Dr. Angèle Beausoleil is the professor of Business Design and Innovation, and academic director of the Business Design Initiative, at the Rotman School of Management. She completed her PhD in design-mediated innovation at the University of British Columbia, after spending 25 years designing services, products and innovation processes inside large and small organizations. A recovering entrepreneur, former strategist and innovation executive, she has worked with Fortune 500 companies to creatively solve problems. She now teaches executives, MBAs and undergrads design-driven innovation and leads research on innovative leadership. Angèle is a visiting lecturer at UC Berkeley Haas School of Business and just launched her first textbook “Business Design Thinking and Doing: Frameworks, Strategies and Techniques for Sustainable Innovation”.

Topic: Teaching Design to Non-designers: How One Business School is Transforming Learners into Leaders.