The Parsons School of Design is launching a new 18-month global executive master's program in Strategic Design & Management beginning in July 2016. The program will bring together 25 emerging business leaders from a variety of industries and cultures to develop skills at the intersection of design, innovation, and business. Students will spend time in intensive courses in Paris, Shanghai, and New York, learning from international faculty and business leaders. The curriculum combines management coursework with hands-on design studio projects to help students develop new business models and solutions to real-world challenges. The flexible, blended format allows working professionals to maintain their work schedules while gaining a valuable new perspective on design-led problem solving and strategic leadership.
The document provides information about the Master in Architectural Management & Design program offered by IE School of Architecture and Design. The 1-year program aims to bridge the gap between advanced design and business management in the field of architecture. It covers topics like entrepreneurial management, financial planning, strategic design, and integrates lectures from leading international architecture firms. Students learn how design and business decisions impact each other and develop the skills needed to succeed as design entrepreneurs.
International MAster Program in Intrapreneurship and Open Innovation MINN 201...Aitor Lizartza
This document summarizes an executive master's program called MINN (International Executive Master Program in Intrapreneurship and Open Innovation). The program is designed for professionals and entrepreneurs who want to develop innovative projects within their companies. The one-year program can be combined with work and focuses on team learning, leadership, ecosystems and tools for innovation. It includes workshops, learning journeys to international locations, and working on a real entrepreneurial or innovation project.
The document provides an overview and schedule for a class on developing a global mindset for entrepreneurs. It discusses key topics that will be covered in the class like entrepreneurship and economic development, social networks for entrepreneurs, and using social media for global outreach. It also provides details about assignments, exams, and group projects that students will need to complete as part of the class.
This document provides information about the 5th Annual 3 Day Startup (3DS) event being held at Brandeis International Business School. The event brings together students from different backgrounds to form startup teams over the course of a weekend. The schedule outlines the activities the teams will participate in to develop their startup ideas, create business plans and prototypes, and ultimately present their pitches. Information is also provided about the sponsors, judges and moderator for the event.
Eureka Strategic Approach document outlines Eureka's conceptual framework for innovation and their installation process for building innovation capacity in organizations. The conceptual framework centers innovation around people, focuses on clients/users, promotes collaboration both internally and externally, and recognizes four types of innovation. The installation process involves four pillars - people, tools, processes, and metrics - across four levels of acceptance. It is a multi-stage process involving education, innovation workshops, diffusion of training, and consolidation of learning through pilot projects. Eureka has experience training over 1,000 professionals in Latin America on managing innovation.
The document describes Philadelphia University's new College of Design, Engineering, and Commerce (DEC). It was created to prepare students for current and future careers by teaching them to adapt to change, collaborate effectively, and address real-world challenges. The DEC curriculum enhances existing majors with additional courses focused on design thinking, business models, sustainability, and research methods. Students take a core set of courses and complete a capstone project. Faculty include leaders from top companies and the curriculum involves industry partners. New facilities for the DEC open in 2013.
The document provides information about the Master in Architectural Management & Design program offered by IE School of Architecture and Design. The 1-year program aims to bridge the gap between advanced design and business management in the field of architecture. It covers topics like entrepreneurial management, financial planning, strategic design, and integrates lectures from leading international architecture firms. Students learn how design and business decisions impact each other and develop the skills needed to succeed as design entrepreneurs.
International MAster Program in Intrapreneurship and Open Innovation MINN 201...Aitor Lizartza
This document summarizes an executive master's program called MINN (International Executive Master Program in Intrapreneurship and Open Innovation). The program is designed for professionals and entrepreneurs who want to develop innovative projects within their companies. The one-year program can be combined with work and focuses on team learning, leadership, ecosystems and tools for innovation. It includes workshops, learning journeys to international locations, and working on a real entrepreneurial or innovation project.
The document provides an overview and schedule for a class on developing a global mindset for entrepreneurs. It discusses key topics that will be covered in the class like entrepreneurship and economic development, social networks for entrepreneurs, and using social media for global outreach. It also provides details about assignments, exams, and group projects that students will need to complete as part of the class.
This document provides information about the 5th Annual 3 Day Startup (3DS) event being held at Brandeis International Business School. The event brings together students from different backgrounds to form startup teams over the course of a weekend. The schedule outlines the activities the teams will participate in to develop their startup ideas, create business plans and prototypes, and ultimately present their pitches. Information is also provided about the sponsors, judges and moderator for the event.
