Innovation is now essential for long-term growth and competitiveness, yet many organisations still manage it informally. Ideas are collected but not acted on, initiatives compete for the same resources, and poorly managed efforts result in wasted investment, missed market opportunities, limited collaboration and reduced value creation. ISO 56001:2024, the first certifiable international standard for innovation management systems (IMS), gives organisations a structured way to manage ideas, opportunities and innovation initiatives with the same discipline they apply to quality, safety or information security.
ISO 56001 Foundation is the entry point to the ISO 56001 track of the PMO Innovations Innovation by Design Pathway. It is an official PECB training course, delivered by PMO Innovations as an authorised PECB training provider. Over two days, participants acquire fundamental knowledge of an IMS, including its key concepts, principles and methodologies, and learn how organisations establish, implement and support an effective IMS to drive value creation, structured innovation and continual improvement.
The course combines lectures, discussions, practical examples, exercises and quizzes whose structure mirrors the certification exam. It concludes with the one-hour PECB ISO 56001 Foundation exam. Candidates who pass are awarded the “Certificate Holder in ISO 56001 Foundation” credential, which shows they understand the fundamental principles, concepts and requirements of an IMS based on ISO 56001, including innovation management, leadership, risk assessment and organisational collaboration.
https://pehttps://pecb.com/en/education-and-certification-for-individuals/iso-56001/foundation
At the end of the programme, participants will be able to:
• Describe the key concepts and principles of innovation management, and the role of an innovation management system (IMS)
• Explain the ISO 56000 family of standards (ISO 56000, ISO 56001 and ISO 56002) and how an IMS integrates with other management system standards such as ISO 9001 and ISO/IEC 27001
• Explain the main requirements of ISO 56001 for an IMS, from the context of the organisation (Clause 4) through to improvement (Clause 10)
• Evaluate approaches for implementing an IMS and maintaining conformity with ISO 56001, using the Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) cycle
• Recognise how leadership, innovation culture, collaboration and risk-based thinking support value realisation from innovation
• Prepare for and sit the PECB ISO 56001 Foundation exam