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Frugal Innovation
COURSE INFORMATION
In an era of limited resources and growing demands, organizations must find innovative ways to create high-impact, low-cost solutions. This course equips you with the mindset and tools to apply frugal innovation—an approach that leverages resourcefulness, collaboration, and efficiency to drive sustainable success.
Through real-world case studies, hands-on challenges, and proven frameworks, participants learn how to innovate under constraints, build with purpose, and drive impact using existing resources. Perfect for teams in R&D, engineering, operations, IT, and beyond.
Description
Unlock More with Less: Frugal Innovation for Modern Teams
In a world of tightening budgets and rising expectations, innovation doesn’t have to come with a big price tag. Our immersive 2-day Frugal Innovation course equips cross-functional teams with the mindset, tools, and techniques to design smart, sustainable, and cost-effective solutions—fast.
Through real-world case studies, hands-on challenges, and proven frameworks, participants learn how to innovate under constraints, build with purpose, and drive impact using existing resources. Perfect for teams in R&D, engineering, operations, IT, and beyond.
Learning Objectives
- Understand the principles of frugal innovation.
- Analyse real-world cases of frugal innovation across various industries to identify key strategies, recognise common principles, and explore how to apply these insights in your own work.
- Apply frugal innovation principles to a workplace challenge by analysing a real-world case, developing an improvement idea, and sharing insights with peers for collaborative learning.
- Explore how to do more with what you already have—maximising existing people, tools, systems, and processes through asset optimisation and frugal innovation thinking.
- Explore the connection between frugal innovation and sustainability by examining circular design principles, analysing industry examples, and applying a frugal approach to redesign a product for reduced cost and waste.
- Understand how customer-centric frugal innovation can influence user choices, build trust, and deliver high impact with low-cost solutions.
- How companies create frugal innovation with customers—not just for them—and how shared ownership fuels impact and efficiency.
- Understand the value of partnerships in frugal innovation and simulate how collaborative ecosystems drive cost-effective, scalable solutions.
What you will Learn
Core Principles of Frugal Innovation – Understand its key concepts, impact on business and product development, and real-world applications.
Frugal Innovation in Action – Analyse industry cases to identify common strategies and principles for cost-effective, user-driven solutions.
Applying Frugal Innovation in Your Organization – Learn to optimize existing assets, develop improvement ideas, and foster collaboration for a scalable impact.
Sustainability & Circular Design – Explore how frugal innovation aligns with sustainability, reduces waste, and fosters long-term value creation.
Embedding a Frugal Mindset – Learn how small wins can lead to cultural transformation and make frugal innovation a lasting part of everyday operations.
Through hands-on exercises, case studies, and a collaborative challenge, this 2 day course will help you unlock new opportunities to do more with less—creating sustainable, high-value solutions for your organization and beyond.
Upcoming Dates
| Wednesday, 23 July 2025 |
| Monday, 11 August 2025 |
| Monday, 20 October 2025 |
| Monday, 1 December 2025 |
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