Munich Creative Business Week

As Germany’s largest event dedicated to design, Munich Creative Business Week serves as a pivotal meeting point for both national and international creative and design industries.

In her lecture, titled “From Ideas to Impact: Designing Innovation Through Ethical Leadership,” Elisa Chiodo will discuss how, at Domus Academy, design is viewed as a collaborative process that transforms the cultural and professional diversity of students into a powerful force for innovation. Only within environments that foster strong creative spillover can projects emerge where ideas can dialogue, compete, reinvent, and connect. Empathy, collaboration, and leadership are crucial in guiding these processes, turning insights into innovative ventures.

Elisa will also showcase projects from the Business Design area, demonstrating how design can generate new ideas and business models that address future challenges. Through transdisciplinary teams, critical sessions, and a dialogue-driven approach, students develop new ventures and startup ideas from scratch, exploring solutions with tangible impacts on sustainability and society.

Elisa Chiodo is a designer and strategist with a rich background in teaching, academic research, and agency projects. Passionate about the design process, she excels in problem-solving, problem-setting, and creating compelling visuals. A transdisciplinary designer, Elisa uses tools from communication, service, and business design, enjoying the challenge of bridging disciplines and interpreting different design languages.

In 2013, Elisa received a Ph.D. cum Laude from the School of Design at Politecnico di Milano. During her Ph.D., she worked at the MobileLife Research Centre (Stockholm University) on service and interaction design devices and at metaLABab (Harvard University) in the field of digital humanities.

Don’t miss the opportunity to gain valuable insights into the intersection of design, innovation, and leadership, register here for online attendance!