6
Online Sessions
5
Days On-site in China (optional)
15
Spots per cohort
1 Sept
Start Date 2026
Language
English
6
Online Sessions
5
Days On-site in China (optional)
15
Spots per cohort
1 Sept
Start Date 2026
Language
English
In a world defined by turbulence, connectivity, and creative destruction, speed alone is no longer a strategy.
Many organizations have learned to optimize; few have learned to adapt.
Innovation is too often treated as a process or a department, when it is, in truth, a leadership discipline.
It demands the capacity to mobilize people across boundaries, to experiment in the unknown, and to turn learning into renewal.
Collaborative Innovation is an executive program for leaders seeking to transform how their organizations think, lead, and collaborate in making innovation work.
It combines online sessions with an optional immersive study trip to China, culminating in attendance at the exclusive ZeroDX 2026 Forum — hosted by HAIER, the Business Ecosystem Alliance and Gary Hamel's Management Lab.
The program follows a unique and collaborative design that promotes peer-to-peer learning and deep reflection among business professionals.
In a world defined by turbulence, connectivity, and creative destruction, speed alone is no longer a strategy.
Many organizations have learned to optimize; few have learned to adapt.
Innovation is too often treated as a process or a department, when it is, in truth, a leadership discipline.
It demands the capacity to mobilize people across boundaries, to experiment in the unknown, and to turn learning into renewal.
Collaborative Innovation is an executive program for leaders seeking to transform how their organizations think, lead, and collaborate in making innovation work.
It combines online sessions with an optional immersive study trip to China, culminating in attendance at the exclusive ZeroDX 2026 Forum — hosted by HAIER, the Business Ecosystem Alliance and Gary Hamel's Management Lab.
The program follows a unique and collaborative design that promotes peer-to-peer learning and deep reflection among business professionals.
Experience first-hand how collaborative innovation ecosystems in China can reshape your strategic thinking.
Develop the know-how to lead innovation across cultures and organizations.
Learn to forge partnerships and governance structures that drive innovation at scale.
Apply your newly acquired skills to move your organization toward strategic readiness.
Become a member of an exclusive international community of senior leaders.
Experience first-hand how collaborative innovation ecosystems in China can reshape your strategic thinking.
Develop the know-how to lead innovation across cultures and organizations.
Learn to forge partnerships and governance structures that drive innovation at scale.
Apply your newly acquired skills to move your organization toward strategic readiness.
Become a member of an exclusive international community of senior leaders.
Designed for executives and business professionals who are ready to move beyond traditional innovation models and lead with an ecosystem mindset.
Senior Leaders & Executives
Those in management positions who are responsible for driving organizational strategy and performance.
Ecosystem Builders
Leaders looking to position their organizations within fast-growing innovation ecosystems and build the collaborative partnerships needed to compete in rapidly evolving industries.
Business Professionals
Those seeking to move beyond traditional innovation models and harness collaborative, peer-to-peer, cross-cultural learning to spark breakthrough thinking.
Designed for executives and business professionals who are ready to move beyond traditional innovation models and lead with an ecosystem mindset.
Senior Leaders & Executives
Those in management positions who are responsible for driving organizational strategy and performance.
Ecosystem Builders
Leaders looking to position their organizations within fast-growing innovation ecosystems and build the collaborative partnerships needed to compete in rapidly evolving industries.
Business Professionals
Those seeking to move beyond traditional innovation models and harness collaborative, peer-to-peer, cross-cultural learning to spark breakthrough thinking.
At its heart, this program is about peer-to-peer learning: learning from and with fellow senior leaders, and practicing how to foster collaborative innovation in a real and practical way. The China Immersion takes participants to China, visiting Hong Kong, Shenzhen, and Qingdao.
This year's immersion culminates in exclusive, invitation-only access to the ZeroDX 2026 Forum in Qingdao — hosted by HAIER, the Business Ecosystem Alliance, and Gary Hamel's Management Lab.
Explore China's rise to innovation leadership and visit Hong Kong institutions shaping the environment for talent and innovation — including HKEX and HKUST.
Visiting organizations such as HAIER, explore how curiosity and openness to customers' journeys can give rise to ecosystem-wide innovation.
Visiting companies such as HAIER and HUAWEI, discover leadership and people practices that empower teams and distribute decision-making to where it is most needed.
Dedicated to ecosystem building — examining partner management practices, smart contracting, and how competing priorities are mediated through effective governance.
Our final day brings delegates to Qingdao for the exclusive ZeroDX 2026 Forum — hosted by HAIER, the Business Ecosystem Alliance and Gary Hamel's Management Lab. Participation is by invitation only. As delegates, you will have privileged access to one of the most forward-thinking gatherings on innovation ecosystems in the world. You leave not just with new perspectives, but with a community of fellow delegates, faculty, and global innovation leaders to continue the journey with.
At its heart, this program is about peer-to-peer learning: learning from and with fellow senior leaders, and practicing how to foster collaborative innovation in a real and practical way. The China Immersion takes participants to China, visiting Hong Kong, Shenzhen, and Qingdao.
This year's immersion culminates in exclusive, invitation-only access to the ZeroDX 2026 Forum in Qingdao — hosted by HAIER, the Business Ecosystem Alliance, and Gary Hamel's Management Lab.
Explore China's rise to innovation leadership and visit Hong Kong institutions shaping the environment for talent and innovation — including HKEX and HKUST.
Visiting organizations such as HAIER, explore how curiosity and openness to customers' journeys can give rise to ecosystem-wide innovation.
Visiting companies such as HAIER and HUAWEI, discover leadership and people practices that empower teams and distribute decision-making to where it is most needed.
Dedicated to ecosystem building — examining partner management practices, smart contracting, and how competing priorities are mediated through effective governance.
