COURSE NUMBER: MBA 292T.1
Please note that there is no add/drop period for this course. Do not bid on it unless you are fully committed as you will not be able to drop the course if your bid is successful.

COURSE TITLE: Design Thinking for Business Innovation: Netherlands

UNITS OF CREDIT: 2

INSTRUCTORS: Rajiv Ball and Jennifer Caleshu

E-MAIL ADDRESSES: Rajiv.Ball@thnk.org; jennifer_caleshu@haas.berkeley.edu

MEETING DAYS/TIME:

Instructional Dates* All sessions are mandatory in order to receive a passing grade (pre, and in-country sessions)
Sunday, February 4, 2018	Class Session, 5-9pm on campus
Sunday, March 25, 2018	Arrive in Amsterdam
Monday, March 26, 2018 – Thursday, March 29, 2018	In-Country Instruction
Friday, March 30, 2018	Depart from Amsterdam

Please note the unusual format of this course, which meets Sunday February 4 and has an international travel component.  You must attend all sessions in their entirety in order to earn a passing grade.

COSTS: Students are responsible for covering:

·         International travel to/from country

·         Hotel accommodations in-country

·         Visas and any required immunizations

·         Meals and incidental expenses

PREREQUISITE(S): none

CLASS FORMAT: Mix of exercises and group work

BASIS FOR FINAL GRADE: Assignments, participation, and final projects

ABSTRACT OF COURSE'S CONTENT AND OBJECTIVES:
The purpose of this course is to provide students with an interactive, highly dynamic and deeply engaging approach to leading innovation.  They will learn a structured approach to a real life challenge that combines best of breed of design thinking, innovation strategy, and entrepreneurship.

The in-country part of the course will take place at THNK School of Creative Leadership in Amsterdam. THNK’s curriculum draws on many different schools of thought from design thinking to performing arts and creativity to entrepreneurship at scale to business strategy thinking.

The class consists of three parts: (1) a face-to-face session at Berkeley for which some pre-work is required (2) a four-day immersion into the challenge which will take place at THNK School of Creative Leadership in Amsterdam, The Netherlands (3) offline pre-work and post-work for the face-to-face session at Berkeley and post-work on the immersion experience.

During the class, you will get to put into practice a number of the concepts taught in Problem Finding, Problem Solving as well as gaining familiarity with a number of new innovation tools and frameworks.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES:
Rajiv Ball is a Lecturer at Haas and an entrepreneur who leads THNK (www.thnk.org), a school in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, focused on leadership, innovation and inclusiveness. Prior to this, Rajiv spent 13 years at McKinsey working on a variety of strategy and organizational topics in oil and gas and retail for client around the world.
Rajiv has a BA in History from the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom and an MSc and PhD in Economic History from the London School of Economics, United Kingdom.

Jennifer Caleshu is a lecturer, facilitator and certified executive coach for programs in leadership, communications, design thinking and innovation. Her coaching work is informed by more than 15 years of leadership in the cultural sector with functional expertise in strategy, marketing and communications, including most recently as Director of Earned Revenue for a museum. 
Jennifer earned an MBA with honors from the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business. She also holds a BA in Human Biology from Stanford University with a focus on Issues of Adolescence. She is a certified Executive Coach from the Berkeley Executive Coaching Institute.