Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Multiple locations
Boston , Massachusetts , United States
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Overview
What you will study
The Design-Thinking and Innovation for Technical Leaders course offered by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) will equip you with tools, case studies, mental models, and practical methodologies you can immediately put into practice that will propel your journey and ensure your success at the next stage of your career.
Using a 10-Step Design Process and a 3-Step Vision Creation and Communication Process, you’ll experience the design process firsthand in this interactive class that will expand your thinking, increase your confidence, and help you and your teams create more powerful solutions. Led by innovation experts, you’ll learn how to create materials that align technical and non-technical audiences and understand the vital importance of the psychology behind how people interact with technology. You will also discover how to manage creativity and assess the effectiveness of your solutions.
By the end of the three days, you’ll be better equipped to conceive of radically innovative solutions, deeply understand who your real stakeholders are and what they care about, create vision that gains buy-in from senior management and colleagues, avoid hazards, and create solutions that people love, both emotionally and intellectually.
Programme Structure
The program focuses on:
- Understand and apply a 10-Step Design Process
- Distinguish between incremental innovation and radical innovation when creating new solutions
- Explore case-studies to better understand how to communicate, inspire, and achieve backing for innovative solutions in multiple organizations
- Research and understand the complex network of stakeholders involved in any project
- Rapidly create and refine a vision for any product or service using a 3-phase approach to align technical and non-technical audiences
- Understand and leverage the psychology behind human-machine interface
- Effectively understand if your end-users will be delighted by your product or service
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 3 days
Start dates & application deadlines
- Starting
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Language
English
Credits
2 alternative credits
Delivered
On Campus
Disciplines
Innovation Management View 84 other Short Courses in Innovation Management in United StatesAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Student insurance
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- Additional medical costs (i.e. dental)
- Repatriation, if something happens to you or your family
- Liability
- Home contents and baggage
- Accidents
- Legal aid
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Other requirements
General requirements
- Design or research engineers who need a methodology for creating new development pipelines
- Project engineers or managers who want frameworks for leading highly effective innovation efforts
- Product engineers looking to develop new solutions for consumer challenges
- Applied scientists who want to translate data into actionable and innovative insights
- Research scientists who need practical frameworks for communicating and acquiring support for their work
Technological requirements
- Laptops or tablets with the ability to create PowerPoint or Keynote presentations are required for this course.
Tuition Fee
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International
3600 USD/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 3600 USD for the full programme during 3 days. -
National
3600 USD/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 3600 USD for the full programme during 3 days.
Living costs for Boston
1560 - 3239 USD /month
Living costs
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
Funding
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