CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Integrated Innovation Institute is a dynamic next-generation hub of practical creativity, producing results in every dimension of innovation training and exploration across academia, business and social purpose. At the core are three professional master’s degrees: the Master of Integrated Innovation for Products and Services (Pittsburgh, founded in 2003); the Master of Science in Software Management (Silicon Valley, founded in 2004), the only program to focus on innovation related to the continuum of the software field; and a professional master’s degree planned for fall 2015 as part of Carnegie Mellon’s new Integrated Media Program at Steiner Studios in the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
Augmenting these degrees is a pilot innovation laboratory where graduate student teams tackle corporate-sponsored cases with real-world rigor and accountability, and where institute-funded projects explore vexing societal problems. The institute also conducts proprietary applied research, and extends its training through executive education, customized company programs and open-enrollment consortia.
Carnegie Mellon’s model of integrated innovation upends the traditional linear, silo approach to new product development, and enhances the effectiveness of thinking and results. Sponsors have patented or brought to market products that originated in team projects. In other instances, the integrated innovation model has prompted partner companies to revisit their fundamental processes to understand customers’ needs, identify market opportunities and make crucial go/no-go decisions earlier.
