ESB and Professor Gregory Polletta present the Idea to Innovations, iGNITE Convergence Program in Design, Engineering and Innovation for Bio-Materials New Product Development: a hands-on, intensive system creating the next generation of MacGyver innovation leaders in parent organizations. The base program, created and running at multiple universities, corporations and world governments internationally since 2005 combines 36 case studies, 36 tools and 36 radical hands-on learning techniques providing participants the design, design thinking, engineering, finance and innovation mindset plus practical tools to drive design + R&D efforts and business ideas into high value commercial propositions focusing on bio-materials and renewable resources.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

This program is suitable for mid to senior-level managers, CEO’s, Board Members, scientists, engineers and industrial and product designers who are focusing on developing their innovation capabilities and to inspire breakthrough mentalities from their teams.

Program attendees come from a broad range of sectors and diverse nationalities globally to develop innovative products, services and processes.

No technical background is required but those with high levels of inspirational, technical and artistic leadership capabilities are strongly encouraged to attend. This program is created to be a weekend program so as to not impact busy international executive’s schedules.

R&D MINDSETS, DESIGN THINKING, ENGINEERING & INNOVATION OUTPUTS

Participants will emerge with a solid toolkit and industry proven capabilities to become MacGyver mindset enabled design, engineering, innovation plus entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial leaders and to inspire innovation from others inside their organizations. This program has been delivered to thousands of participants worldwide since 2005 and has driven innovative thinking and design capabilities within multinational business, government and military organizations worldwide.

Attendees will learn how to deal with the complexities of innovation change in uncertain times; improve methods for design driven creative thinking to explicitly shape new products & services; and push attendees to become the next generation of organizational leaders via entrepreneurial and corporate innovation capabilities.

The ESB Innovation Department is dedicated to solving complex industrial problems. A specific team is built around those, mixing top class animator, concerned company executives, ESB experts and creative students. ESB will find the very best persons for each case. This multi-skilled and pluri-disciplinary approach focus on a variety of innovative solutions.

PROGRAM OUTCOMES

• Participants will receive an internationally executive certificate in Design, Engineering and Innovation for Bio-Materials New Product Development from the leading US, European / Chinese bio-materials programs: ESB – France and partners.
• A global networking environment across multinational and government organizational silos.
• Teams will create and Design new product development business opportunities, crafting a story and designed artifacts around the opportunity, build the right business model around template innovations, navigate the R&D organizational and corporate mindset as well as external entrepreneurial possibilities to negotiate for resources and successes for breakthrough products.
• 36 case studies, 36 toolsets, 36 exercises, Immersive group work via an intense experiential & intensive workshop environment focusing on the EBS created Immersion > Ideation > Implementation model.

PROGRAM PHASES

With lectures, workshops, presentations and output organized throughout the program focus on 4 different phases and 5 different key learning outputs for participants:

• focusing on innovate products / services from renewable resources.
• lead and manage a project in a collaborative and open manner.
• manage an interdisciplinary approach to foster the emergence of trans-disciplinary capabilities.
• drive an innovation approach using design and creativity tools and methods.
• integrate innovation objectives that meet the expectations of partnering firms.

OVERVIEW

Rotating Program Modules with unique ESB Bio-Materials system based on:

PROGRAM LEADERS

The Ideas To Innovations Program In Design, Engineering And Innovation For Bio-Materials New Product Development at ESB is led by an international team of world class experts in design, design thinking, engineering, innovation and bio-materials new product development. The team brings over 100 years of combines experience and internationally recognized expertise in these fields.

Join the program

At ESB on Monday August 31 – Tuesday Sept. 8, 2020

Location: ESB – La Chantrerie – 7, rue Christian Pauc – 44300 Nantes – France

The ESB program is a fee-based certificate program of 38 hours spanned on a range of 5 days.

It is open to all disciplines, alumni, and corporate employees. € 12 500 for corporate participants

Group Discounts Corporate & Government Pricing are available.

Travel and Accommodations are the responsibility of participants.

To participate in the ESB program – Three easy steps:

1. Complete the downloadable ESB

Application and title the document with your name (e.g. ESB_2020_Julio_Smith.doc)

2. Email your application

Email your application packet to: iGNITE-Convergence@esb-campus.fr with the title ” Application for ESB iGNITE Convergence Program 2020 “

3. Upon acceptance, make a payment via our secure server in link sent to you by our team

Contact us

Patrick Ryan

iGNITE-Convergence@esb-campus.fr