Healthcare Management Initiative

Programme overview

Innovating Health for Tomorrow was designed to equip participants to become more innovative – and to support those around them in becoming more innovative too. It seeked to develop not only an understanding of innovation but also a passion for creative thinking. Its two five-day modules drew on INSEAD’s long experience of teaching innovation to healthcare professionals, as well as the school’s diverse research on innovation. As well as encouraging participants to undertake a radical rethink of their services, the programme developed insights for improving the efficiency and effectiveness of existing health provision. It used experiential exercises to help participants access their own creative capacities and nurture collaborative skills.

Previous participant profiles

This programme was designed for a cross-section of professionals who could influence healthcare at a regional, national or local level. Most participants were expected to hold senior executive and/or entrepreneurial positions in organisations such as:

Public-sector providers of public, primary or acute care
Public-private partnerships in healthcare
NGOs focusing on healthcare (or community development where health plays a major role)
Private healthcare providers
Government healthcare insurance agencies, assessment departments or policy units
Academic clinicians
Professional medical or patient advocacy organisations

Participants not suitable for the programme included those who worked for: pharmaceutical or medical device companies; consulting firms in the health sector; and private, for-profit health insurance companies.

Participants typically had 5 to 10 years of management experience or more, had already demonstrated leadership and innovation qualities, and their organisations also considered them capable of holding positions of increased responsibility in the future. They were required strong command of the English language, which is language of instruction for all pedagogical materials.

Last but not least, participants were required to particpate in both modules, contributing constructively during modules, innovating between modules and sharing updates with other participants in a spirit of open-source innovation.

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Programme overview

Strategic Innovation for Community Health was a novel programme for senior healthcare managers working in the areas of primary care, chronic care pathways and community health. It was designed for people with medical, nursing, health education and public health backgrounds whose management responsibilities had increased significantly and who were faced with the challenge of developing new models of care for healthcare service design and delivery.

Previous participant profiles

Strategic Innovation for Community Health (STICH) was designed for leaders in primary care, public health or chronic disease care. Successful candidates were trained as doctors, nurses, health educators or other health professionals but subsequently became senior or high-potential managers in health care delivery organisations in the Middle East.

Participants were typically:

Senior or high-potential managers in healthcare services
Had 3-8 years of management experience
Recognised to be capable of occupying positions of increased responsibility, particularly with respect to innovation.

Participants typically held the titles such as Public Health Strategy Development Officer; Director of Nursing; Director of Primary Care; Senior Regional Officer of Public Health; Senior Specialist of Family Medicine; District Director or Director, Primary Care.

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