Finalcoursecatalog7.6.20

Disruptive
Technology
COURSE DELIVERY:
03/05/21 - 03/06/21
COURSE TITLE
Creating Opportunities from Disruptive Innovations
DESCRIPTION
Rather than just trying to survive the never-ending cycle of
change, learn to apply analytical skills, tools, and disruption
strategies to identify current and emerging innovations that will
impact your organization. This includes the ability to prioritize
impacts so that you can leverage innovations to create a
unique competitive advantage. After the course, you will be
ready to leverage innovations such as AI, quantum computing,
autonomous decision making, IOT, synthetic biology, cloud and
new business models to your competitive advantage.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
1. Use case studies to look at organizations and
industries that were impacted by disruptions,
how it happened and what could have been
done.
2. Gain an understanding of current and emerging
disruptive innovations.
3. Develop business skills, tools, and strategies to
identify, analyze and understand the impact of
emerging technologies.
4. Become equipped to apply timing analysis.
5. Understand the steps and skills needed to bring
disruptions to fruition at the right time to achieve
success.
6. Identify and scope the first disruptive innovation
experiment for your organization.
Phil McKinney is President and CEO of CableLabs, the nonprofit research and
development and innovation lab funded by the global cable industry. During his
career, McKinney has held leadership positions in major companies, including
serving as CTO for Hewlett-Packard. While at HP, McKinney created the Innovation
Program Office (IPO). The IPO identified, incubated, and launched adjacent and
fundamentally new technologies, products, and services that became the growth
engines for HP.
An author, speaker, and innovation guru, McKinney shares his rule-breaking
approach to innovation and creativity in his book Beyond the Obvious. He has
been recognized by Fast Company, BusinessWeek, MSNBC, Vanity Fair and other
media outlets for his industry contributions. In 2016, his podcast, Killer Innovations,
became a nationally syndicated talk radio show, carried by more than 65 radio
stations.
Instructor: Phil McKinney
14 College of Business