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With the support of what would become known as the Innovation Engineering Pioneers, a full body of knowledge was defined that was both academically rigorous and industry relevant. There are 48 critical skills, each with 2 to 4 subskills. Today, six courses are taught: 1) Fundamentals, 2) Advanced Create, 3) Advanced Communicate, 4) Advanced Commercialize, 5) System-Driven Leadership, and 6) Innovation Engineering Experience. The Innovation Engineering logo includes an icon for each of the key skill areas: Create, Communicate, and Commercialize.

Details on the current curriculum can be found at innovationengineering.org (I haven’t included it here, as it undergoes never-ending innovation, as all college courses should). We upgrade and improve each course each year, based on new data, analysis, and the frontline experiences of the Innovation Engineering community.

Scheduling issues and the high cost of college courses can make it challenging for students to complete the six courses. To reach the maximum number of students, the first course, Fundamentals, was designed to provide a functional knowledge of the three fundamental skills of creating, communicating, and commercializing innovations. Students completing the fundamentals course at a high standard are certified as Innovation Engineering Blue Belts.

Upon completing all classes on campus, students graduate with an Innovation Engineering minor or a graduate certificate. They also have the option of becoming a Certified Innovation Engineering Black Belt.

Off campus, frontline employees, managers, and executives are taught the same content as on campus—but in a compressed format that integrates the learning with direct application to their real-world work. The Innovation Engineering Network offers two programs of training, application coaching, and certification:

Innovation Engineering Blue Belt enables fundamental understanding. It teaches employees, managers, and leaders how to apply the Innovation Engineering mindset and methods to their personal and professional lives immediately.

Innovation Engineering Black Belt enables mastery of the Innovation Engineering system-driven innovation mindset. It enables them to bust bureaucratic systems and enable big ideas. Classically, Black Belts focus their work on leading very important projects or teaching other employees, managers, and leaders.