Dr. Darin Eich · Innovation Learning

Innovate Your Programs.
Build Innovation Programs.

A proven step-by-step system for organizations building a culture of innovation — and facilitators who want to make any program more generative, more engaging, and more effective.

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100+

Organizations served worldwide

20+

Years designing innovation programs

100K+

Learners reached worldwide

Two Ways In

One system. Two ways it works for you.

The name says it all — twice. Whether you're building an innovation program for your organization, or making any program more innovative, this system was designed for both paths.

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For Organizations

Build an Innovation Program

Design and run a complete innovation program for your teams — workshop by workshop. Based on a proven methodology used at Dartmouth, VMware, National Commercial Bank Jamaica, and 100+ organizations worldwide.

Step-by-step process from challenge to launch
Scalable from small teams to entire organizations
In-person, virtual, or hybrid delivery
Customized around your real challenges

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For Facilitators & L&D

Make Your Programs More Innovative

Your topic doesn't have to be innovation for your sessions to be more innovative. Learn to design and lead programs that generate real engagement, better ideas, and results you can act on — regardless of subject matter.

Bring innovative design to any training or workshop
Move from presenting content to creating experiences
Tools for facilitators, trainers, and educators
Train-the-trainer and coaching formats available

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Innovation in the AI Era

Learn the process yourself first.
Then let AI amplify every step.

The 10-module system works with or without AI — but the order matters. The real innovation skill comes from doing the work yourself: sitting with a challenge, forming questions, generating ideas, making decisions. That's what builds the mindset. Once you have it, AI becomes a powerful partner at every stage.

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The human foundation first

Innovation is a skill, not a tool. Working through each module yourself — clarifying a real challenge, generating ideas you didn't see before, developing and testing a concept — is what creates genuine capability. You can't shortcut this with AI and still come out the other side knowing how to innovate.

This is the learning Darin has designed into organizations for 20+ years. The process builds the mindset. The mindset makes everything else possible.

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AI as your thought partner at every stage

Once you've internalized the process, AI becomes a genuine accelerator. Stuck on challenge framing? Think it through with an AI thought partner. Need to push beyond your first 20 ideas? Generate 100 more together. Testing a concept? Use AI to stress-test assumptions before you invest.

Darin's online courses demonstrate this in practice — and an AI agent can guide you through the step-by-step innovation process when you're ready to work at that level.

Dr. Darin Eich, innovation facilitator and trainer

The Person Behind the Program

Dr. Darin Eich — Innovation Facilitator, Trainer & Author

For over 20 years, Darin has designed and led innovation programs for organizations across the Fortune 500, Silicon Valley, higher education, and beyond. His work starts with a simple belief: innovation is a skill, and skills can be taught step by step.

Program Innovation is the origin of that work — the system Darin built and refined through hundreds of workshops, a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership, and his book Innovation Step-by-Step. The methodology behind it lives inside every workshop, program, and training he designs today.

The Book

Innovation Step-by-Step by Darin Eich

100+

Organizations worldwide

20+

Years in the field

Published books

What clients say

Going through Darin's training process was like learning to ride a bike... instead of generating 20–30 ideas in each 3-hour brainstorm, I was coming up with almost 150 ideas. I was amazed at this newfound skill that previously seemed unattainable.

CEO & Co-Founder, Firebase (acquired by Google)

Darin's approach takes the mystery out of how to think like an innovator. The results were breakthrough in nature. Solid innovative product and process concepts were developed by each team, which will now lead to formal funding and project assignments.

Senior VP, Quality & Engineering, Sparton Corporation

People who did not think they had the capacity to innovate left with ideas, solutions and renewed energy for the project. The training was very team focused which led to a more creative approach to problem solving and 'break-through thinking.'

Program Director, University of Wisconsin

Ready to build programs that actually innovate?

Whether you want to run a custom innovation workshop for your organization or build your facilitation skills to lead any program better, Darin will design the right experience for your people and your challenge.

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Innovate Your Programs.
Build Innovation Programs.