The Power of Disruptive Innovation to Craft Winning Strategies

As industries evolve at an unprecedented pace, many organisations and entrepreneurs find it challenging to identify disruptive opportunities and respond effectively to market changes.

This programme provides participants with the mindset, frameworks, and practical experience needed to recognise disruptive innovation opportunities, develop breakthrough ideas, and transform them into entrepreneurial ventures and effective business strategies.

Course Overview

Entrepreneurial opportunities are widely embedded in disruptive innovations. The two-day course enables the participants to understand how to leverage disruptive innovation, respond to change and start their business. It will help participants develop ability to innovate by generating more ideas and putting them into action through entrepreneurship. Experiential learning and peer sharing are important learning components of this course.

Course Duration

15 Hours

Course Mode

Physical
Online

Course Dates

Physical	To be advised
Online	To be advised

Course Details

Course Outline:

Overview of Disruptive Innovation: From Sustaining to Disrupting
Christensen's Theory of Disruptive Innovation
Crystal Ball Gazing: Opportunities and Threats
Pain Point Identification to Disrupt and Win
Innovative Mindset and Winning Strategies
Case Studies of Successful Disruptive Strategies

At the End of This Course, Participants are Expected to:

Understand the Difference Between Sustaining and Disruptive Innovation
Evaluate Cases of Disruptive Innovations and Their Impacts on Industries
Apply Christensen's Theory of Disruptive Innovation
Identify Key Characteristics of Disruptive Innovations
Identify and Evaluate Market Trends and Customer Behaviour
Create Insights on Innovative Mindset and Winning Strategies
Generate Insights and Lessons Learnt from Case Studies (Netflix, Uber, Airbnb, Dollar Shave Club and Others)

Dr Chia Chien Wei

Chief of Staff at CyberSG Research & Development Programme Office
Founder of Hungry2Learn and InventiveMindset
Professor of Design Science & Emergent Learning

Dr Chia Chien Wei possesses more than 2 decades of experience with the Singapore Armed Forces at various organizational levels focusing on operations, training, long term planning and future concept experimentation in air defence, Cyber Security, etc. He has deep competencies in the application of Artificial Intelligence, Data Analytics in various domains combined with having strong foundations in human factors, learning theories and epistemology. He also has deep appreciation of workplace knowledge creation and learning theories from the historical, social and cultural perspectives.

While with the Ministry of Defence and the Singapore Armed Forces, Dr Chia was involved in work at various organisational levels focusing on strategic capability development, operations, training, long-term planning and future concept experimentation, Cyber Security and Air Defence networks, etc.

Who Should Attend?

This course is designed for people exploring a career transition (for mid-career workers), realising a dream to be their own boss or are aspiring to fund their own company.

Full Course Fees

S$2,100 (Before GST)

1. SkillsFuture Series

Full Course Fees

Funding Type	Subsidy	Criteria	Programme (as of 1 Jan 2024)
Base Grant	70%	Singapore Citizen / PR age 21 and above	Course Fee: $2,100 - $1,470 9% GST: $56.70 Full Fee Payable: $686.70
Mid-Career Enhanced Subsidy (MCES)	90%	Singaporean age 40 and above	Course Fee: $2,100 - $1,890 9% GST: $56.70 Full Fee Payable: $266.70
Enhanced Training Support for SMEs (ETSS)	90%	Singapore Citizen / PR who is SME sponsored	Course Fee: $2,100 - $1,890 9% GST: $56.70 Full Fee Payable: $266.70

2. SkillsFuture Credit
Singapore Citizens aged 25 and above may use their SkillsFuture Credits (up to S$500) to pay for the course fees. The credits may be used on top of existing course fee funding. This is only applicable to self-sponsored participants.

Applications via MySkillsFuture.sg must be made within 60 days before course commencement. Please click here for more details. Please login to Skillsfuture portal and submit appropriately.

3. Absentee Payroll
Companies who sponsor their employees for the course may apply for Absentee Payroll via the SkillsConnect system. For more information, please visit SkillsConnect.

4. NTU Alumni Course Credit
From 1 July 2019, NTU alumni may utilise their course credits of S$1,600.00 to co-pay up to 50% of the nett fee (exclusive of prevailing GST) payable for courses with starting date from 1 July 2019 onwards. There will be no administrative fee involved for the use of NTU Alumni Course Credits on courses with starting date from 1 July 2019 onwards. For more information, please visit here.

An online assessment will be conducted at the end of the course.

Online assessments and evaluations will be conducted at the end of the course. Participants taking the SkillsFuture grant must comply with the following requirements to be awarded with the grant:

Achieving minimum attendance (75% of the total course hours)
Completion and pass the course assessments

*Course Certificate will be awarded to the participant who have fulfilled all the above requirements and upon completion of assessments.

Registration is open.

Click here to register for the physical class.
Click here to register for the online class.

For group registrations, please register your interest with us to discuss your requirements and explore a customised learning solution tailored to your organisation's needs.

Benefits of Group Registration

1. Shared Learning and Organisational Alignment
Team members learn together, fostering a common understanding, and aligned goals to enhance organisational effectiveness and execution.

2. Practical Application to Business Challenges
Participants can apply learning directly to current business priorities, projects, and organisational challenges, ensuring immediate workplace relevance.

3. Industry-Relevant Case Studies
Learning can be enriched with industry-specific cases and real-world business scenarios, making the programme more relevant and impactful.

4. Enhanced Cross-Functional Collaboration
Bringing together participants from different departments encourages knowledge sharing and strengthens collaboration.

5. Delivery & Continuous Support
Classes can be conducted in NTU, your premises, or virtually plus an option of post-programme coaching (with additional fees), if desired. Training dates and times are flexible and can be arranged to suit your organisation's availability.

6. Greater Return on Learning Investment
When teams learn and implement together, organisations are more likely to achieve sustainable improvements and maximise training outcomes.

7. Stronger Innovation and Transformation Capability
Collective learning helps cultivate an innovation mindset, strengthen change leadership, and accelerate organisational growth and transformation.

For enquiries, contact us at

ntupreneur.edp@ntu.edu.sg

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