This course will help you build your foundational innovation skills, learn about innovation methodologies and tools, how they are being applied across WWF offices and how you can apply them in your own work.

It has been streamlined, to require 2 hours per week of your time and is a combination of self-paced modules that you can do whenever you have some free time. Additionally there are 4 group sessions, each lasting one and a half hours distributed over the course of 6 weeks.

Main takeaway learnings 

1. Knowledge and understanding of innovation theory

2. Concrete innovation tools and how to apply them to your work

3. How to apply innovation in project design 

What does it mean to become an innovator within WWF and how do you practice this? Mindsets are critical in shaping a culture of innovation and driving positive change within our network. This session will uncover why failure can be a good thing and what skills of the future are critical for innovation.

Main takeaway learnings 

1. Learn how to empower yourself and team members with an innovative mindset

2. How to ask great questions

3. How to turn failure into learning

Learn the secrets of creative and effective brainstorming that can change the way you approach problem-solving in your day to day.

Main takeaway learnings 

1. Learn and apply approaches to brainstorming and creative thinking in your next strategy session, meeting or project ideation

Unlock your creativity and tackle complex conservation challenges in fresh ways using Design Thinking - one of the most powerful tools for innovation. This crash course workshop will introduce how this can be applied to any area of our work at WWF for problem solving and ideation. 

Bring a topic- we can adapt

Main takeaway learnings 

1. Design thinking as a process and tool for creative problem solving and ideation

2. Principles of inclusive, human-centered design

What is futures thinking and why does it matter for your office? Experience a bit of time traveling, personally and by stepping into possible futures and scenarios to make decisions more strategically

Main takeaway learnings 

1. An interactive experience that makes the future personal and invites participants into 2 or 3 scenarios of the future.

2. Learn how to use and apply this approach for strategy building

In what ways can we use AI in our work? This workshop will introduce what generative AI is and share examples of how this is being used in the network to increase effectiveness and efficiency towards greater impact. Explore opportunities to implement in your own work and be inspired by use cases in our network.

Main takeaway learnings 

1. Introduction to generative AI

2. Showcase of different examples of AI use in the network 

3. Sharing additional resources for learning and practical application

Learn how to integrate storytelling into any presentation and communicate complicated concepts in a clear and accessible way to get funders or partners excited about your work!

This workshop will help you package your offer to stakeholders in an attractive format and include practical tips, before/after examples and can be customized to your team (if you share your pitch deck beforehand).

Main takeaway learnings 

1. Introduction to storytelling applied to WWF's work

2. Showcase of different examples of storytelling in the network 

3. Sharing additional resources for learning and practical application