Fearless Innovation™ Training Program
Equipping your people with confidence and capability to innovate every day
In today’s world, innovation is no longer optional. Markets fluctuate faster, customer expectations are in flux overnight, and organizations must keep up by continuously adapting to stay ahead of the competition. The Blanchard’s Fearless Innovation™ Training Program equips people and teams to break through fear, tap into curiosity, and apply a structured approach to real-world innovation without the overwhelm or ambiguity that often comes with the word “innovation.”
Why Fearless Innovation Matters Today
Employees want to innovate, but they often hesitate because of fear of failure, unclear expectations, lack of process, or organisational constraints. This is where the innovation training approach of Blanchard stands apart.
Fearless Innovation helps people learn how to:
- Challenge assumptions without creating conflict
- Explore new possibilities with confidence
- Test ideas safely using low-risk experiments
- Collaborate effectively across functions
- Turn insights into actionable outcomes
With structured innovation skills training, individuals don’t just think creatively—they apply innovation with purpose and alignment to organisational goals.
The Fearless Innovation™ Model
At the heart of this innovation training program is a simple, repeatable model rooted in global best practices. Participants learn how to shift from fear-driven behaviours to experiment-driven behaviours using a framework that blends mindset, process, and practical tools.
Mindset Shift
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- Psychological safety
- Courage to challenge norms
- Curiosity-led thinking
- Openness to iteration
Process Framework
- Frame the problem
- Explore possibilities
- Build prototypes
- Learn through testing
Practical Tools
The result: a workplace where everyday innovation becomes simple, natural, and sustainable.
How Fearless Innovation Training Works
Just like the global offering, Blanchard India delivers the program in a modular, blended-learning format to ensure deep skill adoption. The innovation training program combines expert facilitation, real-case exercises, and experiential learning that mirrors real workplace scenarios.
Pre-work & Digital Learning
Instructor-Led Sessions
On the Job Application
Sustainment Tools
How Fearless Innovation Training Works
The innovation training program strengthens both mindset and method. Key takeaways include:
Build Innovation Confidence
Collaborate Across Boundaries
Use a Proven Innovation Process
- Generate breakthrough ideas
- Run experiments quickly and safely
- Test, refine, and scale solutions
- Build empathy by understanding user needs
Deliver Outcomes That Matter
Why Organisations Choose Blanchard India for Innovation Training
The innovation training program strengthens both mindset and method. Key takeaways include:
Practical,
Not Theoretical
Fearless Innovation was designed for real-world application. Every activity helps people build habits that drive measurable innovation outcomes.
Tailored for Indian Workforces
Our facilitators understand the realities of Indian teams – hierarchies, deadlines, cross-functional collaboration, and cultural nuances that often impact innovation.
High Engagement
Learning Experience
Through immersive innovation workshops, participants stay engaged, motivated, and equipped to apply what they learn immediately.
Proven,
Scalable Tools
The program includes repeatable frameworks adaptable to different industries—from IT/ITeS to manufacturing, consulting, FMCG, retail, and BFSI.
Program Format & Delivery Options
Fearless Innovation™ is flexible and accessible, making it a preferred choice for organizations seeking impactful innovation training, whether for small teams or enterprise-wide development.
1 Day Instructor-led Course
The Fearless innovation in-person experience is a highly engaging, full-day* session designed to help participants adopt an innovative mindset, build creative confidence, and collaborate effectively to generate and test ideas that drive organisational progress.
This 8-hour course includes videos, group discussions, and breakout sessions. The design can also be extended beyond one day for teams that want additional time to work through real-world innovation challenges.
Course Flow
Prework: LAUNCH — Engaging assignments that introduce key innovation concepts and mindsets.
Morning: LEARN — Interactive activities explore the principles of fearless innovation and help participants identify challenges and opportunities within their roles.
Afternoon: PRACTICE — Practical exercises to generate, test, and refine ideas using proven innovation tools. Includes action planning to overcome barriers, foster a culture of experimentation, and commit to next steps.
Post: APPLY — Follow-up micro-activities, videos, and tools that reinforce key learnings and support continued innovation in daily work.
*This full-day in-person design includes two 10-minute breaks and 45 minutes for lunch.
Virtual Instructor-led Course
Fearless Innovation is a virtual, instructor-led course that unfolds over five one-hour sessions. The virtual sessions offer learners a highly engaging experience that includes instruction, responses, reflection, group activities, and opportunities to practice new skills in a safe setting. The program also allows learners to share stories and best practices as they work through a real-life innovation project.
PREWORK/LAUNCH: Welcome to Fearless Innovation™. Discover a mindset and four-step process that will help you envision, try out, and launch innovative solutions in your world. Participants get ready to:
Challenge how you view innovation
Ignite creativity by expanding your mindset
Find ways to experiment at a micro level
Believe that innovation can happen in your domain, because you are the expert and the one who can create value
LEARN & PRACTICE:
Session 1: Learn and practice the mindset of Fearless Innovation: Grace, Curiosity, Proactivity
Session 2: Discover the Fearless Innovation process, beginning with the Scan phase.
Session 3: Begin the Ideate phase of Fearless Innovation.
Session 4: Explore the Experiment phase of Fearless Innovation.
Session 5: Discover the Launch phase of Fearless Innovation, and discuss the leadership characteristics that foster a culture of innovation.
POST WORK/APPLY: Reinforce course learnings with online tools to help remember and apply the key concepts of Fearless Innovation.
Let us know if you’ll need Continuing Education Units prior to starting your course!
5 SHRM PDCs5
NASBA CPEs
5 ATD Credit Hours
Online Overview
The Fearless Innovation Overview with Reflect and Share is an ideal way to introduce critical concepts to your people. Participants learn the mindset and skill set needed to think like an innovator. As a 35-minute asynchronous learning module, it is a cost-effective and efficient way to share powerful information while enjoying a meaningful ROI.
The Fearless Innovation Overview helps organisations stay ahead of the competition by teaching a philosophy of continuous improvement. This design is a better choice for clients wanting to give people a quick boost of innovative ideas and tips, or to infuse innovative practices into a longer learning experience.
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Digital Assets
Fearless Innovation has a set of 11 micro activities that take no more than five minutes to complete. Each activity helps learners to apply ideas that solve real workplace problems. These micro activities provide just-in-time learning through a variety of activity types such as videos, worksheets, and interactions.
Who Should Attend Fearless Innovation™?
The program is ideal for individuals and teams across:
- Leadership & Management
- Product & Innovation Teams
- HR, L&D, and OD Professionals
- Sales, Marketing & CX Teams
- Strategy & Transformation Units
- Operations & Quality Teams
Anyone responsible for problem-solving, collaboration, or continuous improvement benefits from this innovation training.
Impact of the Fearless Innovation™ Training Program
Organisations that invest in this innovation skills training experience measurable outcomes:
