Career opportunities
INNOVATION COACH
We innovate the world and you can be a part of it!
We offer consultants, coaches and academics the opportunity to build their own business as innovation coaches
in a proven system and a future market.
Your task
As an Innovation Scout you are a trainer, mediator, motivator and mentor. With your commitment, your know-how and your enthusiasm, you contribute to lead companies into a safe future. Your activity doesn’t only make sense, it’s also a lot of fun.
You give inspiring workshops, train employees in companies to become innovators and intrapreneurs and develop new business models together with them. You are the first point of contact for companies when it comes to innovation and forge a creative think tank that is unmatched.
You are not a consultant who has an answer to everything, but a coach who empowers other people to do extraordinary things. Nobody knows the company as well as the employees themselves. Empower them to lift these treasures for the benefit of the company.
What we offer!
What we offer!
That’s what we expect from you!
That’s what we expect from you!
Innovation is the fuel of progress. Without innovation, everything would stand still. Every day, we ensure movement, progress and a competitive edge. Working with our customers – who they are and what is really important to them and paying attention to their answers – that is the most fundamental characteristic of an innovation scout. It is the key to innovation.
It’s not about what you do – it’s about what kind of person you are. It’s not about being smarter and presenting solutions – it’s about teaching our customers how to find solutions themselves. I am firmly convinced that this is the purpose of our company.
We want to enjoy our work, learn for life, grow personally and achieve results. We only want to work together with the best.
Christian Dorn
Co-founder of the Innovators Institute
Your CAREER
Flexible entry opportunities, a solid qualification, high career opportunities
Whether as a freelancer, founder, student in the last third of your studies, as a freshly graduated academic with the question of what to do next or in search of career opportunities without a university degree – Discover new career options in one of the most exciting fields of competence of our time.
Coaching career
Innovation Scout
Trainee
Internship and trial phaseThe trainee is the entry level at the Innovators Institute. This level is for those who have no previous experience with innovation processes. The trainee is the ideal trial level to find out whether the innovation industry is suitable for your own career, since it does not involve large costs or investments and can be pursued part-time. The level of the trainee is comparable to a trial period for both sides.
The trainee completes the web-based free further education: “1st level Certificate – Fundamentals of Innovation Management” with the focus on basic knowledge about innovation.
White Belt
1st level certificate - Fundamentals of Innovation ManagementAfter 6 months at the latest, the trainee as well as the manager and the Innovators Institute have gained sufficient knowledge as to whether a long-term cooperation is to be aimed at. In this case, the trainee receives the designation “Innovation Scout | White Belt”.
Now that the White Belt has successfully completed the “1st level Certificate – Fundamentals of Innovation Management”, his professional competence is being expanded to include sales competence. For this purpose, regular weekly presence meetings are held, in which sales-relevant topics are exchanged and trained with other Innovation Scouts.
Orange Belt
2nd level certificate - Advanced Innovation ManagementAn Orange Belt has received the “1st level Certificate – Fundamentals of Innovation Management” as well as regular sales and training courses. The successful qualification for the Orange Belt means, that first interviews can be conducted independently. He actively manages his own mandates.
The Orange Belt completes the certificate course: “2nd level certificate – Advanced Innovation Management” with a focus on increasing innovation competence. With the commencement of the training, it is permitted to carry out independent consulting and to build up an own team. For the first time, the Orange Belt is taking over parts of the weekly attendance meetings as a lecturer and organizer within the framework of regular further training.
Green Belt
3rd level certificate - Business Transformation and Corporate DevelopmentThe Green Belt will now receive additional leadership trainings as their focus shifts to leadership, coaching and training for White and Orange Belts. The tasks “own customer care”, team building and training take up roughly equal parts. Together with others, he organizes the weekly face-to-face meetings at their location and implements the training plan. At the same time, he assumes more and more sales responsibility for his team. At this point at the latest, a full-time job as an Innovation Scout is recommended.
The Green Belt completes the certificate course: “3rd level certificate – Business Transformation and Corporate Development” with a focus on executive training.
Management career
Innovation Manager
Blue Belt
4th level certificate - Strategic Entrepreneurship and IntrapreneurshipTeam and thus leadership responsibility grow. The Blue Belt has the option of opening his first own office at a location of his choice. The relationship between training and leadership has shifted from ¼ to ¾ and his top priority is to further develop every single Innovation Scout in his team – both professionally and personally – and make them successful. He leads between 10 and 20 Innovation Scouts at his location, which he has personally recruited and thus sets up his dream team.
The Blue Belt completes the certificate course: “4th level certificate – Strategic Entrepreneurship and Intrapreneurship” with a focus on entrepreneurship and managing of their own location
Brown Belt
Certificate for Management & Finance SkillsFollowing the successful management of the first office, the Brown Belt opens further representative offices and assumes responsibility for an entire region. He works closely with the management of the Innovators Institute and actively participates in shaping the future of the institute. Particularly successful Brown Belts will be offered a seat on the Strategy Board, which will meet regularly to discuss strategy, innovation approaches and the customer experience as the main topics.
The Brown Belt completes the certificate course: “Certificate for Management & Finance Skills” with a focus on the management of companies and regions.
Black Belt
Certificate for Disruptive InnovationOnly the best reach the status of the Black Belt. As a Black Belt you combine exceptional customer orientation, the highest professional expertise and a special talent for leadership. The crowning achievement of your career as an Innovation Scout is the Master Black Belt, which can only be awarded if a Black Belt has achieved such an extraordinary performance that it deserves special mention. For example, mining a disruptive idea for a customer can be such a special occasion. You will be able to participate in a high-class training that will enable you to systematically develop and validate disruptive innovations and business models.
Who are we looking for?
Ideally, you are already successful in consulting, sales and management. However, we also offer a well-founded on-boarding concept for newcomers and lateral entrants. Prerequisites are entrepreneurial thinking, performance and focus on results, great ambition and high quality standards. Authenticity is indispensable when it comes to working with customers and managing employees.
Our belief
Organizations need professional support
Organizations must innovate smart more than ever! However, there are many reasons why they cannot do this without professional and competent support – no matter how hard they try. Not only do they lack the methods and skills, there are also too many organizational and mental barriers to overcome. We have developed a method how companies can innovate successfully and pragmatically. Our method can be used by any company in any industry. We are convinced that our support will make companies even more successful than they have been so far.
Our mission
We make sense, have fun and deliver results
We combine sense, fun and results. We work with people who are looking for meaning in their work. They’ll find it here. We empower our innovation scouts to build entrepreneurial independence through the security of an established concept and experienced management. We want to leave a footprint in the world of innovation. Organizations talk about the Innovators Institute full of recognition and enthusiasm. And we believe that the purpose of our company is to enjoy our work, to learn, to grow personally and to achieve results.
Our belief
Organizations need professional support
Organizations must innovate smart more than ever! However, there are many reasons why they cannot do this without professional and competent support – no matter how hard they try. Not only do they lack the methods and skills, there are also too many organizational and mental barriers to overcome. We have developed a method how companies can innovate successfully and pragmatically. The Idea Mining Journey can be used by any company in any industry. We are convinced that our support will make companies even more successful than they have been so far.
Our mission
We make sense, have fun and deliver results
We combine sense, fun and results. We work with people who are looking for meaning in their work. They’ll find it here. We enable our innovation scouts to build up an entrepreneurially sustainable independence through the security of an established concept and an experienced management. We want to leave a footprint in the world of innovation. Organizations talk about the Innovators Institute full of recognition and enthusiasm. And we believe that the purpose of our company is to enjoy our work, to learn, to grow personally and to achieve results.
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