Eureka Strategic Approach document outlines Eureka's conceptual framework for innovation and their installation process for building innovation capacity in organizations. The conceptual framework centers innovation around people, focuses on clients/users, promotes collaboration both internally and externally, and recognizes four types of innovation. The installation process involves four pillars - people, tools, processes, and metrics - across four levels of acceptance. It is a multi-stage process involving education, innovation workshops, diffusion of training, and consolidation of learning through pilot projects. Eureka has experience training over 1,000 professionals in Latin America on managing innovation.
The document describes Philadelphia University's new College of Design, Engineering, and Commerce (DEC). It was created to prepare students for current and future careers by teaching them to adapt to change, collaborate effectively, and address real-world challenges. The DEC curriculum enhances existing majors with additional courses focused on design thinking, business models, sustainability, and research methods. Students take a core set of courses and complete a capstone project. Faculty include leaders from top companies and the curriculum involves industry partners. New facilities for the DEC open in 2013.
International Executive Master Program in Intrapreneurship and Open Innovationmigarzab
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The document introduces the Performance Innovations post-graduate certificate course, which aims to offer flexible vocational training for performing arts practitioners. The course will have three modules: Practice, Placement, and Business. The Practice module will help students identify and develop their creative skills and ideas. The Placement module will involve students completing projects for diverse clients. The Business module will equip students with the practical skills to set up and run a performing arts enterprise. The course overall seeks to provide entrepreneurial training for performing arts professionals in a digital context.
Innovation Best Practices For Consumer Industrykevinlu
The document announces a two-day workshop on innovation best practices for the consumer industry to be held on March 1-2, 2012 at the CII Innovation Center in Shanghai. It will be led by Cheryl Perkins, president of Innovationedge and former chief innovation officer of Kimberly-Clark, and Patrick Clusman, chief operating officer of Innovationedge and former director of enterprise innovation at Kimberly-Clark. The agenda will cover wiring business strategies to innovation, consumer-driven innovation processes, developing a culture of innovation, and growing internal and external innovation networks.
Final thesis presentation by Sophie Cohen '10Dan Forbush
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The document advertises the MSc in Brand Leadership program offered by Norwich Business School at UEA. It states that brands are a powerful commercial force and the number of people working in branding is growing rapidly. The MSc in Brand Leadership program is the only completely bespoke postgraduate course in brand leadership in the world and 90% of graduates find work in branding roles. The course collaborates closely with business through guest lectures, client projects, and mentors to provide students with real-world brand experience and opportunities. Graduates have found roles at top companies and agencies or started their own businesses.
Entrepreneurship involves seeing an opportunity and starting, organizing, and managing a business that takes financial risks. There are different types of innovations including the creation of new products/services, expanding existing ones, and combining existing products/services into new ones. The innovation process involves analytical planning, resource organization, implementation, and commercial application. Entrepreneurs bring about change through creativity and innovation.
1. The document discusses creative entrepreneurship in schools and its strategic context. It argues that the nature of work is changing, requiring new skills like creativity, collaboration, and adaptability.
2. It provides examples of programs from different countries that aim to promote creative entrepreneurship education in schools by engaging students in practical business opportunities and connecting them with creative professionals.
3. The document advocates for policies that support partnerships between education and business to develop entrepreneurship and creative problem-solving skills in students.
Presentation in previous role as CIHE Deputy CEO to academic staff at Durham University about graduate employability skills, employer needs and preparing students for a global economy.
The document discusses various strategies for entrepreneurs to go global, including creating a web presence, relying on trade intermediaries, forming joint ventures, engaging in foreign licensing, considering international franchising, using countertrading and bartering, exporting, establishing international locations, and importing and outsourcing. It also covers barriers to international trade such as tariffs, quotas, and cultural differences. Guidelines are provided for small businesses to succeed in international markets.
Teaching designers about value creationJeremy Yuille
This document discusses teaching design students about value creation. It notes that design can bring something new and outlines some learning outcomes related to identifying positions in the design community and roles within design practices. It also describes a course on design business that teaches students to analyze existing design businesses, design and pitch their own design business concepts over 12 weeks involving lectures, guest speakers and smaller workshops. The document provides context that it was created in 2013 for an education summit and encourages learning about contexts, clients, leadership and the future of design.
