When creative types meet business-school types ...
Joint project for Disney teaches each side something about how the other works.
IN 2015, Disney South-east Asia executives made the short trek over to the Insead campus to take part in a collaboration with Insead MBA students and exchange design students from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. Students worked in the manner of a design start-up, whose "client" happened to be one of the biggest brands on earth.
Disney's challenge was wide open: Develop a new product, service or experience concept as part of the brand's expansion into new Asian markets. The interdisciplinary teams of MBAs and designers were given just four weeks to wow the executives with their creations.
Brainstorming aids
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