Who is this course for?

Marketing and Innovation teams, Founders and people looking to enhance their innovation skills

  • Brand and marketing managers of all backgrounds and levels who want to learn what it takes to run a successful innovation process and maximise their chances of launching successful products

  • Innovation and product managers of all levels who want to hone their skills and learn new approaches and techniques

  • People wanting to move into innovation and give themselves a head-start by learning the core skills needed for an innovation role

What you'll learn on this course

Each module is packed full of theory, examples, opportunities to practice, tools, templates and processes. We're joined by a host of awesome guest speakers. And there's always some extra reading or viewing for homework too!

  • Module 1 - What is innovation and why is it important?

  • Module 2 - The innovation process

  • Module 3 - Opportunity spotting

  • Module 4 - Idea generation

  • Module 5 - Concept writing and development

  • Module 6 - Getting your innovation commercials right

  • Module 7 - Launching innovation to market

  • Module 8 - Measurement and evaluation

What's included in the course

All the details you need

  • Time and Date

    Next Cohort dates TBC Thursday mornings 9am-1:30pm

  • Place

    Taught live over Zoom, so you can join from anywhere

  • Price

    £995 + VAT

Introducing Alex and Chris

Alex O'Rourke

Co-Founder

Alex has nearly 25 years marketing and innovation experience. Multinational experience at Diageo, where she was a qualified trainer of the Diageo Way of Brand Building. SME experience with Camelot ( The National Lottery). Scale-up experience with Fever Tree. Alex has worked in the UK, Europe and Global markets. Alex particularly enjoys marketing capability development, innovation pipeline strategy, brand strategy and creative development. She is a qualified transformational life coach and passionate about coaching, training and developing teams & individuals to unlock their full potential and help them thrive.

Chris Lock

Co-Founder

Chris has over 25 years marketing and innovation experience. He gained multinational experience Coca-Cola and Diageo, where he was a qualified trainer of the Diageo Way of Brand Building. SME experience at Camelot (The National Lottery). Start-up and Scale-up experience with Lily’s Kitchen and The Collective. eCommerce SME experience with Feel Unique. He has worked in UK, Europe and Global markets. Passions include marketing capability development, building consumer-driven insight, brand strategy, creative development, brand planning and supercharging collaboration.

Here's what our delegates say about us

“Alex & Chris are so engaging and bring real experiences and examples from their careers into the ring for us all to learn from.”

Lauren, Tea Pigs

“Alex and Chris are BRILLIANT and you will walk out of each session hungry to apply everything you've just learned. I can't believe how clear they've made things that felt so complicated before.”

Celia, Callaly

“Chris and Alex have a wealth of industry experience between them and have created brilliantly engaging content punctuated with memorable anecdotes and sage advice. ”

Nicola, Tony's Chocolonely

“Alex and Chris are fountains of knowledge and hold a safe space for learning. I really appreciate their honesty, humour and down to earth nature of learning. It’s practical and above all - useful!”

Freya, Fix8

“The things I learn from Alex and Chris each week are invaluable and I have been able to put them to use at work straight away. They make the sessions so engaging and create such a warm and collaborative atmosphere, I genuinely look forward to doing two hours of study after a full day’s work!”

Hannah, Chilly's

A few of the companies our delegates have come from

Tonys Chocolonely
Bugaboo
Chilly's
Little Moons Mochi Ice Cream
Peter's Yard

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