Seasons of Design Innovation Accelerator Program

Part immersive learning challenge. Part innovation competition.

Seasons of Design is a seasonal experience in the design thinking community to equip innovators with the skills, mindsets, and behaviors they need to make positive changes in their organizations.

As a “Seasons of Designer”, you will grow your creative capacity, learn new tools to jump-start innovation, and collaborate with fellow design thinkers and innovators to make our world a better place.

Innovative Thinking > Your Comfort Zone

Every year we collaborate with an All-Star line-up of community partners which includes weekly skills-based workshops facilitated by Karen Hold, Author of Experiencing Design - The Innovator’s Journey and Director - DT:DC, access to weekly instructional videos provided by the University of Virginia Darden School Foundation, curated by Jeanne Liedtka, Author of Experiencing Design - The Innovator’s Journey and Designing for Growth, and professor of Business Administration at the Darden School of Business; an online community for learning and engagement; and a Seasons of Design Certificate from the University of Virginia Darden School Foundation.

We hope you will join us!

Our next sprint kicks off later this year

  • After learning and growing with this group I have gained a tremendous amount of expertise in Design Thinking which helps me think about new and novel approaches to problem solving. It allows me to think about people with loads of empathy that need help (a new product, software, or solution) in new ways.”

    Deputy Director, NavalX

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Leadership

Karen Hold is the Director of Seasons of Design. She is an author of Experiencing Design - The Innovator’s Journey which was published by Columbia University Press in July 2021. She is the founder of Experience Labs, an innovation strategy consulting firm. She is a visiting professor at École des Ponts Business School in Paris, France and Casablanca, Morocco and an Executive Lecturer at the University of Virginia Darden School Foundation. Karen is also the Director of DT:DC, a 5,200 member Meet Up group of design thinkers in Washington, DC.

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