An Award Winner Teacher and Thought Leader
I love to teach. Based on my experience building 8 successful companies in 6 countries, consulting work with hundreds of companies and a research program with over 400 companies, I can bring theory and experience together in a way students enjoy and remember.
New, Original Content
Based on 4 years of research and work with 24 co-authors I’m the lead author of Cycles.Cycles is about how to grow faster with lower risk by getting the ABCs of growth right. I’ve got some great content in our new Book Cycles
A 2-minute introduction to Cycles
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Course overview 14 hours of lectures + 10 hours of in-class discussions
The Cycles Toolkit
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Experience In MBA and Graduate Programs
I’ve taught at 2 top 50 Business Schools (KU Leuven and the Solvay) and given guest lectures at dozens more. I have also led several accelerator programs (The Founder Institute and The European Innovation Academy). I love to teach. My course New Product Management was rated the top course in Economics at the KU Leuven 2 out of the 3 years I taught there.
Some of my experience
New Product Marketing
(36 hours)
It is a sad fact that most new businesses, products,and services fail. Some estimate the failure rate is as high as 90%. This course is about why products fail and what you can do to increase your odds of success.
innovation (Alignment, Building Ideas, Communicating/Checking, systematically improving) and how run Cycles of innovation faster
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Innovation Management
(24 hours)
Successful innovation is neither a science nor an art. It is a practice. In this course, students learn how companies can better build ideas (even mediocre ideas) over time into successful innovations. The course will focus on the ABCs of innovation (Alignment, Building Ideas, Communicating/Checking, systematically improving) and how to run Cycles of innovation faster
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12-week Startup program
+/- 12 hours of content
A 12-week program designed for founders and teams all throughout the pre-seed stage, including aspiring founders with a full-time job, solo founders, teams, and founders of established companies that are pre-funding.
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15-day Extreme Accelerator
+/- 15 hours of content)
An intensive entrepreneurship study abroad programs provide participants the resources, connections, and mentoring necessary to build a successful startup in 15 days.
of companies that are pre-funding
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I Love Teaching Executives
My favorite courses to teach are executive education courses. I like the challenge of accelerated teaching. All of these courses are a powerful combination of theory and hands-on learning.
A selection of my executive educations program
Bright Spots
1-Day
At this event, you will learn:
- Why you should focus more on bright spots
- How other companies are successfully using bright spots to grow faster
- How you can get started quickly
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Scaleup Weekend
2.5 Days
In 54 hours, you will learn the fundamentals you need to scaleup. This program is a fast, fun and efficient way to learn how to CREATE, COMMUNICATE, & COMMERCIALIZE Meaningfully Unique Ideas.
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Innovation Management
2 Days
Understand why effective innovation is a system
Be able to give a clear description of their innovation strategy that will motivate employees and spark action
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Making Innovation Happen!
2-Day
At the end of 2 days all participants will:
- Understand why effective innovation is a system
- Be able to better create, communicate ideas
- Be able to lead innovation projects more effectively
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Business model innovation and Alignment
1-Day
Participants will learn the basics-the why and how of business model innovation. They will also learn howto get alignment around business objectives
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Create and Communicate
1-Day
Participants will learn how to replace brainstorming with a better way to generate ideas. And then they will learn how to clearly communicate these ideas so they can be tested and validated.
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The practice of innovation (My book Cycles)
2-Day
Successful innovation is neither a science nor an art. It is a practice. In this course, participants will learn how companies can better build ideas (even moidore ideas) over time into successful innovations. The course focuses on the ABCs of innovation (Alignment, Building Ideas, Communicating/Checking, systematically improving) and how run Cycles of innovation faster
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