The finance organization is charged with aligning the strategic and financial goals of the company. This course discusses and reviews innovation and what you as a leader need to do to enable, facilitate and measure innovation in your company.  There are multiple “channels” for innovation and we’ll discuss several of them and their ability to drive business value.

What is “important” innovation? When evaluating innovation ideas, do you ask:

“Does the Innovation idea support our overall value proposition?”

“Will this idea survive the resource gauntlet and get funding and executive buy-in?”

“Can this idea be executed?”

What types of questions do you ask about your innovation ideas? These issues and more will be covered, providing you with a framework and vocabulary for understanding how innovation can and should grow at your company, with the help of the office of the CFO.