• Start dates

    Sessions start at 09:00, but you can join us each morning from 08:30 for a light breakfast. The day ends at 17:30. The programme has one day with a late finish at 20:00, which includes dinner.

  • Duration

    3 days

  • Programme fee

    € 3,500 (excl. VAT)

  • Language

    Dutch

  • Format

    In person

 

Strengthen your capability to improve and sustain innovation in the public sector with the three-day programme ‘The Essentials of Innovation for Governments’ by the Erasmus Centre for Entrepreneurship. You will develop the capability to assess and build effective entrepreneurial teams, set innovation goals and fitting processes, and get the most out of techniques such as lean start-up and design thinking in government settings.

Student in classroom

Learning goals

After this programme, you can add these strengths to your knowledge and skillset. 

  • Assessing and building effective entrepreneurial teams.  
  • Setting innovation goals and implementing appropriate processes to leverage techniques such as lean start-up and design thinking in your organisation.  
  • Able to create an appropriate sense of urgency and a social movement for innovation to involve, engage and excite others.  
  • The capability to facilitate cultural change and influence the behaviour of senior leaders. 
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Curriculum

Find out more about the content of the programme

The Essentials of Innovation for Governments comprises a dynamic mix of masterclasses, personal training modules, real-life business cases and learning how to master the use of the latest innovation tools and techniques so you can drive innovation. The three-day programme will focus on the following innovation topics:

Every organisation’s most important resource for innovation is its people so we will explore Human Resources in depth.

Excellent innovation requires systematic processes and governance systems to guide individual projects and portfolios of projects in order to move beyond ad hoc projects.

A sustainable innovation competence requires organisational cultures based on innovation and entrepreneurship values.

For whom

Explore if this course is for you

Your roles

  • Manager in governmental organisation
  • Public policy advisor
  • Specialist in public sector

Your responsibilities

  • Manage innovation process in organisation
  • Advise on innovations in public sector
  • Change management within your public organisation

Read what previous participants say about this programme

Raimond Neuteboom

Head of Innovation at Ministerie van Defensie

I want to drive and sustain innovation within our organisation. Through this programme I learnt that building a social network with people who embrace this vision is extremely important (and how to do this), but I also learned that the government should focus more on exploration of innovation in addition to exploitation.

Raimond Neuteboom

Your expert faculty

During The Essentials of Innovation for Governments Programme you will learn from Prof. Justin Jansen, Dr Ferdinand Jaspers and Prof. Tom Mom. This programme brings in top academics from Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM) and international partner universities. It is organised by the Erasmus Centre for Entrepreneurship. There are many more internationally renowned academic leaders and practitioners.

Prof. Justin Jansen

Justin Jansen is professor of corporate entrepreneurship at RSM. His award-winning research and publications provide new perspectives into the roles of leadership, start-ups, organisational ambidexterity, corporate entrepreneurship, and new developments to improve long-term viability and performance. Justin is scientific director of the Erasmus Centre for Entrepreneurship, and is on the editorial board of several academic publications. He is also a consultant, speaker, and advisor to various companies and government agencies. He has developed management training in how organisations can identify and implement new growth paths, strategic leadership, and combine innovation and operational excellence.

Dr Ferdinand Jaspers

Ferdinand Jaspers is programme director at the Erasmus Centre for Entrepreneurship. His teaching and consultancy activities focus on innovation leadership. Based on his expertise at the intersection of strategy, innovation and entrepreneurship, he teaches courses, masterclasses and boot camps on corporate entrepreneurship, innovation excellence and entrepreneurial culture. With a rigorous academic perspective, Ferdinand helps entrepreneurs move beyond approaches such as lean start-up, design thinking, business modelling and effectuation. Together with experts from DSM and ING, Ferdinand founded the ECE Innovation Leadership executive programme. He holds a PhD from RSM. 

Prof. Tom Mom

Tom Mom is professor of strategic growth and implementation at RSM, and academic director of RSM’s Executive MBA programme. His expertise is at the crossroads of strategic management and entrepreneurship, and includes strategic renewal, strategy execution, scale-ups, and ambidexterity. In addition to research, he teaches strategic management and entrepreneurship in RSM’s executive education, PhD and MBA programmes, and carries out advisory projects on strategic renewal for companies and governments plus new business development, strategic growth, scaling-up, and strategy implementation. His research has appeared in leading academic journals and managerial journals.

More information

Admission

There’s no selection procedure for this programme. The only requirement is that you work for a public organisation in a role that is related to innovation management.

Admission

Programme dates

The Essentials of Innovation for Governments comprises three consecutive days in the classroom.

Sessions start at 09:00, but you can join us each morning from 08:30 for a light breakfast. The day ends at 17:30. The programme has one day with a late finish at 20:00, which includes dinner.

Dates

Programme fee

€ 3,500 (excl. VAT) for the three-day programme, and includes the ECE Corporate Entrepreneurship Scan, all course materials, refreshments, lunches and one group dinner.

10% discount for alumni from Erasmus University Rotterdam and RSM.

Fees

General terms and conditions

Our general terms and conditions apply when you register for an open programme. Please review them to learn more about our policies for cancellation, deferral and substitution.

General terms and conditions

Location

The programme takes place in the Bayle building on the Woudestein Campus of Erasmus University Rotterdam. 

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