INTERNATIONAL MASTER IN
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A JOINT PROGRAMME WITH
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“A new breed of design leader can help companies unleash their business potentials by meaningful innovations.”

McKinsey, 2020

In a complex world awash with technology, fast-moving socio-cultural changes, and ultra-competitive business challenges, executives are asked to unlock a step change in business performance.

Envisioning meaningful innovations , leading human-centric transformations, and engaging employees through responsible purposes represent the ultimate goals to address.

Format: Digital Learning
+ 2 face-to-face weeks
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Language: English
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Next intake: March 2025
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Duration: 1 year
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Profile: Bachelor’s degree in any discipline; work experience
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Tuition fee: € 17.500 (Individuals) / € 20.500 (Companies)
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Admission Office:
+ 39 02 2399 2820
infoexecutivemasters@gsom.polimi.it
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The Uniqueness of the experience in 6 steps
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The value of interacting with scholars internationally recognised for shaping the new theories of design management and design-driven innovation

The opportunity to interact with design leaders who have made the success of several multinationals in the world of manufacturing, services, and strategic consulting

The benefit of developing professional skills through a digital experience built on POLIMI Graduate School of Management’s innovative digital learning platform based on MICROSOFT technology

The possibility to challenge other participants in bootcamps that look at the grand-challenges that the global economy impose

The chance to get your hands dirty in workshops led by design challenges that combine product innovation with the need to transform organizations and people mind-set

The advantage to leverage and enrich a network of design managers and leaders operating in global companies that see in design a competitive and transformative lever

Programme structure
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BLOCK 1

INNOVATION
and DESIGN
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Innovation and Design for Transformation
Corporate Strategy
Corporate Entrepreneurship
Digital Transformation
Design Thinking for Business
Strategic Design

BLOCK 2

LEADERSHIP
and ENGAGEMENT
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Leadership and Decision Making
Organizational Behaviour
Business Process Management
Digital Transformation
Design culture
Employee Engagement

BLOCK 3

DATA
and CREATIVITY
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Big Data Analytics
Platform Thinking
Design and User Research
Data and Service Innovation
Data and Creativity

BLOCK 4

DESIGN OPS and
TRANSFORMATION
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Design Ops
Open and Collaborative Innovation
Business Process Management
Design Methods
Agile Innovation
UX/UI Design

Syllabus

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FACTS AND FIGURES ABOUT THE USE OF DESIGN IN ORGANIZATION
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> 40%

More than 40% of the companies surveyed acknowledged as their greatest design weakness:

To break down functional silos and integrate designers with other functions (facilitating a culture that may nurture cross-functional talent)
To measure and drive design performance with the same rigor as revenues and costs (aiming at a more analytical design leadership).

~ 300

Among 300 publicly listed companies tracked: “The companies that performed best financially understood that design is a top-management issue, and assessed their design performance with the same rigor they used to track.

20%

20% of the 200 design leaders in the research report directly to the CEO. Almost 50% perform partnering with the most influential senior executives in the corporation (C-suite).

-50%

Fewer than half of design leaders feel their CEOs truly comprehend their role.

CEOs must carefully incorporate the function of the senior designer into the rest of the top-team “ecosystem”.
Design-driven companies empower their design leaders to be catalysts for broad strategic transformation.

1/6

Only 1 in 6 design leaders believes they are positioned to deliver their full potential value to the company.

Sources: | McKinsey Quarterly, The business value of design, October 2018 | Report
| McKinsey Quarterly, Are you asking enough from your design leaders?, February 2020 | Article

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A Master degree created to respond to a growing demand for design Managers and design Leaders.

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Digital
Innovation
Experience
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IN PARTNERSHIP WITH

SDIT students’ digital experience revolves around an innovative digital learning platform developed by POLIMI Graduate School of Management on MICROSOFT technology.

Learning

Top 10 in the world
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Online MBAs QS Ranking 2023 and the Financial Times

Top 5 in the world
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QS Ranking 2021 POLITECNICO DI MILANO Art&Design categor

About SDIT

“A new breed of design leader can help companies unleash their business potentials by meaningful innovations.”

The Uniqueness of the experience in 6 steps —

Programme structure —

BLOCK 1

INNOVATIONand DESIGN —

BLOCK 2

LEADERSHIPand ENGAGEMENT —

BLOCK 3

DATAand CREATIVITY —