Empower your people to transform great ideas into lasting impact. This journey equips intrapreneurs with the tools and mindsets to discover opportunities, design solutions with strategic rigor, and communicate them with confidence. Participants leave ready to lead innovation that aligns with business goals and inspires change.

Each course stands alone, yet together they form a complete system for developing intrapreneurial leaders who turn ideas into action and disruption into opportunity.

Courses can be taken individually or as a progressive series that builds on one another.
Content can also be customized into in-person Masterclasses, scheduled series, or organization-specific licensing agreements.
Three Courses, each comprised of three 105-minute virtual sessions
Tuition: $1,750 per course or $5,000 for all three

1. Igniting Innovation: From Problems to Possibilities

Turn problems into opportunities. Use Human-Centered Design to uncover insights, spark creative ideas, and define solutions that deliver measurable value.

Key Learnings:

Overview of innovation process
Innovation mindsets
Creating the optimal problem statement
Human-centric innovation approach
Stakeholder interviews
Creating collaborative solutions
Understanding constraints and barriers
Ideation best practices
Impact Effort Matrix for selecting solution
Value Pyramid
Qualitative and quantitative value
Reverse financials
Idea summary
Solution Summary

Spring 2026: Tues – April 7, 14, 21
Fall 2026: Wed – Sept 9, 16, 23
9:00–10:45 a.m. MT

2. Designing for Impact: From Solutions to Strategy

Test, refine, and de-risk your ideas to build a compelling business plan that gains traction. Develop a coalition of support by growing a network of allies, advocates, and champions.

Key Learnings:

Next phase of the innovation process
Corporate resistance to innovation
How company culture supports or stifles innovation
Building allies, advocates, and champions
Key resources, activities, and partnerships needed to implement a solution
Testing deal-killer assumptions
Elements of an innovation business plan
Creating an innovation business plan
Presenting 90-day action plan

Spring 2026: Tues – May 5, 12, 19
Fall 2026: Wed – Oct 7, 14, 21
9:00–10:45 a.m. MT

3. Storytelling for Influence: Turning Ideas into Action

Have your great ideas gain momentum by employing effective storytelling techniques. Learn to communicate with clarity, emotion, and authority to secure buy-in and resources.

Key Learnings:

What is business storytelling
The science behind business storytelling
How business storytelling can impact your work
Structuring your story
Create your hook
Creating your problem statement
6-step process for creating a compelling narrative
Effectively using visual aids
Data in storytelling
Best practices in delivery
Creating an elevator pitch
Final presentations

Spring 2026: Tues – June 2, 9, 16
Fall 2026: Wed – Nov 4, 11, 18
9:00–10:45 a.m. MT

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“Innovation taught me to bring diverse voices in early. When change arises, those perspectives reveal possibilities we might have overlooked.”

– LISA P.

“Whether leading enterprise initiatives or launching new ventures, I’ll carry forward the principles of structured creativity, stakeholder alignment, and customer-centered design.”

– KATRENA K.

“I now prioritize exploring the problem space before jumping to solutions. That shift has helped me uncover root causes and design more meaningful outcomes.”

– LISA P.

Meet Janice Silver

Innovation Learning Journey Leader

Vice President, Intrapreneurship Academy at Syndeo Institute at The Cable Center
30+ years in telecom, cable, nonprofit sectors
Co-developer of Driving Innovation (2017)
Launched Intrapreneurship Academy in 2017 with Driving Innovation, and has grown IA to include Leading with Agility, Intrapreneurial Leadership, and Human Innovation in an AI World
Developed Masterclasses, Webinars, and Online Sprints to allow organizations to scale learning throughout their organizations
Curriculum developer for Intrapreneurship Academy asynchronous online learning Sprints
Passionate about helping future leaders learn the skills, tools, and mindsets to become highly impactful intrapreneurs within their organizations

The time to start innovating is now.

Enroll your leaders or teams for one of the upcoming Innovation Courses, or download our brochure here.

Questions? Contact IA@syndeoinstitute.org

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Innovation Learning Journey

From Insight to Influence

1. Igniting Innovation: From Problems to Possibilities

2. Designing for Impact: From Solutions to Strategy