COURSE NUMBER: MBA 296.3

This is an Applied Innovation elective and has a co-requisite core course: MBA200P Problem-Finding, Problem Solving. If you enroll and have not completed MBA200P, PFPS will be added to your schedule after the Add/Drop period.

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

INSTRUCTOR: Rajiv Ball

E-MAIL ADDRESSES: Rajiv.Ball@thnk.org

MEETING DAY/TIME:

Instructional Dates* All sessions are mandatory in order to receive a passing grade (pre, and in-country sessions)
Sunday, March 19, 2017	Class Session (5-9PM)
Sunday, March 26, 2017	Arrive in Amsterdam
Monday, March 27, 2017 – Friday, March 31, 2017	In-Country Instruction
Saturday, April 1, 2017	Depart from Amsterdam

 Please note the unusual format of this course, which meets Sunday 3/19 and has an international travel component.  You must attend all sessions in their entirety in order to earn a passing grade.

COSTS:

Berkeley-Haas is responsible for covering:

·         In-country hotels

·         Medical evacuation insurance (provided by UC)

Students are responsible for covering:

·         International travel to/from 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 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 five-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 SKETCH:

Rajiv Ball is a member of the Professional Faculty at the Haas School of Business where he teaches a number of leadership topics from design-thinking to story-telling to relationship-building. A resident of The Netherlands, he is a Partner at THNK School of Creative Leadership where he is responsible for their leadership curriculum and Corporate Programs. Previously, he was a partner with McKinsey & Company for 13 years where he worked in oil and gas and retail. During his final years at McKinsey, he was responsible for the leadership development of 1,500 Partners globally. He has a BA in History from the University of Cambridge and a MSc and PhD in Economic History/Development Economics from the London School of Economics.