Our final day brings delegates to Qingdao for the exclusive ZeroDX 2026 Forum — hosted by HAIER, the Business Ecosystem Alliance and Gary Hamel's Management Lab. Participation is by invitation only. As delegates, you will have privileged access to one of the most forward-thinking gatherings on innovation ecosystems in the world. You leave not just with new perspectives, but with a community of fellow delegates, faculty, and global innovation leaders to continue the journey with.
— PROGRAM OUTLINE & CURRICULUM
Identifying innovation trends across horizons; avoiding strategic drift; crafting new questions for open and collaborative inquiry.
Experiencing mindset shifts and challenging leadership perspectives to support your innovation ambition. Includes online MindFlex experience.
Welcome dinner Sunday, 13 September. On-site 14–18 September, visiting Hong Kong, Shenzhen, and Qingdao. Culminates in exclusive, invitation-only attendance at the ZeroDX 2026 Forum.
How innovation ecosystems form, grow, and evolve, and the role that ecosystem strategies, governance, and partner management play in their success.
Revisiting delegates' innovation ambitions for best-fit ecosystem, organizational, and collaboration choices.
Building a concrete, personalised roadmap that translates program learnings into measurable innovation impact for your organization.
Presentations by delegates, coaching, and introduction to our community.
12h online | 40–50h on-site (excl. travel) | ~1h self-study per session
— PROGRAM OUTLINE & CURRICULUM
Identifying innovation trends across horizons; avoiding strategic drift; crafting new questions for open and collaborative inquiry.
Experiencing mindset shifts and challenging leadership perspectives to support your innovation ambition. Includes online MindFlex experience.
Welcome dinner Sunday, 13 September. On-site 14–18 September, visiting Hong Kong, Shenzhen, and Qingdao. Culminates in exclusive, invitation-only attendance at the ZeroDX 2026 Forum.
How innovation ecosystems form, grow, and evolve, and the role that ecosystem strategies, governance, and partner management play in their success.
Revisiting delegates' innovation ambitions for best-fit ecosystem, organizational, and collaboration choices.
Building a concrete, personalised roadmap that translates program learnings into measurable innovation impact for your organization.
Presentations by delegates, coaching, and introduction to our community.
12h online | 40–50h on-site (excl. travel) | ~1h self-study per session
Included
Not Included
Standard
Fee
€12 500
Early Bird —
General
€9 985
Early Bird: SME/ Entrepreneurs
€8 125
Included
Not Included
.
.
Standard
Fee
€3 375
Application Deadline:
31 July 2026
Included
✓All course materials
✓Access to all online sessions
✓ Accommodation in China (13–18 Sept 2026)
✓All domestic flights within China
✓Entrance to the ZeroDX 2026 Forum
Not Included
✗International flights to/from China
✗Visa costs
✗Additional accommodation outside program dates
Standard
Fee
€12,500
Early Bird — General
€9,985
Early Bird: SME/ Entrepreneurs
€12,500
Included
✓All course materials
✓Access to all online sessions
Not Included
✗China Immerson
.
.
Standard
Fee
€3,375
Application Deadline:
31 July 2026
The program is jointly delivered by École des Ponts Business School and Ascent Growth Partners,
with contributions from regional innovation leaders and ecosystem builders.
Ascent Growth Partners is an award-winning business
advisory firm that focuses on innovation and
ecosystem-driven growth, with offices in Singapore and Johannesburg. Ascent partners with its clients to help shift leadership mindsets and develop the practical
skills needed to transform their organisations into becoming more adaptive, ecosystemic and future-ready. Its collaborative approach has given rise to partnerships with leading organisations that augment Ascent’s work, such as The Peter F. Drucker School of Management (Claremont, CA), École des Ponts Business School (Paris), and The Dubai Future Foundation (UAE).
École des Ponts Business School brings a 35-year tradition of leadership education rooted in human-centric innovation and the intellectual legacy of France’s leading engineering and research institutions.
More about our legacy
Together, they bridge theory and practice — so you can bridge vision and execution.
The program is jointly delivered by École des Ponts Business School and Ascent Growth Partners,
with contributions from regional innovation leaders and ecosystem builders.
Ascent Growth Partners is an award-winning business
advisory firm that focuses on innovation and
ecosystem-driven growth, with offices in Singapore and Johannesburg. Ascent partners with its clients to help shift leadership mindsets and develop the practical
skills needed to transform their organisations into becoming more adaptive, ecosystemic and futureready. Its collaborative approach has given rise to partnerships with leading organisations, that augment Ascent’s work, such as The Peter F. Drucker School of Management (Claremont, CA), École des
Ponts Business School (Paris), and The Dubai Future Foundation (UAE).
École des Ponts Business School brings a 35-year tradition of leadership education rooted in human-centric innovation and the intellectual legacy of France’s leading engineering and research institutions.
More about our legacy
Together, they bridge theory and practice — so you can bridge vision and execution.
1
Tell us about yourself
Fill out the enrollment form — it only takes a few minutes.
2
Application Review
We will review your application and come back to you within 4 business days.
3
Discovery Call
A relaxed 20-minute conversation to confirm the program is the right fit for you.
4
Secure Your Spot
Confirm your place with a 30% enrollment deposit and get ready to innovate.
Take the first step. Places are limited to 15 participants per cohort.
1 Tell us about yourself
Fill out the enrollment form — it only takes a few minutes.
2 Application Review
We will review your application and come back to you within 4 business days.
3 Discovery Call
A relaxed 20-minute conversation to confirm the program is the right fit for you.
4 Secure Your Spot
Confirm your place with a 30% enrollment deposit and get ready to innovate.
We would love to hear from you.
Reach out to us and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
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info@pontsbschool.com
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