Weatherhead Executive Education

Designing Solutions for Innovation and Strategy

Great managers are also designers—of processes, projects, strategies and systems.  Based on the pioneering research of the Weatherhead School of Management’s Department of Information Systems, ranked 20th among comparable departments by U.S. News and World Report, these programs provide managers with the latest concepts and tools for flexible, innovative thinking that achieves optimal results.

• System Thinking: Navigating through Complexity
  (October 10, 2008)
  
  
• Getting the Best Results: A Practical Framework for Solving Business Problems (also cross-listed with Project Leadership)
  (Formerly  Designing Solutions for Unstructured Business Problems)
  (October 22 - 23, 2008 -two-day program; participants should attend both days)
  
  
• Business and Market Strategy: Creating Actionable Plans
  (November 14, 2008)

• New! Manage by Designing: Approaches for Everyday Innovation
  (November 21, 2008)
  
  
• Innovation by Design: Creating Powerful Customer Experiences and Solutions
  Formerly Innovation by Design: Creating Customer Solutions
  (February 17 - 18, 2009 - two-day program; participants should attend both days)
  
  
• New! Visual Thinking for Managers
  (May 20, 2009)
  
  

Deepen your understanding of Strategy and Innovation through the Designing Solutions for Innovation and Strategy Certificate.