IMD - Driving Strategic Innovation

Who

You are a senior executive or part of a team who is crafting innovation strategies and putting them into action.

What

Speed up market commercialization of innovative ideas that are strategically important
Identify innovation opportunities in your value chain and learn how to better manage ideas and knowledge professionals, both inside and outside your company

Program Partners

MIT Sloan Management

Duration

6 days

When

Dates 2010

September 12 - September 17, 2010 (in Boston, MA)

Dates 2011

March 27 - April 1, 2011

September 11 - September 16, 2011 (in Boston, MA)

1st session will be held in Singapore
2nd session will be held at IMD
3rd session will be held in Tokyo
4th session will be held at MIT Sloan

Fee 2010

CHF 11,500 in Singapore, Tokyo and at IMD (excludes accommodation)
USD 10,850 at MIT (includes accommodation)

Our participants

DSI is for senior executives, teams and entrepreneurs who craft innovation strategies and put them into action.

Participants should have significant input on the technology and innovation strategy of their organizations. They should also play an influential role in innovative activies, being able to look up and down the value chain to identify promising strategic opportunities.

"Innovate or die! This is our day-to-day reality and the DSI team gave us great ideas to energize and streamline our innovation processes."

Rodolfo Novarini, Director of Contract Management
Brightstar Logistics PTY Ltd, Australia

"DSI takes a strategic and broad approach and shows you how to attack innovation. I was impressed by the engaged group of leaders I met from all over the world."

Tina Brandt Husman, Advisor
The Confederation of Danish Industries, Denmark

"This is the best approach I've seen to teaching innovation as a repeatable business process."

Craig Brandis, Director of Research & Development
Welch Allyn Inc., United States

"DSI is a high-energy and provocative program which provides excellent networking opportunities. Faculty is passionate and deeply knowledgeable in the field of innovation."

Antonio Rivera, Vice President, Asia Supply Chain
Bristo-Myers Squibb Thailand Ltd, Thailand

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Our Faculty

Our Faculty members are recognized world authorities in their fields. They divide their time between teaching, research and acting as consultants to international companies. They remain on top of the latest management trends.

You can expect timely, innovative learning activities, materials and content in the program.

DSI Program Directors

William A. Fischer
American
IMD Professor of Technology Management
DBA George Washington University

Contact
Biography
Publications

Charles H. Fine
Chrysler LFM Professor of Management Science (MIT Sloan)

Contact
Biography

DSI Faculty

Jean-Philippe Deschamps French Technology and Innovation Management MBA INSEAD and Harvard Business School Contact Biography Publications

Georges Haour French Professor of Technology Management PhD University of Toronto Contact Biography Publications

Rebecca Henderson Eastman Kodak LFM Professor of Management (MIT Sloan) Contact Biography

Ichijo Kazuo Japanese Professor of Organizational Behavior and Management PhD University of Michigan Contact Biography Publications

David Robertson American Innovation and Technology Management PhD MIT Sloan School of Management Contact Biography Publications

Duncan Simester NTU Professor of Management Science (MIT Sloan) Contact Biography

Eric Von Hippel Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (MIT Sloan) Contact Biography

In this section, you will find important information on the program fee, application, invoicing, cancellation and transfer. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact our program advisors.

Fee

The fee for the program run in Lausanne (which is mentioned on the overview page) excludes accommodation but includes tuition, teaching materials, and lunch on weekdays. Travel or living expenses are not covered. You must settle your own hotel bills, both when in Lausanne and on off-campus assignments, as well as all dinners and lunches on weekends when applicable. IMD reserves the right to modify the program fee at any time.

The fee for the program run in Boston (which is also mentioned on the overview page) includes accommodation.

Tentative reservation

To make a non-binding reservation, send us a completed tentative reservation form. This carries no obligation and is not a substitute for the formal application form.

For IMD sessions, the following information applies:

Application & invoicing

Your application is forwarded to the program director who will evaluate it to ensure that the program corresponds to your objectives and profile. This can take approximately 1 week.

During this time you will receive an e-mail asking you to submit a purchase order number if required. Should your company ask you to provide them with a purchase requisition or cost estimate for internal purposes you can use our purchase requisition or cost estimate generator.

The information & registration office will notify you of the outcome of your application. If you are accepted, they will send your acceptance letter and invoice fee together by priority mail. From this point, your enrollment will be considered firm by both you and IMD.

Please pay the program fee within 30 days of the invoice date and no later than the commencement of the program. If you register within 1 month of the start of the program, you must settle the invoice immediately without exception.
Payment can be made by bank transfer or credit card.

Up to six weeks before the program start date, a program coordinator will contact you with information on hotels and pre-program preparation. Please note that IMD reserves enough rooms for each participant on the program.

If accepted, you understand that you must be completely free of professional duties while attending this program and that you must attend all scheduled sessions and activities.

Cancellation & Transfer Policy

IMD must be notified in writing of all cancellations and transfers. If you are admitted to a program, but find that you are unable to attend, you have the following cancellation and transfer options: Up to six weeks before program start: Cancellation: You receive a full refund of the program fee. Transfer: You may transfer to the next available session with no transfer fee. Note: IMD programs tend to be fully booked well in advance. Space may not be available in a later session.

From six weeks to up to 11 days before program start: Cancellation: You incur a 50% cancellation fee. Transfer: You incur a 20% transfer fee.

Within 10 days before program start: Cancellation: You incur a 100% cancellation fee. Transfer: You incur a 100% transfer fee.