Leadership by Design: Innovation Process and Culture

"This course nudges me to think about the human around me. Design thinking focuses on the human that will use the design. If you apply it to your leadership, it inspires that we deal with human beings and that we need to empathize first. We forgot about this sometimes and just focus on the objective of the work."

Cicilia H

"I liked the course and how Matthew Kressy utilized his design background to demonstrate how to improve processes. The course was light on leadership since we didn't really talk about it until the last day of the class. Thus my review title reflects what i think the course name should be to accurately reflect the offering."

Daniel D

"The trainers gave some very useful insights. i will remember his recruitments tips forever as it placed words on something i was convinced by experience."

Martin C

"This program had all the elements and truly demonstrated the functional value and exponential emotional value. Matt is marvelous , Molly is so awesome, and diverse set of knowledgeable and energetic fellow mates. And great support from Anne made this program memorable to me."

Subrat Kumar O

"Great course. Matt kept the course time interesting and interactive. I appreciated the application of his personal experiences with related course material. I would highly recommend this to others."

Kevin J

"The course was engaging and practical, a realistic, relevant and most useful session ,delivered by Matt, that empowers business leaders, especially those of from a technical background with the importance of design design processes in our value propositions. I can clearly see the duct tape and card board in my hand as we translated the design lessons to creation of business products; an experience I now take forward to my organization so that we excel by design!"

Harrison M

"This course not only provides an insightful perspective on the design process but also to understand how to make products that customers want and pay a premium, a wonderful reminder of how to be competitive in business. Very impressive how this was accomplished in just two days. No wonder students from all over the world attended this class."

James L

"One of the best classes I had on Leadership by Design. Lot of good takeaways and group learning that helped us to design a cool product that was appreciated by many of the participants."

Gowri Shankar S

"Due to Covid-induced travel restrictions, this course was a two-day, on-line, interactive session. This deep dive into Design and Leadership skills immersed the teams into the customers perspective and taught design from their point of view. The breadth of experience and variety of business sectors presented in my working group was refreshing, with design, sales, marketing, engineering, and leadership all represented. The size of the class was excellent (6 or 8 teams of 4-5 participants each) and the ideas flowing from each team were unique and insightful. Matt Kressy, the instructor was extremely personable and knowledgeable of the subject and connected with the class very effectively. The mix of exercises and lectures broke up the very long days in a way that made the time pass quickly. Strongly recommend the pre-work for this one - these readings and videos help get the student up to speed before the fast-paced course begins."

Jacob Allyn W

"Very comprehensive and hands on"

Porter M