COURSES - Disruptor League

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The Disruptor Studio creates space for both newbies and experts
to hone their disruptive superpowers through hands-on, relationship-based learning experiences. The Studio helps disruptors fill their toolboxes with everything they need to tackle big, hairy problems
and disrupt the status quo in their organizations and our world.

Engage the Brain — Increase your knowledge through learning experiences that strike the perfect balance between creativity and practicality.

Get to the Heart — Tap into your deepest passions through authentic conversation and personal reflection.

Put It into Action — Test your newly acquired mindsets and skills in the real world and get ready to celebrate any failures that come your way.

YES!

FOUNDATIONS

THREE WEEKS

Mindset transformation and a proven process
for solving problems in business and life.

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YES!

IMPACT LIVING LAB

TEN WEEKS

Team up with professionals from diverse
backgrounds to tackle complex problems.

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HEALTH INNOVATION

LIVING LAB

TEN WEEKS

The depth and intensity of the Health Innovation Living Lab provides a compass to navigate through the challenges of healthcare innovation.

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STORYTELLING FOR
INCLUSIVE CULTURE

6 WEEKS

Use the power of storytelling to
create a thriving culture.

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IMPROV FOR
CONNECTION & CAMARADERIE

2.5 HOURS

Experience the energy of inclusive
applied improvisation to foster
connection and fun!

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YES, AND FOR IDEATION

2.5 HOURS

The depth and intensity of the Health Innovation Living Lab provides a compass to navigate through the challenges of healthcare innovation.

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Two Sessions per Week for Three Weeks (2-Hour Sessions)

Guided by seasoned practitioners, use human centered design to tackle an ambiguous yet relevant problem.

During this program, participants will:

- Explore empathy and gather consumer insights
- Frame consumer needs, problems, and opportunities
- Generate potential solutions to meet consumer needs
- Prototype and test new ideas
- Pitch a game-changing new idea in compelling way

This program is for people who are:

- Human-centered design newbies
- Passionate about the human experience
- Ready to blow sh*t up

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Eight Sessions over Ten Weeks (2.5-Hour Sessions)

Team up with professionals from diverse backgrounds, industries, and career stages to tackle complex problems in a meaningful way.

During this program, participants will:

- Go deep and broad into the human-centered design process and methods
- Team up with other participants to solve for a real-life problem for a sponsoring organization
- Experience mentoring by seasoned practitioners and receive feedback, insights, and support from project sponsors

This program is for people who are:

- Experienced with human-centered design
- Interested in creating radical relationships with people from other industries
- Seeking opportunities to make a positive social impact through human-centered design and innovation

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Eight Sessions over Ten Weeks (2.5-Hour Sessions)

Innovate in an industry that is highly risk-averse and resistant to change. The depth and intensity of the Health Innovation Living Lab provides a compass to navigate through the challenges of healthcare innovation.

During this program, participants will:

- Go deep and broad into the human-centered design process by solving for a specific healthcare problem from a sponsoring organization
- Experience mentoring by seasoned practitioners and receive feedback, insights, and support from project sponsors

This program is for people who are:

- Experienced with human-centered design or innovation
- Determined to break through entrenched and old ways of thinking and disrupt an out-of-date industry
- Working in healthcare or are interested in working in healthcare

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Six Weeks

Storytelling has become a buzzword in educational and business contexts.

Synonymous in some circles with persuasion, it’s sought by communicators who want a reliable narrative math that can be used to Sell The Thing or Promote The Idea. And it is true that story can be used to persuade—it has been used to sell cars, start wars, and explain the movement of the stars. But it offers much, much more.

Storytelling fosters connection, respect, trust, and genuine warm rapport among colleagues. In this playful, supportive, 6-week workshop, we’ll use assignments, feedback, and fun interactive story games to explore the fundamentals of good storytelling: narrative structure, sensory detail & descriptive language, personal disclosure, humor, timing, relaxed confidence, and emotional honesty.

We will look at storytelling as a spark for community-building and connection and discover how good storytelling can enliven and humanize our pitches, presentations, and leadership.

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2.5 hours

Working remotely can be disorienting and isolating.

This one-time class lets you experience Applied Improvisation games and creative play forms that foster connection and camaraderie with others while working remotely! This afternoon workshop is dynamic, playful, and full of laughter. No sitting and staring at the screen.

Through safe & supported game forms, the session will give you a burst of energy, strengthen your capacity to play creatively, and maybe even leave you with a few new friendships.

