Building Strategic Agility
Customer-Centric Innovation
A New Business Paradigm Requires an Integrated Approach to Strategic Agility
An essential part of winning in this new age is getting closer to, and evolving with, your customers. It’s through this process of learning and co-creation that companies will be able to best meet their customers’ new needs and expectations. Although most companies claim to be customer-centric, they remain fluent only in the internal language of customer segments and product characteristics. They attempt to differentiate their offerings by adding features and functions without taking the voice of the customer into consideration.
The customer has what we call “jobs to be done” and is seeking the best product or service to do it. Understanding the jobs your customers want done, both today and tomorrow, helps you gain valuable insights and enables you to innovate faster than the competition.
Course Description:
In this course, we will explore how companies can build greater customer-centricity, speed, and flexibility into their DNA, allowing them to out-innovate the competition and thrive in the “age of agility.”
Course Faculty: Hari Nair
Hari Nair is an Advanced Leadership Fellow at Harvard University and a leading practitioner of innovation and corporate transformation. He has more than 25 years of operational experience applying innovation approaches across multiple sectors and markets.
Hari served as Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer for Sime Darb, a publicly-traded Malaysian conglomerate with interests ranging from Caterpillar distributorships to palm oil plantations and property development. Hari also led Kimberly Clark’s Global Innovation Center in Seoul, where he worked with a team of 100+ researchers on customer-centric innovations.
In addition to leading business lines for P&G in the U.S. and China, Hari was Partner and Vice President at Innosight, a growth strategy consulting firm founded by disruptive innovation expert Clayton Christensen. Hari teaches leaders around the world about disruptive innovation.
Each course includes:
- A 5-6 min Content video
- Exercises to be completed offline by participants
- Online correction of the exercises
- Short Assessment
Required Time : 60-80 minutes
Each course can be completed separately or in combination with any other courses from the Building Strategic Agility Series. Participants who complete the nine courses would be eligible for a Duke CE certificate*
This course is part of a nine-course series that enable individuals to build strong strategic agility skills.
The Learning Community Unique Advantages
- A company-dedicated learning environment for the course
- Access to a Forum to share ideas with course participants
- Curated content to supplement the course, including:
- Course one-page summary
- Relevant additional videos, articles
*Duke CE partnered with Joe Perfetti to design this course. Learning Communities is authorized to commercialize it on its website. The course description on the DUKE CE website can found here.