Postgraduate Diploma in Innovation & Design Thinking (E-Learning)

Overview

As the world faces a shared challenge unlike any we’ve experienced in the modern era, the trajectory of entire governments and economies is shifting. Though the future of business may be unclear in this challenging moment, one thing is already becoming evident: the complexities of our present moment will drive the next era of innovation. How will you help ensure innovation-led growth within your organization? This nine-month online program from Emeritus—in collaboration with MIT Sloan, Columbia Business School Executive Education & Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth—offers a comprehensive approach that incorporates the latest innovation and design thinking techniques and frameworks that will enable you to identify, analyze, conceptualize, and create solutions that work in the real-world. As a participant, you’ll gain the tools necessary to integrate the needs of people, the possibilities of technology, and the requirements for business success with design thinking, systematic inventive thinking and strategy that will enable you to build products and services that propel your organization forward while honing your competitive edge.

Course Information

Applicants must be at least 21 years of age and will be required to submit:
A completed application form
Minimal educational requirement of a Bachelor Degree certificate or official transcript in any discipline
An updated CV/resume
ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY REQUIREMENT
All candidates who have received their bachelor’s or other degree or diploma from an education institution where English is NOT the primary language of instruction are required to demonstrate English language proficiency through ANY ONE of the following methods
Obtain a TOEFL minimum score of 550 for the paper based test or its equivalent
Obtain an IELTS minimum score of 6.0
Obtain a Pearson Versant Test minimum score of 59
Obtain a Certificate of Completion for a Certificate course offered by Emeritus
Submit a document which shows that the candidate has, for the last 24 months or more, worked in ANY ONE of these countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America

As a participant, you’ll gain the tools necessary to integrate the needs of people, the possibilities of technology, and the requirements for business success with design thinking, systematic inventive thinking and strategy that will enable you to build products and services that propel your organization forward while honing your competitive edge.

Deepen Your Intellectual Capital -
World-class curriculum & teaching by faculty from MIT Sloan, Columbia Business School Executive Education and Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.
Selective entrance criterion ensures you learn with the best

Manage Your Brand Capital -
A global education on your resume
Participants scoring 90% or above in all courses, and 'Exceeds Expectations' on the Capstone assignment will be awarded 'Emeritus Scholars' status

Enhance Your Social Capital -
Make new, life-long connections with experienced business people from a wide variety of cultures, industries and backgrounds
Inclusion in the Emeritus Network
Invitations to Emeritus Network events globally including CXO speaker series, and industry interactions

Enhance Your Career Capital -
Learn while you earn
Get noticed. Get ahead.
Understand how to manage your career and personal brand

200 VIDEO LECTURES
17 INDUSTRIAL EXAMPLES
24 ASSIGNMENTS
15 DISCUSSIONS
20 LIVE ONLINE TEACHING SESSIONS
1 CAPSTONE PROJECT

As a participant, you'll discover new tools and templates for idea generation and product
development, and learn how to overcome barriers to creativity. You will also gain valuable insights
from industry leaders through relevant case studies and examples that have been woven in to
illustrate how companies are successfully applying design thinking principles within their
organizations to create the future.