MIT Sloan Exec Ed

Winning companies, such as Apple, Virgin, Toyota, and others innovate continuously because of their culture of design thinking—integrating the needs of people, the possibilities of technology, and the requirements for business success. In this course, you will learn how to take a similar approach in your own business—blending the perspectives of marketing, design overview, and engineering into a systematic approach to delivering innovation. As a core part of the course, students participate in a team-based concept development project assignment. This project, focused on opportunity evaluation and concept development, is integrated into all course modules. Key takeaways from this course include: • Understand the design thinking process • Identify and assess customer opportunities • Generate and evaluate new product and service concepts • Design services and customer experiences • Evaluate product development economics

Organizations today are large, complex, difficult to understand and even more difficult to manage. To be successful, managers must have a strong knowledge of the social networks that connect people in organizations and how to leverage them. They should identify where the real power and influence of the organization lies. In order to implement successful initiatives, managers need to navigate organizational barriers to change. Leading Organizations & Change is a thought provoking course with challenging work assignments, practical frameworks based on MIT research, as well as a powerful change management simulation to immerse you in the complexities and nuances of effective change. You’ll learn frameworks, models, and perspectives that you can apply immediately.