DMI Conferences - DMI Design/Management Annual 37


			Conference Report: Left Brain/Right Brain Design Minds Converge to Build upon “New Ambition” by Leslie Kirschenbaum

			Conference Report: A Special Gathering for Ambitious Design Leaders and Design Thinkers by Yu-Jin Kim

			Conference Report: Brands, Thoughtfulness + Service: Our New Ambition by Vandna Cheena Jain

			View conference photos at Flickr.

			Design the Work You Love with Ayse Birsel by Seda Evis, Business Strategist, Birsel+Seck

			Design’s next challenges: embracing the counter-intuitive, dealing with Big Data at SmartPlanet, a CBS Interactive Site.



		Pamela DeCesare Partner, Brand Muse, LLC

		James De Vries Creative Director, Harvard Business Review Group

		David Kuehler Portfolio Director, Innovation Capability, Procter & Gamble

		Karen Reuther Creative Director, Cast Collective

Read more about the co-chairs

In the last decade, design has earned "a seat at the table" and garnered the respect of business leaders around the globe. But what is design today? What actions, ideas and competencies are required to deliver Design excellence?

Join DMI as we explore the Promise of Design through conversations: Design Leadership—as Design is asked to solve big problems; Design Mastery—the rigor, instinct and virtuosity of Design; and Design Execution—the ultimate payoff of Design Excellence.

Topics we’ll address include:

Design as a catalyst for change
The evolution of Design Thinking
Big Data, Big Love
Marketing Says YES, Design Says NO
Storytelling That Delivers Results
What is great Design now?
Delivering the Future of Design

Design has been buffeted by new ideas, philosophies and agendas. Out of this tumult comes a compelling question that we are all asking: What must Design promise to deliver? NEW AMBITION will help answer this.

Optional Special Co-Chairs Evening with author Grant McCracken

Skylight: Finding our way in the next stage of the Design Thinking revolution.
Grant McCracken
Anthropologist; Author: Chief Culture Officer and Culturematic

Please join us for an evening of inspiration, energy, and style at the DMI Co-Chairs' Dinner hosted at The Harvard Club of New York.

Registration for the dinner event closed 19 October.

Design in the DNA
Phil Duncan
Global Design Officer, Procter & Gamble

A View From the Future
Edie Weiner
President, Weiner, Edrich, Brown, Inc.

Love Letter to Design: A business and social entity in search of its new (id)entity
Mauro Porcini
Chief Design Officer, PepsiCo

Data Visualization and Design
Lisa Strausfeld
Global Head of Data Visualization, Bloomberg

We Are the Stories We Tell
Stanley Hainsworth
Chairman, Chief Creative Officer, Tether

Think It, Do It, Be It
Gavin Ivester
Partner, FLO {thinkery}

				Debating the Issues: Beyond Design Thinking Heather Fraser Co-founder & Executive Director, DesignWorks, Business Design Initiative, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto Bruce Nussbaum Professor of Innovation and Design, Parsons, The New School for Design Stefan Meisiek Associate Professor of Leadership Department of Management, Politics and Philosophy, Copenhagen Business School Cindy Tripp Former Global Director, Design Thinking, Procter & Gamble

To the Power of the Intangible
George Gottl
Chief Creative Officer, UXUS

Deconstructing: Design
Ayse Birsel
Co-founder, Birsel + Seck

Presentation: You're not the Smartest Person in the Room
Breakout Session: Evolution of Design Leadership
Karen Reuther
Creative Director, Cast Collective
Sabrina Jetton
Design Consultant, Cast Collective

Big Data for Small Moments
Sean Madden
Creative Director, Ziba Design, Inc.

How to Think Like a Magician
Michael Mode
Magician/Creative Consultant, Big Lightbulb Inc.

Design as an Enabler of Change
Kathryn Best
Author, Educator and Consultant

What Does the Future Hold?
Laura Shamas, Ph.D.
Writer & Mythologist

Designing a service experience for the complexities of New York City
Richard Whitehall
VP, Smart Design

				What Design Competencies Will Deliver the Future? Part I: Academic Principles Michelle Stuhl President, Michelle Stuhl & Company, Inc. Babette Strousse Sr. Director Design Strategy, Design Operations Specialist, The Design Academy Heather McGowan Independent Consultant; Former Assistant Provost for DEC Development, Philadelphia University

				What Design Competencies Will Deliver the Future? Part II: Commercial Fluency Michelle Stuhl President, Michelle Stuhl & Company, Inc. Chris Hacker Chief Design Officer, Global Strategic Design Office, Johnson & Johnson Joe Stewart Partner and Global Creative Director, Huge