This document discusses enhancing the strategic role of learning and development (L&D) in organizations. It notes that intangible assets like human capital now make up over 85% of company value for many firms. Investing in L&D can help attract and retain top talent, build skills for implementing new technologies and strategies, improve employee engagement and motivation, and support developing a learning culture. The strategic role of L&D is to directly impact both organizational and financial performance through these types of initiatives.
This document contains Tom Bastiman's CV, which summarizes his experience and qualifications as a graphic designer. It includes the following key points:
- Tom has over 10 years of experience in graphic design, working on print and digital designs for publications, websites, and branding projects.
- He is skilled in all aspects of the design process from initial concepts to final outputs using programs like Adobe Creative Suite.
- Previous roles include sole designer for a local newspaper where he produced their print publication and website, and web designer for a digital agency where he created designs for client websites.
- Tom holds a BA in Applied Digital Media and industry certifications, and strives continuously to expand his skills and abilities
Yahoo operates a highly customer-centric design process, using user research to develop products. It takes an agile approach without formalized processes, instead focusing on capturing best practices. Designers work closely with teams using tools like Agile methodology, conducting frequent testing and iterations. While Yahoo completes most design in-house, it occasionally uses external designers for unusual projects.
Entrepreneurship Education Case Study MameAnnette Naudin
Enterprise education teaches entrepreneurial mindsets, behaviors, skills and capabilities that can be applied in various contexts including new ventures, non-profits, universities and corporations. Entrepreneurship education develops empathy for entrepreneurship, key values like motivation and understanding of business processes. It provides a template of potential outcomes including entrepreneurial development, understanding minimum business requirements, and managing relationships. The document discusses developing projects, business ideas and networking through tools like blogs, videos and student profiles to teach entrepreneurship for cultural and creative industries.
This document provides an overview of the Amaté innovation management platform, including definitions and frameworks related to innovation. It discusses the relationship between business and innovation and analyzing applications in the tourism industry. The document is structured around key axes related to innovation context, methods/technologies, case studies, and evaluation metrics. It also includes sections on innovation definitions, typologies, processes, and drivers. Frameworks and models are presented, such as the four levels of innovation in tourism from customer expectations to provider resources.
1. The document discusses trends in creative entrepreneurship education in schools and provides examples of programs from different countries in Europe.
2. It argues that schools need to prepare students for changing job markets by teaching creative and entrepreneurial skills through interdisciplinary and collaborative learning.
3. Examples of programs highlighted include initiatives that partner schools with creative businesses, integrate creative entrepreneurship across the curriculum, and develop accredited creative entrepreneurship qualifications.
The Italia Innovation Program is an initiative developed by Innovation Foundries that brings international students to Italy to work with Italian companies on innovation challenges. Over the course of 4 weeks, students learn design thinking, business model innovation, and other tools to solve business problems presented by Italian CEOs. They work in multidisciplinary teams and receive mentorship from faculty that includes experts from Stanford, Google Ventures, and Patagonia. The program takes place at Fabrica, a restored 17th century villa campus known for its creative environment.
The document provides information about the Driving Strategic Innovation program from IMD and MIT Sloan. It summarizes the program as follows:
The program teaches senior executives how to manage innovation more effectively by integrating innovation, marketing, product development, and value chain design. It provides a comprehensive roadmap for achieving breakthrough performance across the organization and value chain. Participants learn how to speed up commercialization, navigate unpredictable value chains, foster an innovative culture, and engage in business model innovation. The program brings together the latest innovation research from MIT Sloan and leadership knowledge from IMD.
This document provides an agenda and background information for the Design Symposium event. The symposium will feature presentations from designers at companies like HP, IDEO, and Frog Design on topics related to emerging design and the future society. It will include welcoming remarks, speaker introductions, presentations on themes like inclusive and sustainable design, a panel discussion, and conclusion. The goal is to discuss the role of designers in creating environments for an emerging, more inclusive future society.
Postgraduate Innovation Education - Practice based
“ The MA Innovation in Practice at Goldsmiths comes at a poignant time in our cultural and technology and business history. Many of the Innovation writers of Design led, design facilitated or even trans disciplinary Innovation point to this. Innovation, seeing new things in new ways, especially brought into being using creative endeavor while working across a spectrum of contributing disciplines is now agreed to be the way, not only to create new and relevant Ideas, but also to enable them to come into being and be nurtured to a point that they become part of everyday culture.”
The document summarizes a design symposium that addressed emerging design and the future society. It included welcoming remarks, introductions of panelists from companies like HP and IDEO, and presentations on topics like sustainability and designing for emerging markets. The panelists then discussed questions about the role of designers in catalyzing social change and enhancing quality of life in emerging societies through cultural understanding and inclusive practices. The event concluded with a discussion on individuals making a difference through design.
