Andrea Ippolito is a Lecturer in the Engineering Management Program at Cornell University and the Founder and Director of Women Entrepreneurs Cornell (W.E. Cornell). Prior to joining Cornell, Andrea served as the Director of the Department of Veterans Affairs Innovators Network within the VA Center for Innovation. Andrea completed her MS in Engineering & Management at MIT. Prior to MIT, Andrea worked as a Research Scientist within the Corporate Technology Development group at Boston Scientific. She obtained both her BS in Biological Engineering in 2006 and Master’s of Engineering in Biomedical Engineering in 2007 from Cornell University.
COURSE OVERVIEW
In this course, you will devise a strategy to manage a portfolio of innovation projects at your organization. You will examine best practices for portfolio management and establish a plan to spread your innovation and innovation culture. Then you will examine typical risks to your scaling strategy and establish a sustainment plan. Finally, you will revise your innovation placemat and present a practice pitch. This activity will prepare you to pitch your innovation placemat at your organization.
Developing Innovation Strategy, Building Innovation Competencies, Innovation Tools, and Implementing Innovation are required to be completed prior to starting this course.
KEY COURSE TAKEAWAYS
- Design a portfolio management plan for your innovation initiative
- Employ strategies and activities to diffuse and scale innovations
- Develop a sustainment plan for your innovation strategy

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Course Length
2 weeks
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3-5 hours per week
Format
100% online, instructor-led
Course Author
Lecturer, Founder and Director of Women Entrepreneurs Cornell
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- Entry-level to executive leaders
- Product managers
- MBA students
- Data scientists and analysts
- Entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs
- Engineers
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