Topic: Joseph L. Rotman School of Management

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More on Design and Business

If you're in the New York area on November 16, you have an opportunity to hear Roger Martin speak about why businesspeople need to think like designers. The Rotman School of Management is hosting a conference about innovation, where ...READ»

The Net/Net

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Designing Business; Businessing Design

Before I used computer-aided design to create products, I had pencils. Before I had pencils, I had Legos. Before Legos, crayons. Before crayons, blocks. And with these tools, I have always been a designer. The act of exploring ...READ»

The Promise of Fast Education

Roger Martin Roger Martin is the dean of the Joseph L. Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto. He was appointed to a seven-year term beginning on September 1, 1998. A Canadian from Wallenstein, Ontario, Martin was ...READ»

Time To Reconsider Executive Education Courtesy of the Recession

As a result of the recession many organizations have instituted staff reductions and reorganizations at the management levels. In doing so, leaders have an opportune time to rethink management structure, leadership styles and involvement in executive education.READ»

Well designed change will draw people in

There’s a reason Tim Brown, CEO of the design firm IDEO, titled his book, Change by Design. There’s a reason Roger Martin, dean of the Rotman School of Management, titled his book, The Design of Business: Why Design Thinking is ...READ»

The Net/Net

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Smart Thoughts on Smart Design

It's rare that I find something of interest in a business school alumni magazine. But there's a remarkably thoughtful essay on design in the latest issue of the University of Toronto's School of Management alumni mag. It's written, ...READ»

Reinventing the MBA: 4 Reasons to Mix Business With Design Thinking

A conversation with the author and dean of Rotman School of Management Roger Martin reveals why schools need to include design when teaching business.READ»

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What Distance Learning Can't Buy

While distance learning makes it easier and faster to get an MBA, some vital aspects of a brick-and-mortar education simply can't be converted into ones and zeroes.READ»

The Business of Design

In an economy where style is king, we all need to start thinking and acting more like design.READ»

The Business of Design

In an economy where style is king, we all need to start thinking and acting more like design.READ»

The Design Thinking Lecture Series.

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Welcome to the Design Revolution

This month's letter from the editor.READ»

Masters of Design

No matter what you do for a living, design matters. Meet and learn from 20 visionary men and women who are using design to create not just new products, but new ways of working, leading, and seeing.READ»

At Skoll, Biz Dean Roger Martin Inspires Social Entrepreneurs to Find a Better Way

Roger Martin has come clean: Barack Obama made him cry. In his remarks during the plenary opening of the Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship at Oxford University, the dean of the University of Toronto's Rotman School of ...READ»

What's Thwarting American Innovation? Too Much Science, Says Roger Martin

By pushing the principles of scientific management too far, corporations are short-circuiting their own futures, says the designiest dean of all the business schools. "The enemy of innovation is the phrase 'prove it,'" Roger Martin says.READ»

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Learning and Change - Roger Martin

"When you're building Business School 2.0, you don't start from scratch."READ»

Contributors

MacKenzie Stroh Portrait artist Mackenzie Stroh photographed Laura Poretzky, Stacey Bendet, and Lela Rose for our story on the design aces at Payless, No. 42 on our list of the world’s most innovative companies. The New ...READ»

Ideo's David Kelley on "Design Thinking"

David Kelley, founder of the design firm Ideo and the Stanford d.school, was leading a charmed existence. Then he felt a lump.READ»

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The Interpreter

Claudia Kotchka glides from the design world to the business world and back with ease. Now she has to teach 110,000 employees at Procter Gamble to do the same thing.READ»

Making a Map to a New World

For Bruce Mau, design is a way to help solve the planet's biggest problems. That's why he hopes to start a global conversation about how to create change in the world.READ»