International Executive Master Program in Intrapreneurship and Open Innovationmigarzab
The MINN program is an executive master's program started by Mondragon Team Academy in 2010. It aims to transform leaders and intrapreneurs through an active learning process over 12 months. The program consists of 8 modules focused on topics like innovation, leadership, strategy, and emerging markets. Participants work on developing an innovative project for their organization throughout the program with support from coaches. The goal is for participants to gain skills and insights that allow them to foster innovation within their organizations.
The document introduces the Performance Innovations post-graduate certificate course, which aims to offer flexible vocational training for performing arts practitioners. The course will have three modules: Practice, Placement, and Business. The Practice module will help students identify and develop their creative skills and ideas. The Placement module will involve students completing projects for diverse clients. The Business module will equip students with the practical skills to set up and run a performing arts enterprise. The course overall seeks to provide entrepreneurial training for performing arts professionals in a digital context.
Innovation Best Practices For Consumer Industrykevinlu
The document announces a two-day workshop on innovation best practices for the consumer industry to be held on March 1-2, 2012 at the CII Innovation Center in Shanghai. It will be led by Cheryl Perkins, president of Innovationedge and former chief innovation officer of Kimberly-Clark, and Patrick Clusman, chief operating officer of Innovationedge and former director of enterprise innovation at Kimberly-Clark. The agenda will cover wiring business strategies to innovation, consumer-driven innovation processes, developing a culture of innovation, and growing internal and external innovation networks.
Final thesis presentation by Sophie Cohen '10Dan Forbush
This is the PowerPoint Sophie Cohen, Skidmore Class of 2010, used to present the results of her study of creativity in Skidmore business and art students.
The document advertises the MSc in Brand Leadership program offered by Norwich Business School at UEA. It states that brands are a powerful commercial force and the number of people working in branding is growing rapidly. The MSc in Brand Leadership program is the only completely bespoke postgraduate course in brand leadership in the world and 90% of graduates find work in branding roles. The course collaborates closely with business through guest lectures, client projects, and mentors to provide students with real-world brand experience and opportunities. Graduates have found roles at top companies and agencies or started their own businesses.
Entrepreneurship involves seeing an opportunity and starting, organizing, and managing a business that takes financial risks. There are different types of innovations including the creation of new products/services, expanding existing ones, and combining existing products/services into new ones. The innovation process involves analytical planning, resource organization, implementation, and commercial application. Entrepreneurs bring about change through creativity and innovation.
1. The document discusses creative entrepreneurship in schools and its strategic context. It argues that the nature of work is changing, requiring new skills like creativity, collaboration, and adaptability.
2. It provides examples of programs from different countries that aim to promote creative entrepreneurship education in schools by engaging students in practical business opportunities and connecting them with creative professionals.
3. The document advocates for policies that support partnerships between education and business to develop entrepreneurship and creative problem-solving skills in students.
Presentation in previous role as CIHE Deputy CEO to academic staff at Durham University about graduate employability skills, employer needs and preparing students for a global economy.
The document discusses various strategies for entrepreneurs to go global, including creating a web presence, relying on trade intermediaries, forming joint ventures, engaging in foreign licensing, considering international franchising, using countertrading and bartering, exporting, establishing international locations, and importing and outsourcing. It also covers barriers to international trade such as tariffs, quotas, and cultural differences. Guidelines are provided for small businesses to succeed in international markets.
Teaching designers about value creationJeremy Yuille
This document discusses teaching design students about value creation. It notes that design can bring something new and outlines some learning outcomes related to identifying positions in the design community and roles within design practices. It also describes a course on design business that teaches students to analyze existing design businesses, design and pitch their own design business concepts over 12 weeks involving lectures, guest speakers and smaller workshops. The document provides context that it was created in 2013 for an education summit and encourages learning about contexts, clients, leadership and the future of design.
This document discusses enhancing the strategic role of learning and development (L&D) in organizations. It notes that intangible assets like human capital now make up over 85% of company value for many firms. Investing in L&D can help attract and retain top talent, build skills for implementing new technologies and strategies, improve employee engagement and motivation, and support developing a learning culture. The strategic role of L&D is to directly impact both organizational and financial performance through these types of initiatives.
