This book focuses on the process of creating and educating
innovation leaders through specialized programs, which are offered
by leading academic schools. Accordingly, the book is divided into
two parts. While the first part provides the theoretical
foundations of why and how innovation leaders should be created,
the second part presents evidence that these foundations can
already be found in the programs of ten top-level universities.
Part one consists of six chapters following a rigorous plan of
content development, addressing topics ranging from (1) innovation,
to (2) the settings where innovation occurs, (3) innovation
leadership, (4) the need to change education, (5) a taxonomy of
advanced educational experiences, and (6) cases of positive vs
negative innovation leadership in the context of complex problems.
Here the authors show that a new kind of innovation leadership is
urgently needed, how it can be created, and how it is put into
action. The second part is a collection of invited chapters that
describe in detail ten leading academic programs: their objectives,
curricular organization, enrollment procedures, and impact on
students. Selected programs include four North American
institutions (Stanford's d.school, Harvard's Multidisciplinary
Engineering Faculty, Philadelphia University, OCAD's Master of
Design on Strategic Foresight & Innovation), five European
institutions (Alta Scuola Politecnica of Milano and Torino, the EIT
Master Program, Paris' d.school, Brighton's Interdisciplinary
Design Program, Aalto University) and the Mission D program at
Tongji University in China. The book is dedicated to all those who
recognize the need to provide stimuli regarding innovation and
innovation leadership, primarily but not exclusively in academia.
These include, but are not limited to, professors, deans and
provosts of academic institutions, managers at private
organizations and government policy-makers - in short, anyone who
is engaged in promoting innovation within their own organization,
and who feels the need to expand the intellectual and practical
toolbox they use in this demanding and exciting endeavor.
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