EEDays: Managing the unknown? Design theory and methods for innovation
This 30-hour face-to-face course, held during PSL Week in November 2024 (25.11 to 29.11), is an in-depth introduction to managing the unknown with the support of design theory. Contemporary issues of managing transitions (climate, energy, mobility, digitial…) and managing crisis (pandemia, inflation, energy prices, war…) call for a capacity to organize collective action in the unknown – this capacity is expected from all kinds of managers, and in particular scientists, engineers, and designers.
The capacity is today more easily acquired thanks to the advances in design theory. Design theory brings solid foundation for designing transition and designing resilient solutions to face contemporary crises. These approaches are essential today for those who wish to train in the management of innovation, scientific entrepreneurship, and the management of contemporary transitions. The course alternates between theoretical lessons in the morning and practical workshops in the afternoon. Practitioners are invited to speak about their experience of design in various areas (business, science, art).
Participation requirements
– Curiosity for creation and exploration in the unknown
– An experience of model building (logical reasoning + empirical confrontation)
– An experience of multi-disciplinarity
– A taste for logic and rigor, even in the unknown (math background is not indispensable; but mathematical rigor can help for practicing generativity!)
WHEN
From 25 to 29 of November, 2024
WHERE
Onsite at Mines Paris-PSL
60 Boulevard Saint Michel, 75006, Paris, France