This document contains Tom Bastiman's CV, which summarizes his experience and qualifications as a graphic designer. It includes the following key points:
- Tom has over 10 years of experience in graphic design, working on print and digital designs for publications, websites, and branding projects.
- He is skilled in all aspects of the design process from initial concepts to final outputs using programs like Adobe Creative Suite.
- Previous roles include sole designer for a local newspaper where he produced their print publication and website, and web designer for a digital agency where he created designs for client websites.
- Tom holds a BA in Applied Digital Media and industry certifications, and strives continuously to expand his skills and abilities
Yahoo operates a highly customer-centric design process, using user research to develop products. It takes an agile approach without formalized processes, instead focusing on capturing best practices. Designers work closely with teams using tools like Agile methodology, conducting frequent testing and iterations. While Yahoo completes most design in-house, it occasionally uses external designers for unusual projects.
Entrepreneurship Education Case Study MameAnnette Naudin
Enterprise education teaches entrepreneurial mindsets, behaviors, skills and capabilities that can be applied in various contexts including new ventures, non-profits, universities and corporations. Entrepreneurship education develops empathy for entrepreneurship, key values like motivation and understanding of business processes. It provides a template of potential outcomes including entrepreneurial development, understanding minimum business requirements, and managing relationships. The document discusses developing projects, business ideas and networking through tools like blogs, videos and student profiles to teach entrepreneurship for cultural and creative industries.
This document provides an overview of the Amaté innovation management platform, including definitions and frameworks related to innovation. It discusses the relationship between business and innovation and analyzing applications in the tourism industry. The document is structured around key axes related to innovation context, methods/technologies, case studies, and evaluation metrics. It also includes sections on innovation definitions, typologies, processes, and drivers. Frameworks and models are presented, such as the four levels of innovation in tourism from customer expectations to provider resources.
1. The document discusses trends in creative entrepreneurship education in schools and provides examples of programs from different countries in Europe.
2. It argues that schools need to prepare students for changing job markets by teaching creative and entrepreneurial skills through interdisciplinary and collaborative learning.
3. Examples of programs highlighted include initiatives that partner schools with creative businesses, integrate creative entrepreneurship across the curriculum, and develop accredited creative entrepreneurship qualifications.
The Italia Innovation Program is an initiative developed by Innovation Foundries that brings international students to Italy to work with Italian companies on innovation challenges. Over the course of 4 weeks, students learn design thinking, business model innovation, and other tools to solve business problems presented by Italian CEOs. They work in multidisciplinary teams and receive mentorship from faculty that includes experts from Stanford, Google Ventures, and Patagonia. The program takes place at Fabrica, a restored 17th century villa campus known for its creative environment.
The document provides information about the Driving Strategic Innovation program from IMD and MIT Sloan. It summarizes the program as follows:
The program teaches senior executives how to manage innovation more effectively by integrating innovation, marketing, product development, and value chain design. It provides a comprehensive roadmap for achieving breakthrough performance across the organization and value chain. Participants learn how to speed up commercialization, navigate unpredictable value chains, foster an innovative culture, and engage in business model innovation. The program brings together the latest innovation research from MIT Sloan and leadership knowledge from IMD.
This document provides an agenda and background information for the Design Symposium event. The symposium will feature presentations from designers at companies like HP, IDEO, and Frog Design on topics related to emerging design and the future society. It will include welcoming remarks, speaker introductions, presentations on themes like inclusive and sustainable design, a panel discussion, and conclusion. The goal is to discuss the role of designers in creating environments for an emerging, more inclusive future society.
Postgraduate Innovation Education - Practice based
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The document summarizes a design symposium that addressed emerging design and the future society. It included welcoming remarks, introductions of panelists from companies like HP and IDEO, and presentations on topics like sustainability and designing for emerging markets. The panelists then discussed questions about the role of designers in catalyzing social change and enhancing quality of life in emerging societies through cultural understanding and inclusive practices. The event concluded with a discussion on individuals making a difference through design.
The program aims to develop an entrepreneurial mindset and leadership skills to drive digital innovation. It is a 15-month part-time program with modules in various European cities as well as China and Silicon Valley. The pedagogy combines conceptual learning with hands-on projects and real-life challenges to help participants launch an innovation venture and develop networks.
This document provides an agenda and background information for a design symposium on emerging design and future society. The symposium will include welcoming remarks, an overview of the theme, and presentations from six speakers including representatives from Hewlett-Packard, IDEO, Frog Design, and DesignAffairs. The speakers will address topics like the role of designers in emerging markets and societies, cultural influences on design, and how design can enhance quality of life and drive social change. A panel discussion will follow the presentations to field questions on these issues.
