This online course explored how innovations emerge in business and how ideas become reality. LEARNING OUTCOMES .• Reflect on a personal idea for innovation.• Reflect on the term ‘innovation’, and identify how it is interpreted in business and within a wider context. • Compare the different types and levels of innovation and identify examples of each. • Demonstrate understanding of the key concepts, challenges and risks associated with innovation. • Explore the drivers for and challenges of innovation by investigating the cold chain process at M&S. • Explore the challenges to innovation, in particular the challenge of a ‘wicked’ problem. • Reflect on the challenges of a serial inventor and identify sources of motivation behind developing innovative products. • Develop an innovative idea or solution to the wicked problem using clothing waste as an example. • Reflect on a chosen ‘greatest innovation’ and identify key attributes which contributed to its adoption. • Investigate the importance of collaboration in the innovation process. • Explore how collaboration helps to develop an innovative product – the M&S ‘iconic’ suit. • Record your understanding of key topics related to innovation through quizzes and tests. SYLLABUS • Types and levels of innovation, and how they play an important part in defining business success. • Case study of incremental innovation: the development of clothing at M&S from the 1950s to the present day. • Case studies: radical innovations which provide clear benefits, but have the potential to be disruptive innovations. • Drivers for innovation and the challenges faced by using innovation to sustain or move a business forward. • Case study: the challenges M&S faced in the cold chain process and the drivers for moving from frozen to chilled food. • The wicked problem of food waste: an international challenge. • The importance of open innovation.• Case study: the role of collaboration and engagement in the successful implementation of the ‘iconic’ M&S suit. • People as inspiration: achieving success by engaging with those who will adopt the innovation. • r