I.Think @ Sage College of Albany

Innovation Thinking is…

• an innovative way of competing

• a collaborative process that frees people to solve problems creatively

• finding paths to solutions that used to be blocked by preconceptions

• a multidisciplinary attitude and approach to finding creative audience-focused solutions

• the “glue” that brings together the disciplines in the School of Professional Studies — Business and Management, The Arts, Computer Science, and Communications and Information Design

Innovation Thinkers…

• explore “a landscape of innovation”

• are empowered to think outside their academic or experiential silos

• are “intensely collaborative, empathic, with the craft to make things real in the world”

• understand that human and business needs drive innovation — and that innovation can come from anyone — at any time

• see relationships and connections that are vital to understanding the “big picture”

• are prepared to succeed in a rapidly changing world

Innovation Thinking at Sage is…

• A new way of integrating the programs within the School of Professional Studies

• To encourage interdisciplinary, creative, team-based approaches to problem-solving among the students and faculty

• Moves our students from “good enough” to “inspired and inspiring