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The report provides an overview about the program, speakers, some highlights and results from the workshops conducted at the first Design at Business Conference on Nov 1 & 2, 2016in Berlin.
This 12-week online course in Design Thinking taught by Stanford Graduate School of Business Executive Education faculty teaches a systematic process for creative problem-solving. Students learn techniques like needs finding, prototyping, and testing business models to solve real-world problems. The course culminates in a certificate from Stanford Graduate School of Business upon completion.
This executive master's program in digital innovation and entrepreneurial leadership is offered at ESCP Europe. It is a 15-month part-time program with modules taking place across 5 campuses in Europe as well as China and Silicon Valley. The program aims to develop an entrepreneurial mindset and skills for driving digital innovation. It uses experiential learning methods including real-life projects, events, and community building. Participants gain experience developing their own venture and networking within the entrepreneurship ecosystem.
S360 Strategic Product design collaboration proposal for Berlin 2016Prarthana Johnson
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This document describes an executive workshop program called "Mastering Innovation and Strategic Thinking". The workshop aims to teach executives how to become more innovative and creative in their thinking. Over the course of three days, executives will learn tools and techniques for creative thinking, strategic thinking, and developing strategy canvases. They will apply these skills to map their organization's current competitive positioning and offerings, and develop a new "to be" strategy canvas outlining innovative market offerings and growth opportunities. The goal is for executives to leave with practical skills for driving strategic innovation within their organizations.
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This document describes an "Improbable Art-Thinking Bootcamp" executive program held at ESCP Europe that teaches an agile art-based method for developing disruptive ideas. Participants work in small teams over 3 days using techniques like "deviating", "destroying", "donating", and "dialoguing" to create art pieces addressing real challenges. The goal is to help executives develop innovative projects through learning to think outside their comfort zones and challenge status quos. Past participants found it an impactful way to gain new perspectives on creativity and entrepreneurship.
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VIAble Growth Model is a tool to help develop sustainable ideas, businesses, projects and organizations. It focuses on creating value for customers, society and the environment (people, planet, profit). The model asks questions about key aspects like value proposition, target groups, relationships, income sources and costs. Answering the questions helps integrate economic, social and environmental considerations into projects from the start. The goal is to solve problems and create value in all three areas.
The document outlines the core modules and elective paths for the Executive Master Class in Innovation and Entrepreneurship, which is designed to help participants successfully bring new ideas to market. The program consists of 4 core modules focused on creating, capturing, delivering, and realizing value, followed by 9 days where participants can choose electives or follow one of two paths. It aims to provide participants with the skills and network to develop innovations in both entrepreneurial and corporate contexts.
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1. Global executive
master of science
in strategic design
& management
For more information:
NewSchool.edu/DesignGoesGlobal
contact: rancourm@newschool.edu
Design Goes Global at Parsons
2.
3. Preparing Leaders for the changing global economy
Design the future
“Real value in today’s economy comes from innovating creative solutions.”
-- New School President David E. Van Zandt
Design isn’t just a way of doing – it’s a way of thinking.
Today’s world demands better solutions, systems,
organizations, and objects, challenging executives to
develop and apply creative problem solving to
business, technology, public services, communication,
management, creative services, and design.
We are a university where design and social research drive approaches to
studying issues of our time, such as democracy, urbanization, technological
change, economic empowerment, sustainability, migration, and globalisation.
5. Design Goes Global
Program At a glance
The Parsons’ Global Executive Master of Science in Strategic Design &
Management will bring together a select group of emerging business
leaders across a spectrum of industries, cultures and experiences to
develop unique and in demand skills that integrate design, innovation and
business. They will transform the workplace.
1st class of 25 Students
Launch in July 2016
Three-city global experience: Paris, Shanghai & New York City
Taught by international faculty who are leaders in the field
Challenging. Unique. Industry-Changing.
6. Non-traditional thinking and programs will provide
your team with the edge they need to advance
your company.
• Utilise methodologies including design thinking
to explore the possibilities of what could be and
discover proactive, holistic approaches to
problem-solving.
• Draw upon an interdisciplinary mix of logic,
intuition, imagination, and reasoning.
linking strategic design-
thinking with
management know-how
8. 25 students to be accepted for July 2016
Global Community
Whether within your
organization or venturing on
your own, the entrepreneurial
spirit drives you to create and
implement new idea for
products, services or
businesses. Along with your
drive and experience, you will
apply what you learn and turn
the projects you imagine into
real innovations.
