Curriculum & workshops
Regular instruction in design thinking and innovation frameworks at weekly club meetings, plus speakers, career treks, and experiential learning opportunities.
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Yale School of Management
Design + Innovation Club
We educate and empower SOM students to apply design thinking to develop innovative solutions to complex business challenges.
- Founded by students in 2011
- Process, Product & People Design
- Cross-sector community
2011
Founded by students
3
Curriculum tracks
Weekly
Club meetings
Cross-sector
Open to all students
Who we are
Two ways to get involved
We are a cross-sector club: students bound for corporate life, public service, or entrepreneurship all find value in learning how to generate actionable ideas through a constructive and iterative process.
Community & careers
We strive to create a sense of community and collaboration among diverse students, and we work with the Yale SOM Career Development Office on D+I related opportunities.
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Our mission
Design principles for lives and careers
To inspire and equip our members with design and innovation principles and mindsets that they will use meaningfully throughout their lives and careers.
The Design + Innovation Club was founded by students in 2011 and is consistently one of the largest student groups at Yale SOM.
- Curriculum built around Process, Product, and People Design
- Weekly meetings, speakers, workshops, and career treks
- Alumni at firms including IDEO, frog, Google, Apple, Amazon, Innosight, and SYPartners
Since 2011
Founded by students and grown in size every year since its inception.
Curriculum
Three tracks of design practice
Our curriculum covers Process Design, Product Design, and People Design, with small projects and hands-on learning.
Process Design
Frameworks for moving from a complex challenge to actionable ideas through a constructive and iterative process.
Product Design
Hands-on work with small projects that turn concepts into tangible, testable solutions.
People Design
Understanding the people behind a problem, and building the collaboration that shapes better answers.
Community
Newsletters & weekly diversions
Stay connected with the club through its newsletters and Weekly Diversions.
- Newsletter 11.16: Marshmallows Where There Shouldn't BeNov 16, 2020
- Newsletter 11.02: Drafted Into the Skeleton WarNov 2, 2020
- Newsletter 10.12: "HOT ONES" Interview Preparation StationOct 12, 2020
- Newsletter 10.5: Nintendo & ChillOct 5, 2020
- Newsletter 9.28: Semester AbroadSep 28, 2020
- Weekly Diversions 5.6: Free Trip to FranceMay 6, 2020