Ready to make a real impact?
Leaders who know how to drive innovation—not just react to it—will define the future. Learn Stanford's proven frameworks for innovation and leadership, then immediately apply them to your biggest challenges. These fully online courses are built for people with real jobs and real constraints.
Stop managing. Start leading.
- Lead like a human, not a boss. Build influence through empathy and authenticity
- Sell your ideas up and empower ideas from below. Master the art of pitching and championing bottom-up innovation
- Build teams where people aren't afraid to fail. Create psychological safety so the best ideas win and excellence spreads
Why enroll?
Learn from World-Class Instructors
Learn from a team of Stanford faculty and innovation leaders who bring real-world experience and leading research directly to you.
Progress at Your Pace
Our courses are fully online and adaptable to your schedule. Learn at your own pace while balancing your career.
Engage in Hands-On Courses
Engage in practical, application-based exercises that mirror the authentic Stanford experience.
Earn a Stanford Certificate
Earn a certificate for any program that you complete. Add course and program credentials to your LinkedIn and resume.
Featured Courses and Programs
Leading People, Culture, and Innovation
Lead through influence, not authority. Inspire risk-taking, innovation, and excellence that multiplies across your organization.
Creativity and Design Thinking
Stop waiting for the perfect idea. Start building a daily habit of creative problem-solving that actually works in the real world.
Introduction to Design Thinking
Design thinking isn't just for products—it's a better way to solve any problem. Learn frameworks to create innovative solutions.
Getting Buy-In for your Ideas
Learn how to pitch your ideas up the organization, win leadership buy-in, and turn innovation into action.
Achieving Innovation through Inspiration
Inspiration isn’t something you wait for. It’s something you work for. Learn the tools you need to seek the inspiration that will turn unknowns into radically new products and services.
Graduate or Professional Program - which is right for you?
Time Commitment
Achievement
Classmate Interactions
Cost
Graduate Certificate Courses
90–120 hours per course
Earn up to 18 units of academic credit that may contribute to a certificate or a degree
Frequent collaboration with other students taking courses at the same time
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Professional Certificate Courses
80–120 hours per course
Earn a certificate and, in some cases, professional education units
Potential to connect with other participants through private social media groups
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Featured Courses
Leading Innovation
Lead through influence, not authority. Inspire risk-taking, innovation, and excellence that multiplies across your organization.
Business Model Innovation
Learn how top companies evolve their business models to meet changing customer needs.
Getting Buy-In for Your Ideas
Learn how to pitch your ideas up the organization, win leadership buy-in, and turn innovation into action.
Creativity and Design Thinking
Stop waiting for the perfect idea. Start building a daily habit of creative problem-solving that actually works in the real world.
Introduction to Design Thinking
Design thinking isn't just for products—it's a better way to solve any problem. Learn frameworks to create innovative solutions.
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Featured Faculty
Hayagreeva Rao
Professor, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University
Riitta Katila
Professor, School of Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University
Bob Sutton
Professor, Management Science and Engineering and, by courtesy, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University
Perry Klebahn
Adjunct Professor and Director of Executive Education, Stanford d.school
FAQ
Take online courses in marketing innovation from Stanford University. Hone your ability to generate and implement new ideas and lead innovative teams and organizations. Taught by world-class Stanford faculty, these courses are engaging, interactive, and full of useful practices and strategies that you can apply immediately:
