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Unveiling the Chief Disruption Officer (CDO) Journey: The Impact of Strategic Design

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The MS in Strategic Design for Global Leadership (SDGL) is not just a graduate degree program; it’s a transformative experience that shapes individuals into potential Chief Disruption Officers. Melissa Rancourt, the Academic Director, views the program’s roughly hundred participants as a cohort of disruptors, emphasizing the link between strategic design and navigating uncertainty in business.…

Written by Mark Lipton, Emeritus Professor of Management, Parsons School of Design and The New School, published on Medium Yes, even your organization shows signs of Arrested Development. Having blown through the entirety of Succession during a late summer lull, I needed something new, something less dark and reminiscent of the characters that were featured…

The Luxury Management and Design Innovation (EMiLUX) executive program was born out of two innovative schools in the top ten in their fields, Parsons and ESSEC Business School. The program serves professionals and entrepreneurs looking to develop a global perspective and a deeper knowledge of international luxury markets and it’s designed to allow participants to…

Offered jointly by Parsons and ESSEC Business School, both among the top ten schools in their fields, the Luxury Management and Design Innovation (EMiLUX) executive program is designed for professionals and entrepreneurs who want to develop a global perspective and a deeper knowledge of international luxury markets while continuing to work at their jobs. We…

With the goal of creating value for the long run, the Service Design Days Leadership Summit, which begins on September 15 in Barcelona, is a hands-on event bringing together 50 international design leaders from a wide range of creative industries to “connect, learn, build, discuss, share learnings, and challenge the status quo.”  The ideology behind…

We recently caught up with Lara Harris, MS in Strategic Design for Global Leadership (SDGL) alumna and the Associate Creative Director at Thrasio, a consumer goods company that acquires and scales leading brands on Amazon via data analysis and optimization.  Since graduating from the executive degree program offered through Parsons Executive Education in May 2020,…

In the early-to-mid nineties, having already graduated from Harvard University and the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) and launched his own collection, John Bartlett was busy taking continuing ed courses at The New School. He would take assemblage and other fashion construction and technique courses in order to maintain and develop skills necessary for his…

We sat down with fashion designer and educator John Bartlett, recently-appointed Director of Fashion Programs for Executive and Professional Studies at The New School, to discuss challenges in the global luxury market.  “I think the luxury market is an interesting place because, on one hand, it’s very much steeped in tradition and heritage, with the…

West Point Band member and a graduate of the M.S. in Strategic Design for Global Leadership program at Parsons Executive Education, Sam Kaestner ’21 was determined to increase classic music audience attendance – then the pandemic hit. He spoke to us about how his master’s  project turned into his livestreaming company Stretto, which was recently…

Business success is increasingly tied to managing the complexity of a globally connected society, creating demand for executives and entrepreneurs who have developed the competencies to navigate such conditions with creative confidence. While business leaders may look to traditional executive education programs to develop their managerial skills, many of these programs still focus on subjects…