Part of the Executive Management Programme INSEAD.

Are you ready to create growth when the answers do not yet exist?

Today, growth is no longer just a matter of optimisation. It requires leaders who can proactively identify new opportunities, rethink existing business models and—crucially—build a culture that turns uncertainty into collective action.

Strategic Innovation for Growth is an international executive programme for those who want to strengthen their ability to drive growth in a complex world. The programme provides an integrated leadership perspective on how strategy, innovation, and leadership work together. We approach innovation as a core strategic capability—not as isolated projects, but as a discipline and a culture that can be deeply embedded in your team’s and organisation’s DNA.

Upcoming cohorts

This programme is based in Denmark on the following dates:

Price: 6.650 euro

Why the programme is critical for you and your team

The strategic tools and leadership models that brought you to where you are today are not necessarily the ones that will take you into the future. Market dynamics, technological shifts, and changing customer needs are evolving faster than most organisations can adapt.

This programme is designed precisely for that leadership space. It is for those who must set direction and deliver results amid uncertainty – and who are motivated by seeing their own learning create a ripple effect across the people they lead. If you do not collectively build the capability to innovate, you risk identifying opportunities too late. The programme equips you to take the lead and create the conditions that enable your team to spot and seize new opportunities long before your current business model loses its relevance..

From strategic ambition to organisational reality

We work with an approach in which organisational development and the ability to renew are driven by four closely interconnected dimensions:

• Strategy: The ability to set direction and continuously renew your competitive strength in a dynamic market.
• Behaviour: How your and your team’s day-to-day behaviours either enable or hinder new initiatives
• Processes: The structures and ways of working that enable you to seize new opportunities and support innovation capability.
• Culture: The shared mindset and environment that create the necessary foundation for collaboration and change.

From strategic insight to leadership action

Strategic Innovation for Growth translates recognised international research into practical leadership tools. You gain a strong foundation for making strategic decisions under uncertainty and for building a team that has the confidence to act on them.

You will, among other things, work with:

• How to build a growth-oriented culture where your employees are motivated to explore new paths and think beyond day-to-day operations.
• How to develop innovation into a strategic capability so that it becomes embedded in your collective practice rather than remaining isolated initiatives.
• How to rethink competitive advantages as technologies, customer needs, and market dynamics evolve.
• How to reduce risk through “low-cost experimentation,” creating a safe space for your team to test and explore new ideas without losing momentum.
• How, through your leadership, you create a ripple effect that engages the organisation and makes growth a shared, ongoing priority.

In this way, growth becomes not a coincidental outcome, but an integrated part of your culture—built on strategic judgment, organisational maturity, and the ability to navigate the unknown together.

Is the program relevant for you?

The programme is designed for those with responsibility for strategy, business development, innovation, or transformation – and who want to drive change through the people they lead. It is particularly relevant if your existing business models are under pressure, or if you have a strong need to identify new pathways to growth.

The typical participant profile includes:

• Senior executives, directors, and members of executive leadership teams
• Leaders of functions or departments with responsibility for development and renewal
• Leaders with strategic responsibility for innovation, business development, or transformation
• Public sector leaders driving the development of new solutions and services

The programme is aimed at leaders who want to move from merely reacting to change to actively shaping the organisation’s future by building a strong, innovation-driven team.

Meet the programme director

Strategic Innovation for Growth constitutes Module 1 of our Executive Management Programme INSEAD and can be taken as part of a broader international executive programme.