9. Each intensive course in Paris includes an evening
of Innovation “TED talks” to learn directly from
business leaders on the topic at-hand:
• World-class teachers from diverse backgrounds
along with cutting-edge leaders who pose
strategic issues for students to propose
solutions
• Build your network for your professional
development and client/partner potential for
your company
Innovation walking
dinners for new ideas
10. Combine business, management, and leadership
coursework with design-centered studio work.
• Courses incorporate cutting-edge analyses of
the digital information-based economy – which
helps students to:
– Develop new business models and organization
designs.
– Simulate real-world challenges – providing hands-
on experiences.
– Develop capacity to inspire and lead creative
teams.
Put learning directly into practice
Hands-on Interactive
studios
13. The curriculum
Strategic design
and management
in new economies
Exposes students to the contexts,
complexities, & conditions of the new
economy based on services, experiences,
and transience. 1
Sustainable
business models
Develops students’ technical and
practical abilities, capabilities, and
competencies to innovate in order to
commercialize and capitalize on
creative ideas & solutions in the areas
of sustainable and service design. 2
Managing
creative
projects & teams
engages students in hands-on project
management techniques worthy of
new socio-economic conditions,
constraints, and controversies. 3
Design
innovation and
leadership
Explores prevailing frameworks such
as reverse, open and disruptive
innovation to identify and categorise
contemporary innovations. 4
Integrative
studio (NYC)
Brings together the students’
backgrounds and current professional
and educational contexts with complex
multidisciplinary projects requiring
iterative, collaborative and innovative
responses. 5
Regulatory &
ethical
contexts
Exposes students to new information
technologies as products and
production modes in their own right. 6
Independent
project
Design business innovation opportunities
in the context of new social & market
trends, new technologies, emerging and
alternative economies, transitioning
political, regulatory frameworks. 7
New design firms
Exposes students to the firm-internal
and industry-specific contexts,
complexities and conditions of the new
design or design-intensive firm
producing service and experience
products. 8
Integrative
studio
(shanghai)
Explores the overlap between
business and design innovation to help
students express tangible and
implementable ideas to create a pitch/
proposal to form a business start-up. 9
14. David Schreff
Introducing the Faculty
For over 25 years, David served as a senior
executive and/or board director at iconic
global brands and content management
organizations including the National
Basketball Association (President) Walt
Disney (Vice-President); Marvel
Entertainment (President/COO); Sportech
(COO, The Americas) and USA Volleyball
(the national governing body within the US
Olympic Committee) where he served as
Chairman, Board of Directors.
David is the author of two business books
about the growth of global media and
entertainment technologies. He consults
widely with venture capital firms and private
equity firms exploring new media and
sports/entertainment technologies, including
new ways to monetize sports data.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidschreff
New York City
Melissa Rancourt
Prior to joining Parsons as Academic
Director for the Global Executive Master,
Melissa Rancourt has taught a wide range
of courses in master's, MBA, and
executive education. Melissa is an
engineer & entrepreneur who owns 3
businesses headquartered in Brussels,
Belgium, including an international NGO.
She is a a two-time TEDx speaker for
Brussels and Luxembourg, a United
Nations speaker on human rights,
Parliamentary speaker on gender equality
and has presented at various events of all
sizes in Europe, the United States, Brazil,
India, and the UAE. In addition, she has
appeared on the U.S. TV show Living
Abroad, Bloomberg, Euronews and
several other media.
https://be.linkedin.com/in/melissarancourt
Brussels
15. Billy Burgess
Introducing the faculty
Billy Burgess believes creativity,
innovation and design should be a part
of daily life, and is excited to contribute
to Parsons’ School of Design Strategy
and Management.
Trained as a brand marketer and
currently based in Paris, Billy’s career
has spanned beauty care, spirits, and
Champagne brands. Responsible for
conceptualizing, developing and
deploying brand building initiatives; he
has led award-winning projects that
include digital and immersive
experiences, advertising campaigns,
new product launches, and package
design.
https://se.linkedin.com/in/billyburgess
Paris
John Rice is Professor of Management
at the University of New England in
Armidale (Australia). He teaches in the
strategic management and innovation.
John's research has been published in
leading journals including Research
Policy, Technovation, Energy Policy,
Sustainable Development & more.
As an educator, John has taught and
researched in the UK, China, Taiwan,
Hong Kong, Singapore and Thailand.
