Course Highlights

• Learn through a mix of presentations, case discussions, video dramatizations, small group exercises, and an in-class simulation
• Organized into thematic modules designed around the four key principles of building the discovery capability in an organization
• Work on a challenge from your own organization
• Earn a certificate of course completion from the MIT Sloan School of Management

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Why attend Creating High Velocity Organizations?

Some firms outperform competitors in many ways at once—cost, speed, innovation, and service. How can some companies perform so well that their industry counterparts are competitors in name only? What makes these organizations not just succeed but consistently excel?
 
The answer has to do with the ability to systematize innovation—taking it from the occasional, unpredictable stroke of genius to something you and your team do daily to outdistance rivals. 
 
Creating High Velocity Organizations demonstrates what sets market-dominating companies apart and provides a detailed framework you can leverage to surge to the lead in your own industry. The course examines the internal operations of dominant organizations across a wide spectrum of industries, from technology and design to manufacturing and health care.
 
While the course investigates several great operational triumphs, like top-tier teaching hospitals' fantastic improvements in quality of care, Pratt & Whitney's competitive gains in jet engine design, and the US Navy's breakthroughs in inventing and applying nuclear propulsion, the course is not just about the adoration of success. It also takes a critical look at some of the operational missteps that have humbled even the most reputable and respected of companies and organizations. 
 
Through presentations, case studies, and hands-on learning activities, you will learn principles that form the basis for structured continuous learning and improvement and walk away with a better understanding of how to:

• Build a system of “dynamic discovery” designed to reveal operational problems and weaknesses as they arise
• Attack and solve problems when and where they occur, converting weaknesses into strengths
• Disseminate knowledge gained from solving local problems throughout the company as a whole
• Create managers invested in developing everyone's capacity to continually innovate and improve
• Generate faster, better results using less capital and fewer resources
   

The MIT Edge
Traditional business-school curricula tend to focus on teaching decision-making skills as a way to success. However, many companies today—especially those in relatively new industries—find themselves lacking the information or the experience needed to make the decisions that could determine their future. That is where the leaders' ability not only to think, but also to behave like innovators, becomes vital to the success of the organization. Known for its commitment to innovation, with this program MIT Sloan offers a rare opportunity for participants to learn how to channel their curiosity into innovators' behavior.

Each session is punctuated by facilitated small-group exercises, in which participants can actively apply the ideas and examples offered in class to their own specific, real-life situations.

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Guest Speaker

Admiral John Richardson, USN (Ret)

Admiral John Richardson served 37 years in the U.S. Navy, completing his service as the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), the top officer in the Navy. Since retirement, he has joined the boards of several major corporations and other organizations. While in the Navy, Richardson served in the submarine force. He commanded the attack submarine USS HONOLULU in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, for which he was awarded the Vice Admiral James Bond Stockdale Inspirational Leadership Award. He went on to command at every level of the Navy. Richardson served as the Director of Naval Reactors from 2012 until 2015. After Naval Reactors, he served as the 31st Chief of Naval Operations, the senior office in the Navy, from 2015 until August 2019. Richardson retired from the Navy in August 2019. 

Since leaving the Navy, Richardson has joined the Board of Directors for The Boeing Company, Constellation Energy Corporation, and BWX Technologies. He also serves on the Boards of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, the Center for New American Security, and the Navy League of the United States. Richardson graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1982 with a Bachelor of Science in physics. He also holds master’s degrees in electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and a master’s degree in national security strategy from the National War College.
 

Applying to the Course

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