SHAPING INNOVATION LEADERS PROGRAM
June 8 – 13, 2025
The Premier Executive Management Course Designed Exclusively for Innovation Technology Leaders
Gain a competitive edge by equipping your high-potential innovation leaders with better business skills.
This intensive one-week course delivers the skills, concepts, language, and tools that innovation leaders need to make more effective strategic decisions and communicate those decisions to those in different business functions. The Innovation Research Interchange, in partnership with Northwestern University’s top-ranked Kellogg School of Management, specifically designed Shaping Innovation Leaders to meet the needs of demanding leadership roles in promising mid-level managers in research, development, innovation, and engineering.
Participants gain the skills, concepts, language, and tools they need to make more effective strategic decisions.
- address the challenges of leadership and motivate and lead others
- gain knowledge of general management through insights into marketing, finance, accounting, organization behavior and operations functions
- develop their ability to analyze, formulate, and implement strategies
- learn techniques for communicating with executives in other divisions
- grasp the latest thinking and management tools used in the business environment
- gain fresh perspectives for competing in a global marketplace
- gather priceless knowledge gleaned from networking with industry peers
We had a great 2024 program and congratulate our 2024 class for their dedication and achievements!
For more information, please contact us.
Testimonials
“The program, professors and content exceed expectations and all had value for immediate application for my current role and for
future roles.”
“Above all, this course illustrates a framework behind the motivations of our marketing and business/finance counterparts. We no
longer have the excuse of “why do they do it that way!?” but rather, we can help those functions more effectively and proactively. “
“Great expertise overall, enjoyed working through the cases as a group and in our individual teams.”
The IRI and Kellogg Experience
The Shaping Innovation Leaders course is held at the James L. Allen Center, at the heart of Northwestern’s Evanston campus overlooking Lake Michigan. Because learning should not be confined to the classroom, the Allen Center is designed to facilitate peer learning and informal interactions among faculty and participants. The center contains classrooms, study rooms, bedrooms (each with private bath), dining rooms, lounges, and recreational facilities. This quiet campus environment is within close proximity of downtown Chicago and O’Hare International Airport. The program fee covers tuition and materials, a single guest room at the Allen Center and group meals for the duration of the program. The program begins Saturday around 1:00 pm and concludes the following Friday by 3:00 pm.