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