Solita Business Design Masterclass gets you kick-started on the journey to re-invent your business with design. It is a tailor-made, intensive training for business leaders and practitioners to gain tools for growth and renewal. We balance theory and hands-on application and look beyond buzzwords to identify new sources of value.
David Schmidt is one of the most vocal advocates for Business Design in Europe. He has been writing and talking about the topic for more than five years. He is co-organiser of the LinkedIn community of 9000+ Business Designers.
He has 8+ years of experience in innovation and business modelling and consulted DAX companies and startups on customer centric innovation, product development and business models. He holds degrees both in mathematics and sociology.
Currently he is Business Design partner at United Peers, a corporate venture builder, where he designs business models and implements them in new companies. Read more about David Schmidt.
Mikko is a professional facilitator of innovation and also a business designer himself. He works with industry leading companies on their new business ventures and innovation capabilities building.
He talks the talk with upper management, walks the walk with teams hands-on and helps the organisations build bridges between vision and reality. Read more about Mikko’s experience.
Jaakko is an experienced business designer bridging business, insight and design thinking. Currently he is working on his PhD on the value of design thinking for strategic management.
Before the masterclass you can read Jaakko’s blogposts: 6 areas of strategy that benefit from design, Building blocks of business design, What we mean with business design (in Finnish), and watch webinar recording to get first ideas for the path to infuse strategy with design.
Four online training sessions on May 18, 19, 20 and 25 at 13-17 EEST
Our curriculum is tailored to provide you with the needed knowledge, practice and stepping stones for your business design journey. You will get an understanding of fundamental concepts of business design. We will provide you proven tools for customer-centric business model generation, fast prototyping and hypothesis-driven business planning. You will also get to exchange with peer learners & business design professionals.
We have proven ways for natural remote interaction
We fully use the possibilities of up to date tools & technology
We are a design community specialised in remote work and insight (actually the whole course planning has happened from 4-5 locations in 3 countries)
Join us online on May 18, 19, 20 and 25 at 13-17 EEST
“I’m a designer looking in to expanding to business design. Is this masterclass for me?”
It depends, but most likely yes, and especially so if you’ve encountered some business lexicon during your career. This course bridges business and design from a business angle, and the design thinking basics will be, eh, very basic for you, while some understanding of business and finance fundamentals is expected. For designers looking for a thorough intro to business thinking we are more than happy recommend d.mba by Alen Faljic.
“I’m a business person without any previous design thinking experience. Is this masterclass for me?”
Yes, we’ll cover the necessary basics of design thinking during the course.
“Will there be further masterclasses?”
Yes, we are planning follow-up masterclasses during 2020 as well. Please email jaakko.luomaranta@solita.fi to let us know if you’re interested.
