New course by Experientia Academy

Thinking as social scientists. Acting as designers.
7 day online interactive course with vertical, thematic focus on tools and methods of behavioral design for cultural change to tackle societal challenges
25 and 30 November 2020 + 14 and 21 January 2021 + 4 and 11 February 2021 + 5 March 2021
Cottino Social Impact Campus

Experientia Academy offers a cutting edge programme offering new perspectives and a unique combination of tools to shape social innovation in the digital era. Delivered by a faculty of renowned international experts at the intersection of behavioural economics, social sciences and design.

This Academy is for managers and leaders, entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs seeking to acquire new tools and ideas for their change-making toolbox. 
Our learning offer is for those who want to use new practices to solve old (and new) problems and who believe in combining empathy and creativity with science and rigor to generate social impact. 
We expect participants to have at least 3-5 years of professional experience.

Day 1
25.11.2020  
Tech, Innovation and Social Impact: the power of narratives and myths of the digital economy
With Giovanni Nisato, innovation and project management consultant at Innovation-horizons

Day 2
30.11.2020  
Behavioural economics: towards understanding biases and preferences in the digital age.
With Tobias Gesche, behavioural economics researcher at ETH Zurich

Day 3
14.1.2021 
Social Design: how to design spaces to facilitate collaboration and build community *
With Antonio Scarponi, founder of Conceptual Devices, an architecture and design practice based in Zurich

Day4
21.1.2021
Understanding “Things Economic” – Illuminating the unseen Part I
With Lotta Björklund Larsen, social anthropologist and Research Fellow at University of Exeter Business School, and Inga Treitler, cultural anthropologist and founder of Anthropology Imagination LLC

Day 5
4.2.2021 
Thinking as behavioral scientists, acting as designers
With Michele Visciola, President and founding partner of Experientia

Day 6
11.2.2021
Understanding “Things Economic” –  Creating social change – Part II
With Inga Treitler, cultural anthropologist and founder of Anthropology Imagination LLC, and Lotta Björklund Larsen, social anthropologist and Research Fellow at University of Exeter Business School

Day 7
5.3.2021 
Becoming the Design Leader you want to be 
With Martin Feuz, Experience Director at PwC Switzerland, and Daniel Boos, head of UX at SBB (Switzerland)