Building Innovation Dream Teams

Build high-performing teams that collaborate effectively and execute innovation with confidence.

Building Innovation Dream Teams

Build high-performing teams that collaborate effectively and execute innovation with confidence.

Course Overview

Ready to build high-performing innovation teams within your organization?

This innovation team training equips teams with the skills, structure, and mindset needed to collaborate effectively and execute innovation with confidence. Through a human-centered approach, participants develop the capability to move from fragmented efforts to aligned, high-performing teams that drive real results.

This program covers the core principles and capabilities required to build and sustain high-performing innovation teams. Participants gain a clear understanding of how teams collaborate, how to strengthen problem-solving and idea flow, and how to create the conditions needed for effective innovation execution.

Certification

Certificate in High-Performance Team Innovation

What this Program Delivers

Master the Fundamentals

Explore the science of curiosity and foundational organizational behaviour principles to understand how innovative thinking develops within teams.

Unlock High Performance

Build stronger, more effective teams by applying evidence-based strategies, including emotional intelligence, psychological safety, and cognitive diversity.

Drive Innovation

Develop the skills needed to generate ideas, solve problems, manage innovation processes, and execute initiatives with clarity and structure.

Outcomes

Strong understanding of innovation psychology and team development concepts

Improved problem-solving capabilities and structured idea management

Deeper understanding of innovation fundamentals and how to apply them in practice

Greater awareness of how innovation drives performance and organizational success

This program is designed to improve how teams collaborate, align, and execute innovation. Organizations benefit from stronger team performance, clearer communication, and more effective delivery of innovation initiatives.

Program Structure

Day 1 - Laying the Foundation for Innovation

Unit 1 – The Science of Innovation: Unlocking Team Potential (2 Hours)

Understanding The First Principles of Innovation
Learning The Science Behind Curiosity
Defining Innovation for Yourself and Your Business
Approaching Innovation as a System

Activities (2 Hours)

Develop personal and business definition of innovation
Participate in debate for/against innovation as a system
Research and create a short thesis on the science of curiosity and brain physiology

Unit 2 – The Psychology of Innovation: Building a Culture of Trust (2 Hours)

Understanding Yourself and Others Through Emotional Intelligence
Learning New Ways to Fast-Track Psychological Safety and Team Development
Understanding Cognitive Diversity and Motivation Theory
Understanding Cognitive Biases that Impact Innovation

Activities (2 Hours)

Complete Unbounded Thinking Profiles
Develop personal action plan for building emotional intelligence
Develop team action plan to streamline psychological safety

Day 2 - Creating a Cohesive, High-Performing Team

Unit 3 – From Groups to Dream Teams: Mastering Team Development (2 Hours)

Understanding the Stages of Team Development
Learning How to Become a High-Performing Team

Activities (2 Hours)

Research high-performing teams and develop supportive thesis
Develop team development strategy

Unit 4 – Unlocking Idea Flow: Overcoming Barriers to Innovation (2 Hours)

Introducing Idea Flow and Identifying Common Barriers
Learning How to Nurture Idea Flow Within Teams

Activities (2 Hours)

Create an example strategy to improve idea sharing within teams

This session focuses on building high-performing teams that can accelerate innovation. By understanding team development stages and improving idea flow, participants strengthen collaboration and decision-making, enabling more effective execution across innovation initiatives.

Day 3 - Driving Innovation Through Problem-Solving & Execution

Unit 5 – Advanced Problem-Solving: Turning Challenges into Opportunities (2 Hours)

Understanding the Four Types of Problems
Identifying Problem Solving Methods to Improve Innovation Efforts

Activities (2 Hours)

Research and compile a list of known existing problem-solving methods and discuss effectiveness
Apply problem-solving method to example complex problem

Unit 6 – From Ideas to Impact: Mastering Innovation Execution (2 Hours)

Improving How Ideas Move from Inception to Implementation
Finding Practical Ways to Manage Your Team’s Ideas

Activities (2 Hours)

Create a flow diagram for how ideas should flow through a team
Create an example strategy to improve idea sharing within teams
Develop an example idea management process

This session builds the capability to turn ideas into action through advanced problem-solving and structured idea management. Participants strengthen execution, remove barriers, and improve how innovation delivers measurable results.

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Unleash Your Potential With Our Tailored Innovation Services

At Unbounded Thinking, we live and breathe innovation. Bound by a firm conviction that every organization holds untapped potential, we’re here to help you unlock it.