Do you feel your organisation could be more innovative – but you’re not sure where to start? Perhaps you have ideas that never become real products or services, a growth bottleneck, or pressure to become more sustainable. Or you simply sense that your innovation processes, culture, or strategy need a reset.
Accelerating Innovation is a 5- session programme for practitioners in private and public organisations who want to work on a real innovation challenge from their own organisation – and make visible progress.
NOK 9.900,- ex VAT for members in Stavanger Chamber of Commerce or Nordic Edge
NOK 12.500,- ex VAT for non-members
Leaders and key employees in SMEs, larger companies, and public organisations
People who own or drive an innovation challenge (product, service, process, business model, or culture)
Participants who are ready to engage actively, share experiences, and test new approaches between sessions
Target group: Approx. 30 committed participants from different organisations and industries.
By the end of the programme, you will:
Define and sharpen your own innovation challenge and understand why it matters now
Apply concrete tools for user insight, experimentation, and sustainability-driven innovation to your own case
Test solutions faster, with more structure and less risk, using lean experimentation and rapid prototyping
Identify new opportunities and innovation “sweet spots” in your organisation
Build a stronger innovation culture, with methods you can bring back to your team
Become part of a cross-sector learning community, extending both your personal and organisational network
Each session follows a clear learning loop: Inspiration → Tools → Application to your own challenge → Feedback → Commitment to next steps.
Step 1 – Are we in shape for innovation? April 21
We focus on challenge discovery and innovation readiness. You map the current situation in your organisation and explore opportunities using tools like an innovation treasure hunt and the 4Ps of innovation.
Step 2 – How do we design effective solutions? May 19
We introduce lean experimentation, rapid testing, and prototyping. You design and test solution ideas on a small scale to learn quickly and reduce risk.
Step 3 – Who are we really innovating for? September 16
We introduce tools such as customer journey mapping, jobs-to-be-done, and a chronicle workshop to uncover real needs, pains, and motivations. Understanding users through experience, not assumptions.
Step 4 – How do we future-proof innovation and scale impact? October 14
We integrate sustainability-driven innovation and examine how cross-sector collaboration and strategic anchoring help build long-term innovation capability and impact.
Step 5 – Innovation Pitch & Reflection Day. November 25
You are invited to a short, informal pitch and reflection session. You share your key learnings, present your progress, and commit to concrete next steps to embed innovation in your organisation.
Photo: Professor John Bessant in the middle of an Accelerating Innovation-session.
Each session (approx. 08:30–13:00) follows a consistent structure:
08:30–09:00 – Mingling and coffee, Networking across organisations and sectors.
09:00–09:50 – Inspiration & tools Main speaker sets the stage for the theme of the day (e.g. innovation opportunities, user insights, lean experimentation, sustainability), and presents 1–2 practical tools.
10:00–11:30 – Tool exploration Participants work in groups to practice the tools on real cases, building confidence in using them.
11:30–12:00 Lunch
12:00-13:00 Learning circles In small, stable groups (your learning circle), you work on your own organisational challenge, guided by a coach. You share your progress, receive feedback, and decide on specific actions before the next session.
The last fifth session is 2 hours where pitches from participants and mingling is core
Duration: 5 months (April, May, September, October, November)
Format:
In-person, one half-day session
Final 2-hour pitch & reflection session in November.
Four 1 hour online group sessions with coach in between in person meetings.
Participants: Approx. 30 practitioners from private and public organisations