About
OCAD U CO

We launched OCAD U CO with a mission to extend the 142 years’ experience and impact of OCAD University to new audiences in the public and private sectors.

We’re OCAD U CO, a new business of OCAD University.

We’re an executive training studio with a mission to help industry leaders and their teams use creative problem solving to drive innovation and change.

We’re located in a stunning new facility on Toronto’s waterfront where we facilitate creative problem-solving, research and training. Our approach is grounded in a rigorous and disciplined approach to the creative process: problem framing, user research, prototyping, and implementation.

We also specialize in strategic foresight, inclusive design, systems thinking, and approaches that humanize emerging technologies to increase adoption and de-risk innovation.

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Empower bold leaders of change​​

We believe that the creative, design-informed leader is one that builds a smarter, more resilient organization for the future.​
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Co-design with those who matter​

We believe that more voices need to be at the table to inspire bigger, better, and more human-centred organizations.​
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Embrace ambiguity​

We believe oversimplifying the messy work of innovation misses the point (and the big opportunities!), so we don’t have a 3-step design thinking process. ​​
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No more boring training​

We believe that traditional methods of learning new innovation skills are — to be frank — boring and ineffective

Why did we start OCAD U CO?

We’ve realized that in every sector, change is increasing in frequency and scale. As a result, the demand for creative problem solving is rapidly rising as traditional approaches have become ineffective. Organizations have told us that they’re facing pressure to better anticipate, understand and respond to complex changes in order to uncover bold innovation opportunities.

To help leaders and organizations face these challenges, OCAD U CO’s integration of creative methods with business practice has the goal of empowering teams to tackle bigger and bolder opportunities that go beyond the status quo.

Our aim is to equip today’s leaders with the insight and confidence to drive better innovation, foster growth and resilience, and move beyond incremental innovation large-scale transformation.

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144 years’ experience teaching design and creative-problem solving
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Go beyond basic design thinking with skills like foresight, creative problem-solving, and inclusive design
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Founded in 1876, OCAD U is dedicated to art and design education, practice and research and to knowledge and invention across a wide range of disciplines. OCAD U continuously builds on its traditional, studio-based strengths, adding new approaches to learning that champion cross-disciplinary practice, collaboration and the integration of emerging technologies. In the Age of Imagination, members of the OCAD U community are uniquely qualified to act as catalysts for the next advances in culture, technology and quality of life for all Canadians. OCAD University’s new business, OCAD U CO, is an executive training studio that uses creative problem solving to drive innovation and change. In a first for North America, we make the deep knowledge and capabilities of OCAD University available to industry leaders and their organizations. OCAD U CO is located in a stunning new facility on Toronto’s waterfront, which serves as a dedicated space for transformation.
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OCAD U CO is the innovation training studio of OCAD University. We teach creative problem solving and innovation methods to leaders to drive change in their organizations.

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