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Permalink Reply by erik roscam abbing on March 10, 2010 at 22:44

hi!

I suggest you start your query with @fredcollopy at Case Western university, co-author of 'managing as designing'. Lots of luck, it's a great topic to do your thesis on!

erik

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Permalink Reply by ahmet on March 10, 2010 at 22:52

Hi,
I think that info might be interesting to everyone, so check out my link collection: http://delicious.com/sniggy/designthinking

As to the busines schools, there are currently no business schools in Germany that have DT in their curriculum. The ESMT used to have it until Prof. Billou left. At the WHU and University of Koblenz they had a seminar last year but it was an introduction. The other initiatives are coops with the d-school in Potsdam. There is one late-night course at TU Munich which is also sort of an intro in coop with Gravity Europe.

Outside of Germany, there is St Gallen which has a good programme in coop with Larry Leifer. There is of course Stanford d.school in the USA. You might also want to take a look at Rotman in Canada and at Harvard. There is also a good programme in Slovakia (Bratislava). Those are the ones directly attached to Business schools.

There are other DT (-like) facilities at New York, TU Delft, in Denmark (ie Kaospilots), in Sweden, one opening up in Finnland and one in Paris. There also are courses in Brazil, Korea and one in China (again, not directly affiliated with Business Schools).

The facilities I am speaking about are not pure design oriented but have a strong interdisciplinary setup. You might also want to check design schools but Design Thinking (to me) describes a process involving engineers, businesspeople and humanities.

Cheers,
Ahmet

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Permalink Reply by Thieme Hennis on March 11, 2010 at 8:50

I would recommend to look at KaosPilots in Denmark. It has a very interesting approach to learning and working. Love it. If you need a contact there, please let me know.

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Permalink Reply by Moshe USHPIZ on March 11, 2010 at 22:32

Thanks guys. I will look it up.

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Permalink Reply by ahmet on March 11, 2010 at 23:51

you can also contact the d-school in potsdam for further info: www.d-school.de
say hi to prof. weinberg from me.

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Permalink Reply by Moshe USHPIZ on March 12, 2010 at 0:05

Ahmet,
I sent once mail but he did not answer. Should I contact only him? Do you have access to the d. school there?

Thanks,
Moshe

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Permalink Reply by Brian Phipps on March 12, 2010 at 7:39

The California College of the Arts (San Francisco) offers an MBA in Design Strategy http://www.cca.edu/academics/graduate/design-mba Curriculum: http://www.cca.edu/academics/graduate/design-mba/curriculum

The Design School at Stanford University (Palo Alto, Calif.) offers a graduate degree in design thinking: http://www-design.stanford.edu/PD/bigpicture.html

These are fairly new offerings, and I would expect there's parts of the curricula still being fine-tuned. The Stanford approach seems a bit more focused on product design.

Brian

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Permalink Reply by Paula Thornton on June 1, 2011 at 5:55

While it might not matter for the purpose of the original inquiry, this discussion helped me update my collection of academic programs in design thinking: http://www.delicious.com/iknovate/DesignThinkingAcademics

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