Business Innovator Certification (BIC) is a program designed to ensure proficiency in the innovation process. Being innovative is a necessary business skill to maximize use of abundant information and to create new knowledge for innovative solutions. Similar to current business processes, the innovation process is increasingly becoming more defined and standardized. When a business has some of its key players achieve BIC, that achievement stimulates the business to become more innovative in its thinking processes as well as in its products and solutions, thereby helping to ensure sustained profitable growth for that business.

Specifically, the benefits of achieving Business Innovator Certification are the following:

1. Acquire required level of understanding of the innovation process
2. Gain confidence in practicing a sound innovation process
3. Become a key contributor to your organization’s performance
4. Achieve competitive advantage in the work place for personal growth

The Business Innovator Certification test consists of two parts:

Part I. Innovation Fundamentals (Multiple-choice Answers, 90 minutes)

• Theory of Innovation
• Practice of Innovation

Part II. Innovation Application (Essay Answers, 90 minutes)

• The Innovation Project: This project involves conducting research on the Internet, creating and evaluating ideas, developing innovative solutions, and evaluating and commercializing your solution.