Mini-Masterclass with Professor Vidya Haran

Unlock your potential with a Mini-Masterclass Webinar with Professor Vidya Haran from Gies College of Business. Designed for prospective graduate students, this dynamic session offers a firsthand look at the cutting-edge skills, innovative thinking, and career-accelerating opportunities that define a Gies graduate education. Join our world-class faculty for an engaging, high-impact learning experience—and discover how Gies can help you take the next step in your professional journey. 

Driving Innovation: A Human-Centered Approach

Innovation in businesses, especially product management and consulting, starts with understanding people, not just markets. In this 30-minute introductory workshop, you’ll explore how human-centered design helps teams uncover unmet needs (user research and design frameworks), generate stronger ideas (ideation), and move quickly from insight to action (prototyping). Through a short, hands-on exercise, you’ll get a practical look at how innovation skills are developed and applied in graduate business programs and in roles shaping new products, services, and solutions.