At the Sauder School of Business, Former Dean Dan Muzyka recognizes the strategic value of design thinking for business - and starts to explore options to integrate it into the School's curriculum.
Over a glass of wine, Professor Moura Quayle and Dean Dan Muzyka sketch out a plan to bring design education to the Sauder School of Business. The [alpha] d.studio begins.
Senior Design Strategist Denise Withers starts to work with Moura on strategic and curriculum design projects.
The d.studio embarks on a research project with colleagues at the University of Sydney in Australia to blend sustainability and design studio pedagogies.
Moura and Denise test their Opportunity Design process in two-day MBA workshop.
Moura spends 6 months visiting global b-schools to research pedagogy and practice in design education for business.
Moura and Denise challenge a mixed MBA cohort with their revised design process. Lesson learned: MBA students prefer neat packages to wicked problems!
Moura and Denise recruit SALA Professor Ron Kellett to co-create the pilot BCom d.studio course with them.
The d.studio wins a UBC grant to develop studio-based pedagogy and a community of practice for design education.
Three students join the d.studio part-time for a year to help build the community of practice and design resources.
