Innovation starts with people

Sustainable innovation capacity builds on internal expertise. Start developing innovation management as a core competence today.

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We unlock your company's capacity to innovate from within by training your talent in highly interactive, cohort-based innovation management online programs. Discover our programs:

Intrapreneurship program preview

Become an intrapreneur and go from business idea to validated business model

Intrapreneurship
Innovation Systems program preview

Develop holistic, company-specific strategies for innovation

Innovation Systems
Custom programs preview

We design custom programs to tackle your company-specific innovation challenges

Custom Programs
Stefanie Hock

"Stefanie stands out with high emotional intelligence and a quick thematic as well as technological grasp. She is able to recognize promising business ideas at an early stage and choses the right methods to develop them further. With her ability to win over even difficult stakeholders, Stefanie effectively facilitates constructive cooperation. The results of her projects speak for themselves and never fail to deliver convincing contents."

Ann-Sophie

Director Digital Co-Innovation

Forvia-Hella

We
Promise

  • Actionable results of strategic and tactital value
  • Personal development of participants
  • Maximum impact for your organization

High-Tech and Knowledge-Intensive Industries

If your company has its own R&D team, you are probably operating in a knowledge-intensive industry. Our programs help you to leverage this unique asset. We have proven to be a great fit for high-tech, knowledge-intensive industries in the past, among them, but not restricted to:

FinTech

FinTech

Chemistry

Chemistry

Engineering

Engineering

Lasertechnology

Lasertechnology

Life Sciences

Life Sciences

Robotics

Robotics

Marcus

"Working with Stefanie was a unique experience. For me, coming from the technical perspective, she helped me enter new business fields in a professional and at the same time personally customized way. Her understandinng for people and at the same time outstanding ability to grasp high tech applications is more than just a win to evaluate and accelerate business cases. I highly recommend Stefanie to everyone who has ambitious business goals."

Marcus

Wissenschaftliche Laser- und Elektronikanwendungen

TRUMPF SE + Co. KG

Thomas

"Stefanie is a fantastic thought partner who quickly grasps even complex ideas and challenges. She picks the most effective tools and frameworks and seamlessly guides towards valuable strategic and tactical insights. Her high energy is very engaging!"

Thomas

CEO & Co-Founder

JOURNEE - The Metaverse Company

Stefanie Hock

Hi, I'm Stefanie. My mission is to empower companies to innovate from within.

"Everybody who wants to go big needs to start small. The same is true about change. It's the small changes we start making in ourselves and in our thinking, that can accumulate in a big impact for an entire organization. By changing mindsets, one at a time, we can create fertile grounds for innovation to flourish. Adding the right methods and tools, plus the knowledge of how to use them, and you have built an engine for a continuous process to innovate from within."

Learn more about Stefanie.

Stefanie Hock

"I really love working with Steffi. Instead of using buzz-words, she leads by example and always has the best ideas that push the product I am responsible for as a product lead and manager at Europace. I have been working with Steffi for four years now. She supported our team in finding problem-solution-fit and product-market-fit. Besides her high positive energy and her spirit of getting things done, I really enjoy her strategic sparring and her ability to structure complex context."

Miriam

Lead & Product Manager

Europace AG

We
Connect

  • Internal Slack community for program participants
  • LinkedIn group for alumni and curated experts
  • Join a community that connects over a shared mission

Let's be Partners

If you are looking to skill-up your innovation teams or turn your technical experts into change leading intrapreneurs, the ONWARD 2 Academy is your go-to-partner. We offer a digital-first, cohort-based training platform, that helps your people learn while they produce relevant results. We do not scratch the surface, but dive deep into a comprehensive and engaging training journey, that will bring your talents to the next level.

to discuss custom programs and other partnership options!

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Involve me and I learn.

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