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2.5-Hours

You’ve probably heard the term Yes, And… bandied about a bit in professional trainings.

Did you know that it comes from Chicago improvisation? In this immersive, joyful, playful workshop, students will learn the authentic practice of Yes, And, as it is applied at places like The Second City, Saturday Night Live, and the many famous comedic series that have followed.

A slate of old-school Improv games allow participants to directly experience the pleasure and excitement of this ensemble-based mode of collaboration that prizes support and inclusion over competition and exclusion.

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Two Sessions per Week for Three Weeks (2-Hour Sessions)

Guided by seasoned practitioners, use human centered design to tackle an ambiguous yet relevant problem.

During this program, participants will:

- Explore empathy and gather consumer insights
- Frame consumer needs, problems, and opportunities
- Generate potential solutions to meet consumer needs
- Prototype and test new ideas
- Pitch a game-changing new idea in compelling way

This program is for people who are:

- Human-centered design newbies
- Passionate about the human experience
- Ready to blow sh*t up

Download Course Overview

Already a member? Click here to registration page.

Not a member? Click here for instructions on how to create your account.

Eight Sessions over Ten Weeks (2.5-Hour Sessions)

Team up with professionals from diverse backgrounds, industries, and career stages to tackle complex problems in a meaningful way.

During this program, participants will:

- Go deep and broad into the human-centered design process and methods
- Team up with other participants to solve for a real-life problem for a sponsoring organization
- Experience mentoring by seasoned practitioners and receive feedback, insights, and support from project sponsors

This program is for people who are:

- Experienced with human-centered design
- Interested in creating radical relationships with people from other industries
- Seeking opportunities to make a positive social impact through human-centered design and innovation

Download Course Overview

Already a member? Click here to registration page.

Not a member? Click here for instructions on how to create your account.

Eight Sessions over Ten Weeks (2.5-Hour Sessions)

Innovate in an industry that is highly risk-averse and resistant to change. The depth and intensity of the Health Innovation Living Lab provides a compass to navigate through the challenges of healthcare innovation.

During this program, participants will:

- Go deep and broad into the human-centered design process and methods by tackling a specific healthcare problem from a sponsoring organization
- Experience mentoring by seasoned practitioners and receive feedback, insights, and support from project sponsors

This program is for people who are:

- Experienced with human-centered design or innovation
- Determined to break through entrenched and old ways of thinking and disrupt an out-of-date industry
- Working in healthcare or are interested in working in healthcare

Download Course Overview

Already a member? Click here to registration page.

Not a member? Click here for instructions on how to create your account.

Six Weeks

Storytelling has become a buzzword in educational and business contexts.

We will look at storytelling as a spark for community-building and connection and discover how good storytelling can enliven and humanize our pitches, presentations, and leadership.

Already a member? Click here to registration page.

Not a member? Click here for instructions on how to create your account.

Improv for Connection and Camaraderie –
2.5 hours

Working remotely can be disorienting and isolating.

Through safe & supported game forms, the session will give you a burst of energy, strengthen your capacity to play creatively, and maybe even leave you with a few new friendships.

Already a member? Click here to registration page.

Not a member? Click here for instructions on how to create your account.

Yes, And for Ideation (2.5-Hour Session)

You’ve probably heard the term Yes, And… bandied about a bit in professional trainings.

Already a member? Click here to registration page.

Not a member? Click here for instructions on how to create your account.

Two Sessions per Week for Three Weeks (2-Hour Sessions)

Eight Sessions over Ten Weeks (2.5-Hour Sessions)

Eight Sessions over Ten Weeks (2.5-Hour Sessions)

Innovate in an industry that is highly risk-averse and resistant to change. The depth and intensity of the Health Innovation Living Lab provides a compass to navigate through the challenges of healthcare innovation.

Six Weeks

2.5 hours

2.5-Hours

Two Sessions per Week for Three Weeks (2-Hour Sessions)

Eight Sessions over Ten Weeks (2.5-Hour Sessions)

Eight Sessions over Ten Weeks (2.5-Hour Sessions)

Innovate in an industry that is highly risk-averse and resistant to change. The depth and intensity of the Health Innovation Living Lab provides a compass to navigate through the challenges of healthcare innovation.

Six Weeks

Improv for Connection and Camaraderie – 2.5 hours

Yes, And for Ideation (2.5-Hour Session)

Improv for Connection and Camaraderie –
2.5 hours