The benefit of learning together with your friend is that you keep each other accountable and have meaningful discussions about what you're learning.

Courtlyn
Promotion and Events Specialist●-- THINK ●-- INVENT ●-- INNOVATE --●
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9 months, online
4-6 hours per week
Our participants tell us that taking this program together with their colleagues helps to share common language and accelerate impact.
We hope you find the same. Special pricing is available for groups.
The benefit of learning together with your friend is that you keep each other accountable and have meaningful discussions about what you're learning.
Courtlyn
Promotion and Events SpecialistBased on the information you provided, your team is eligible for a special discount, for Postgraduate Diploma in Innovation and Design Thinking starting on TBD .
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Have questions? Email us at group-enrollments@emeritus.org.Apply before June 24, 2022 and avail an early bird tuition assistance of US$400 Use code DIP400EBTA while applying.
Start your diploma by paying US$300 only*
*Includes access to Orientation Week and 2 weeks of learning
Receive 100% refund if you wish to discontinue in 2 weeks.
From governments and organizations to industries and businesses, our world is changing more rapidly now than perhaps ever before, making staying ahead of the innovation curve even more critical. Through this comprehensive program, you’ll get the tools necessary to integrate the needs of people, the possibilities of technology, and the requirements for business success with design thinking, systematic inventive thinking, and strategy that will enable you to build products and services that drive your organization forward.
The average Teacher-Student ratio in the program is 1:300.
Learn to use MIT's Design Thinking approach to overcome critical innovation hurdles.
Learn from the pioneers of innovation & understand how to take a business idea from seed stage to market.
Employ practical templates of innovation to implement solutions to everyday business problems you may face.
Learn from the faculty of world-renowned business schools.
Administer creative solutions to complex business problems by using module-based recommendations.
Upon successful completion of the program, receive a verified digital diploma.
200 Video Lectures
20 Live Online Teaching Sessions
24 Assignments
17 Industry Examples
15 Discussions
1 Capstone Project
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Steve Eppinger
General Motors Leaders for Global Operations Professor of Management
Prof. Steve Eppinger is the Professor of Management Science & Engineering Systems as well as the Co-director for the System Design & Management Program. His research efforts are applied to improving product design and development practices. Conducted within MIT's Center for Innovation in Product Development, his work focuses on organizing complex design processes in order to accelerate industrial practices, and has been applied primarily in the automotive, electronics, aerospace, and equipment industries.
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Vijay Govindarajan
Coxe Distinguished Professor of Management
Vijay Govindarajan, known as VG, is the Coxe Distinguished Professor at Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business and a Marvin Bower Fellow at Harvard Business School. VG–a New York Times and Wall Street Journal best-selling author—is an expert on strategy and innovation. He was the first professor in Residence and Chief Innovation Consultant at General Electric. In the Thinkers50 rankings, VG is rated #1 Indian Management Thinker.
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Gita Johar
Meyer Feldberg Professor of Business, Columbia Business School
Professor Johar is an influential scholar in the field of consumer psychology who has published several articles and cases on consumer adoptions of new products, on marketing and on advertising. Her expertise in persuasion, marketing and consumer psychology makes her uniquely qualified to lead a program on product development and innovation. She has received her PhD from the NYU Stern School of Business.
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Jacob Goldenberg
Professor of Marketing, Visiting Professor, Columbia Business School
Jacob Goldenberg is a professor of Marketing at the School of Business Administration in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and a visiting professor at Columbia Business School and IDC. He received his Ph.D. from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in a joint program with the School of Business Administration and the Racach Institute of Physics. His research focuses on creativity, new product development, diffusion of innovation, complexity in market dynamics and social networks effects.
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Yoni Stern
Partner at Systematic Inventive Thinking & SVP of Business Development
Yoni is a Partner at SIT and SVP Business Development. He has pioneered the strategic development of the SIT approach with multinationals helping them achieve breakthrough results while developing an organizational culture of innovation. He is also faculty at Columbia University Business School, teaching “Innovate on Demand” and “Design Your Innovation Blueprint” Executive Education courses. He holds a B.A. Magna Cum Laude in Psychology and Sociology from Yeshiva University in New York, and an M.A. Magna Cum Laude in Social-Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Bar Ilan University in Israel.
Through real-world examples from multiple industries, you'll see how the theories are put into practice. Some of these examples are:
Learn about how AirBnB disrupted the conventional hospitality industry.
Understand How Apple delivered easy solutions to customers for product usage.
Understand how Honda uses a special methodology to ensure their engineers learn to work together in an integrated, synergistic way.
Learn about how IBM went against all odds and decided to use ordinary commodity chips to create an effective microprocessor.
Discover What makes IDEO’s process so robust, reliable, and systematic in dealing with challenges?
Understand how Nest developed the automatic learning program for their thermostat to eliminate the need for user intervention.
Analyse how Southwest Airlines solved the problem of delayed take-offs by subtracting the seat assignment.
Learn about how Ratan Tata got inspired to develop the world’s cheapest car, Tata Nano.
Understand how New York Times Digital was introduced as a Box 3 innovation.
Discover how Volvo designed concept cars specific to customer demands and needs.
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Upon successful completion of the program, participants will be awarded a verified digital diploma by Emeritus Institute of Management, in collaboration with MIT Sloan, Columbia Business School Executive Education & Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.
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Applicants must be at least 21 years of age and will be required to submit:
ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY REQUIREMENT
All candidates who have received their bachelor’s or other degree or diploma from an education institution where English is NOT the primary language of instruction are required to demonstrate English language proficiency through ANY ONE of the following methods