Today marks the start of our second offering, the Leading by Design Fellows program. This 6 month executive program begins with 24 experienced, dynamic professionals in search of more skills, new processes, and new perspectives informed by the intersection of design, business, and sustainability. These professionals bring years of experience into this process from companies such as Microsoft, SAP, Roche, Wells Fargo, Nokia, Adobe, and IDEO.
This program meets once every month, for a two-day weekend, of intense lectures, discussions, and lab work. In between, these professionals read and discuss challenging materials, and work on their personal projects through fieldwork and interaction online with each other.
Today, Bob Dunham, from the Institute for Generative Leadership, lead several exercises in generative communications and leadership. Tomorrow, Tim Brown, CEO of IDEO, speaks on Design as an agent of change, the DMBA's own Nathan Shedroff, introduces the Systems Strategy Model, and Michael Barry, founder of PointForward, discusses Design Research. On Saturday, Linda Yaven, who teaches in the DMBA, will be discussing visual expression, and Derek Thompson will be leading a workshop on storyboarding.