Busy with innovation.
Still missing strategic progress?
ISO 56000 in Practice
A practical group training on how to use ISO 56000 as guidance to build a stronger innovation system, create value under uncertainty, and turn scattered initiatives into strategic results.
Not a certification course.
Not mandatory administration.
Not a way to standardise creativity.
Guided by Piet Verhoeve, Belgian ISO 56000 expert and hands-on innovation guide.
Does this sound familiar?
You may recognise this:
- Many ideas, but too little realised value
- Promising pilots, but limited scaling
- Projects competing for attention and resources
- Partnerships without clear shared direction
- AI or technology experiments without a clear path to value
- Learning that stays inside individual projects
The issue is usually not a lack of ambition. It is that the system behind innovation is not strong enough yet.
ISO 56000 without the bureaucracy
ISO 56000 is not about
- Mandatory administration
- Audit preparation
- Standardising creativity
- Rigid procedures
- Paperwork for control
ISO 56000 can help you build
- Clear direction
- Better innovation choices
- Stronger collaboration
- Learning loops
- Value creation under uncertainty
In this training, ISO 56000 becomes a source of inspiration and practical guidance, not an administrative burden.
Specially designed for
Innovation managers
For clearer priorities, better decisions, and stronger innovation results
R&D and project leaders
For reducing uncertainty and moving ideas from opportunity to value.
SME and corporate leaders
For connecting innovation to strategy and growth without adding bureaucracy.
Researchers, postdocs, and TTO teams
For turning promising knowledge and technology into real impact.
What to expect
A practical group training where you use ISO 56000 to:
- See innovation as a system
- Understand the 8 innovation management principles
- Explore the 7 building blocks of innovation management systems
- Move from opportunity to realised value
- Use measurement for learning, not control
- Translate insights into a first roadmap
- Define at least one 30 day improvement step
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What you will learn
Innovation often moves through waves of enthusiasm. More R&D. More market listening. More process. More open innovation. More living labs. More startup collaboration. More AI. Each wave can bring value. But none of them solves the deeper challenge on its own. The real question is: How do we systematically create value under uncertainty? In this part, you explore why innovation needs more than ideas, tools, or isolated projects. You learn why the system around innovation matters, and why collaboration drives innovation when people, roles, and decisions are aligned. ISO 56000 describes key principles that help you understand what strong innovation management requires. We translate these principles into practical questions. You will reflect on: You will score these principles for your own daily reality and for your organisation. This creates a clear picture of what is already strong and what needs attention. Principles give direction. Building blocks make innovation manageable. You will explore how an innovation management system is built through: These building blocks help you see how strategy, culture, resources, processes, partners, measurement, and learning are connected. That connection is where innovation becomes stronger. An idea is not yet an innovation. Innovation starts when an opportunity is recognised and moves through learning, validation, development, deployment, and adoption. You will explore the core innovation process: This helps you understand where innovation initiatives get stuck, where uncertainty is still too high, and where better decisions are needed. The ISO 56000 family is not one single document to be implemented blindly. It is a toolbox with guidance on different innovation management challenges. You will discover how different parts of the ISO 56000 family can help with questions such as: This gives you a practical overview of where to look when a specific innovation challenge appears.1. Why innovation needs a system
2. The ISO 56000 innovation management principles
3. The 7 building blocks of an innovation management system
4. The innovation process from opportunity to value
5. The ISO 56000 family as a toolbox
6. From self assessment to roadmap
Course Program
09:00 - Welcome and coffee
09:30 - Why innovation needs a system
10:15 - ISO 56000 as a practical lens
10:45 - Coffee break
11:00 - The 8 innovation management principles
12:30 - Lunch
13:30 - The 7 system building blocks
14:30 - From opportunity to value
15:00 - Coffee break
15:30 - From self score to roadmap
16:15 - Your 30 day improvement test
17:00 - Wrap up and action points
17:30 - End
What you will leave with
- A clear view of ISO 56000 as a practical innovation management guide
- Insight into the strengths and gaps of your current innovation system
- A shared language for discussing innovation with colleagues, leaders, and partners
- A first roadmap direction for strengthening your innovation system
- At least one concrete 30 day improvement step
Clarity, not bureaucracy. A practical next step, not a stack of procedures.
Meet the trainer
Piet Verhoeve
Innovation guide, experienced Win Winnovator, and ISO 56000 contributor
Piet helps organisations turn innovation ambitions into concrete ideas, strong processes, and engaged partnerships that lead to real results and growth.
He brings more than 30 years of innovation experience, an engineering background, a PhD, and a strong track record in innovation leadership, ecosystem building, and training.
Piet is the only Belgian expert in the international ISO group working on innovation management standards. He contributes to the ISO 56000 family and translates that inside perspective into practical guidance for organisations that want stronger innovation systems, better collaboration, and real results.
In this training, Piet translates ISO 56000 into a practical lens to strengthen your innovation system, improve collaboration, and create value under uncertainty.
Learn with Piet ➔Your investment for this valuable live training is
€ 750
Flemish SMEs that are eligible for support by the KMO-Portefeuille,
can save up to 30% on the full amount, reducing the investment to only
€ 525
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