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InnoLab Builder — Designing Corporate Innovation Engines

Design, launch, and defend a corporate innovation lab at Meridian Industrial Group. Make strategic decisions about mandate, operating model, staffing, funding, governance, and location, then manage a project pipeline while navigating corporate antibodies. Learn how organizational design shapes innovation outcomes.

3 rounds Executive English, Español

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Who it is for

An advanced simulation for participants used to working with the main frameworks and trade-offs of the subject, designed for executive education and experienced professionals.

How a session runs

The instructor creates a session from the Eureka dashboard and invites the participants.
Participants play 3 rounds. In each one they submit their decisions and the simulation calculates the results. The first round opens with: Lab Design Decisions.
The simulation can be run in English, Español.
The instructor follows each participant's progress and results from the dashboard, and uses the class results for the debrief.

Decisions participants make

The decisions participants make during the simulation:

Innovation Mandate
Operating Model
Staffing Strategy
Funding Mechanism
Governance Structure
Location and Culture Signal
Board Recommendation
Design Evolution (Change 1)
Year 2 Budget Request ($M)
Year 2 Milestone Focus

What participants track

What participants follow on screen as the rounds go by:

Project Pipeline — Allocate Budget Points (100 total) and FTEs (15 total)
Corporate Antibody Event
Talent Crisis: Two Key Engineers Poached

Subjects covered

Designed for courses in Corporate Entrepreneurship.

Corporate Entrepreneurship / Intrapreneurship
Building Innovation Labs & Accelerators
Innovation Culture & Ambidextrous Organizations

InnoLab Builder — Designing Corporate Innovation Engines

Who it is for

How a session runs

Decisions participants make

What participants track

Subjects covered

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