inovo, and its non-profit affiliate, The Inovo Institute, are dedicated to advancing the process of innovation through understanding the innovation process, creating the methods and tools required by today's innovator and sharing them with others through education and training programs. By working with the Medical Innovation Center to provide the core foundation of innovation training program, The Inovo Institute is fulfilling its mission to advance economic prosperity and social well-being through education, research, development and the promotion of innovation in all endeavors - for individuals, organizations and the greater community.
July 2008
