Special Report
Jeff Immelt told employees to "Go Big," so GE's health-care unit went to design school students for out-of-the-box ideas
Denis Weil explains how going back to school helped him with his role in innovation at McDonald's
The scooter of the future -- as imagined by Transportation Design students from Istituto d'Arte Applicata e Design in Turin
Forty years on, The Yale Housing Project is still forcing students to get down and dirty
The co-founder of design site Core77 offers 1000 words of advice for design teachers
Desperate to innovate, companies are turning to design schools for nimble, creative thinkers
With more than 400 design programs in Chinese schools, Asian design education is undergoing its own revolution
Headhunter RitaSue Siegel tells you what to ask -- and what to listen for
A GE manager learns to think creatively: INSEAD graduate Sameer Agrawal shares his story
Carnegie Mellon graduate Maggie Breslin brings her innovative thinking to the Mayo Clinic
Georgia Tech design grad Janna Kimel works as a design researcher at Intel
Justine Dube Donnelly's joint MBA/Master's of Engineering Management prepared her for her role in strategic marketing at Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceuticals
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Toronto B-School Dean Roger Martin says integrative thinking allows MBAs to come up with more flexible models for today's complex business world
Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, Ont.
Patrick Whitney is out to bridge the chasm between the cultures of business and design
Education guru Sir Ken Robinson talks about the importance of nurturing innovative solutions in the classroom -- indeed, in every aspect of modern life
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CONCEPT OF THE WEEK
The high population density, lack of parking space, disorganized urban planning and crazy traffic of Taipei inspired one student to redesign the scooter. His ultimate goal? To make it a more mom friendly vehicle.
STUDENT AWARDS
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