Attendance by invitation only.
12:30pm-1pm: Arrivals and Lunch
1pm: Institute begins
5pm: Institute ends
The theme of this year’s leadership institute is “Design Thinking,” focusing on leadership practices for collaborative design.
Robert Mark Morgan, Teaching Professor of Performing Arts (Design) at Washington University, will facilitate the discussions. Rob is director of the
Beyond Boundaries Program at the university and an expert in design thinking, and has led human-centered design workshops for many years to a wide variety of audiences.
To foster inclusiveness, we are inviting leaders from across the organization and making available as many spots as we can for members who are aspiring leaders.
Participants will develop leadership practices for collaborative design, learn the steps of the creative process, and work in groups to create a project that meets a specific goal, takes aesthetics into consideration, and conforms to a set of restraints. They will experience the importance of visual and verbal communication, prototyping, quick decision making, and iteration as early elements of innovation and group work. Reflection will focus on strengths and challenges in group project work and ways to ensure that the best ideas are heard and implemented.
