Decoding Innovation

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Taught by David Dabscheck

David Dabscheck is a Visiting Scholar at Columbia Business School focusing on innovation strategy and the Founder and CEO of GIANT Innovation Labs. In these roles, David has helped Fortune 500 companies, global NGOs and public sector organizations develop and implement sustainable innovation and creativity programs.

David is an advisory board member for several Israeli and New York technology companies, founded the largest volunteer nonprofit security organization in the US, and led a national advocacy project. His writings have appeared in Fast Company, the Boston Globe, and Foreign Policy among other publications. David holds an MBA from Columbia University, an MA from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and undergraduate degrees from the University of Queensland, Australia. He is always ready for a new conversation.

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Innovation is a word that seems to be everywhere and flung around by almost everyone. Yet how does it actually work? What tools and techniques help us become more innovative and creative? Even more importantly, how can we apply these insights to our work and personal lives?

This class provides an initial introduction to the GIANT Innovation Labs process that draws on the best of creativity research, human-centered design, lean startup, and strategic communications. In this class, we'll examine the first two behaviors of “Gather Problems” and “Ignite Ideas” to provide a method for creative and collaborative problem-solving that is accessible to everyone. Participants will leave the class with a better understanding of what innovation requires and practical tools that they can apply the next day. 

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