He has co-authored numerous text
books and teaching cases and is a
passionate supporter of case-based
teaching.
https://au.linkedin.com/in/john-rice-
2b218b1
Australia
John Rice
16. Stefanie Kubanek
Introducing the faculty
Stefanie Kubanek is a New York and Munich-
based designer and design educator whose
work is inspired by her native-German roots
and cosmopolitan perspective. Her
international perspective led her to senior
design roles in New York & London. In 2010
she left her position as an Associate Partner
at Pentagram and launched a New York and
Munich-based product design office.
Stefanie combines the roles of designer and
design manager, engaging in every aspect of
the design process from concept
development, market research and business
strategy to design, testing and production.
Her work for clients such as Herman Miller,
United Airlines, Cargill, Riedel Glass and
others ranges from designing contract
furniture to airplane interiors and products to
signage, packaging and branding.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/stefanie-
kubanek-0a07614
Munich
Cecilia Tham has dedicated the last few
years in the creation of facilities, eco-
systems, methodologies and techniques
centred on open innovation. As an
entrepreneur herself, she has initiated
various business and start-ups. She is
the founder of Makers of Barcelona as
well as FabCafe Barcelona. MOB is a
collaborative community co-working
facility.
She is also the founder of OIA (Open
Innovation Academy), an agency that
enables companies to innovate openly
with design and technology via extreme
making. Cecilia is a designer and
biologist by training, serial Entrepreneur
by choice and a compulsive maker for
life. Cecilia has been a speaker at TEDx
Barcelona, Open FAD, as well as 4YFN.
https://es.linkedin.com/in/ceciliatham
Barcelona
Cecilia Tham
17. Travis Granfar
Introducing the facluty
A former private equity attorney with
Ropes & Gray LLP, Mr. Granfar left legal
practice to pursue more entrepreneurial
and creative ventures. He has built two
successful companies in the entertainment
and digital media space as well as advised
numerous startups, private clients and
creative projects along the way. Mr.
Granfar’s methodology combines design
thinking, lean startup and Woody Allen’s
mantras. He is passionate about the
intersection of law, technology and design.
His executive producer credits include TV
show Late Night Republic (CW/FOX), The
Edge and the Xtreme Campus Music Tour
featuring One Republic, Kanye West,
Guster, J. Cole.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/travisgranfar
Barcelona
19. Executive format allows for optimal flexibility, so
candidates can maintain work schedule and
maximize productivity.
• Blended format of online and on-campus
intensive learning allows for optimal
life/work/study balance.
• Cohort model for community, network, and rich
learning experiences.
• 18 months from program start to finish
• 18 days out of the office
Designed for the
lifestyles of working
professionals
21. Intensive learning and
online collaboration
model
• 3-day intensive course work on-site in Parsons
Paris campus
• 6-weeks follow up with ongoing learning, online
collaboration and teamwork
• One course at-a-time
• 2 one-week integrative studios in NYC and
Shanghai
23. Schedule of Courses
Dates of the global
executive MS degree
• 5-7 July Orientation (Paris)
• 8-10 July Course 1 Intensive (Paris)
• 11 July – 19 Aug Course 1 continues (online)
• July-Aug Independent Study course Phase 1 begins
• 2-4 Sept Course 2 Intensive (Paris)
• 5 Sept – 14 Oct Course 2 continues (online)
• 4-6 Nov Course 3 Intensive (Paris)
• 7 Nov – 16 Dec Course 3 continues (online)
• 27-29 Jan Course 4 Intensive (Paris)
• 30 Jan – 10 Mar Course 4 continues (online)
24. Schedule of Courses
Dates of the global
executive MS degree
• 17-19 Mar Integrative Studio Begins (Paris)
• 20 Mar – 23 Apr Studio continues (online)
• 24 Apr – 30 Apr Studio week-long (NYC)
• 2 May – 15 May Studio continues (online)
• 9-11 June Course 5 Intensive (Paris)
• 12 Jun – 21 Jul Course 5 continues (online)
• July-Aug Independent Study course Phase II begins
• 1-3 Sept Course 6 Intensive (Paris)
• 4 Sep – 13 Oct Course 6 continues (online)
• 20-22 Oct Integrative Studio II Begins (Paris)
• 23 Oct – 26 Nov Studio continues (online)
• 27 Nov – 2 Dec Studio week-long (Shanghai)
• 3 Dec – 18 Dec Studio continues (online)