Innovation in Defence

Driving collaboration and discovery-oriented
learning across Defence

Our Programmes

Innovation Fundamentals
Innovation Fundamentals is a two-week agile design course for aspiring innovators in the MOD. To support your journey towards becoming a defence innovator and disruptor, you will be introduced to concepts of innovation and will develop your own innovation toolkit to help you drive change in your area of work.
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Innovation Practitioners' Programme
The Innovation Practitioners' Programme is a hybrid part-time course for disruptors wanting to take the next step on their journey towards becoming impactful innovators. You will explore how to develop and refine your innovation toolkits as you drive and scale an innovation idea in the defence context.
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Strategic Innovation Programme
The Strategic Innovation Programme is a hybrid part-time course for MOD leaders seeking to create and enable strong cultures of innovation across their teams. Through our executive leadership programme with coaching, you will explore best practices in driving and managing organisational innovation.
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Innovation
Fundamentals

In this taught and collaborative course, you will learn how to actively advance Defence’s innovation mission, regardless of your rank or service. You will begin to develop your own innovation toolkit as you engage with the fundamentals of innovation, user research, prototyping, and planning your own user experiments. You will also be supported by an MOD mentor to help you navigate your own innovation journey.

This course is free for Defence staff (aside from travel costs). Lunch will be provided for in-person learning days.
2 weeks, full-time
9-20 January 2023
Remote learning days
In-person launch event and graduation ceremony

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Successful candidates will be notified via email

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25 November & 2 December 2022
Get in touch with us to watch the information session we hosted for applicants and their line managers.
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Innovation Practitioners' Programme

This course is designed for existing MOD innovators who want to drive change by effectively scaling their ideas in the context of the MOD. You will develop and refine your innovation toolkit by working on your own innovation project, experimenting with product design, in depth user research, building a business case for your innovation, and getting the right stakeholders onboard. To support you in your journey to adopt and drive change, you will be mentored by an MOD innovator.

This course is free for Defence staff (aside from travel costs). Lunch will be provided for in-person learning days.
12 days, across 4 months
February-May 2023 (exact dates dependent on cohort)
3 hybrid learning days and 2 days of self-led innovation practice per month for 4 months (with in-person days held in London)
In-person launch event and graduation ceremony

Applications Closed

Successful candidates will be notified via email

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25 November & 2 December 2022
Get in touch with us to watch the information session we hosted for applicants and their line managers.
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Strategic Innovation Programme

This executive MBA-style programme has been developed for MOD leaders seeking to enable and progress forward MOD’s innovation mission. You will learn how to effectively incentivise and enable innovation through interactive case study discussions exploring topics, such as multi-disciplinary collaboration, flexible work environments, and discovery-driven learning. You will be supported by your own individual executive coach and mentor to help you navigate your innovation leadership journey.

This course is free for Defence staff (aside from travel costs). Lunch will be provided for in-person learning days.
5 days over 5 months (one day per month)
February - June 2023 (exact dates dependent on cohort)
In-person learning days (held in London)
In-person launch event and graduation ceremony

Applications Closed

Successful candidates will be notified via email

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25 November & 2 December 2022
Get in touch with us to watch the information session we hosted for applicants and their line managers.
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Become a Mentor

Would you like to support MOD's drive for innovation by mentoring participants on our courses? We are looking for MOD personnel who can spend a few hours supporting course participants in their journey towards becoming better defence innovators.
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The PUBLIC School of Technology, delivered by PUBLIC, is built on the context, challenges and needs of the public sector. This centre offers public servants a radically different learning environment, led by a highly stimulating ecosystem of digital innovators, entrepreneurs and investors.
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