Cincinnati Innovation District

BTS is a stretegic innovation partner for the CID

Innovation District

The State of Ohio invested in creating an Innovation District that clusters leading-edge higher education, research institutions, accelerators and companies.

BTS

BTS is a strategic partner for the innovation district, facilitating innovation programming for the State of Ohio, University and Companies

Access to research

This partnership provides BTS clients with access to cutting-edge research, field immersions for leaders, interdisciplinary student alent and connections to other companies such as Procter & Gamble, Kroger and Fifth Third Bank for joint innovation efforts.

What we offer

Enabling leaders to conduct a hands-on exploration of the future of their business

With over 35+ years of experience in experiential learning, BTS has developed a unique field immersion that takes leaders on a journey through the end-to-end innovation process from strategic planning to prototyping. Embedded inside these journeys are joint innovation workshops with companies outside of your industry, exposure to startups defining the future of your industry, faculty conducting cutting edge research and exposure to student talent to spur new ideas.

Immersion examples:

Future of engineering
Future of logistics
Future of mobility

What future can we help you design?

Alejandro Robledo

Director of Future Mobility Design Lab

Professor of Mobility Systems Design

Expert in multi-disciplinary research on the Future of Cities and Mobility

Course: Designing the Future of your Customer Experience

BTS partners with leading faculty from the Lindner College of Business to design experiential courses on topics relevant to building the future leaders of your business

Dr. Marianne Lewis

Dean of Lindner College of Business

Co-Author of Both/And Thinking Thought leader in Organizational Paradoxes Among most-cited researchers in her field

Course: Both/And Thinking to Navigate Paradoxes in Decision Making

Warren Bennis Leadership Institute

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The Warren Bennis Leadership Institute accelerates leadership development for rising to senior leaders. Warren Bennis, UC’s 22nd president and the “Father of Leadership,” believed leaders were made, not born, and that leadership development starts early and lasts a lifetime. The Institute harnesses his legacy, serving as an interdisciplinary hub for leadership programming, research and community building.

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Dean and Professor of Management, University of Cincinnati Carl H. Lindner College of Business

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Research Interests:

A thought leader in organizational paradoxes, Dean Lewis explores tensions surrounding leadership and innovation.

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Research Interests:

Lewis has been recognized among the world’s most-cited researchers in her field (Web of Science) and received the Paper of the Year award (2000) and Decade Award (2021) from the Academy of Management Review. Her work also appears in media outlets, such as Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, and Newsweek. Her 2022 book Both/And Thinking was published by Harvard Business School Press. She previously served as dean of Cass (now Bayes) Business School at City, University of

London.

Course: Managing Innovation Tensions

Course Syllabus

Module 1

Experiencing Innovation Tensions: Paradoxes are everywhere, particularly in the business environment. These opposing dualities create interdependent and persistent challenges for us as business leaders who are working to sustain our core business while creating the environment in which we can discover the future of our business. We focus, use real simulated cases, on where these paradoxes show up and how we can reframe our relationship to them.

Module 2

Shifting to Both/And Assumptions: With an emphasis on mindset, we practice engaging with paradox in a different way exploring the zones of navigating paradox by further exploring the paradox system of assumptions, boundaries, dynamics and comfort.

Module 3

Both/And Thinking in Practice: Focusing on individual decisions, interpersonal relationships and organizational leadership we create a path forward for how we will manage innovation tensions in our organizations and shift our ways of working to create (and sustain) a culture of innovation.

Custom programs & offerings

BTS and the Warren Bennis Leadership Initiative have a range of custom programs and offerings available that feature a blend of experiential learning and faculty lecture.

Innovation & Design Thinking Lab
Leading a Digital Transformation
Applied Innovation
Innovation Trends Research
Agile Training & Coaching

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Via our partnership with BTS we also provide Talent Assessments (including Innovation Assessments and 360s), Coaching, Digital Learning, Change Management Advisory and a range of other experiential services.

Dr. Michael Jones

Academic Director for the Kautz-Uible Economics Institute

Expert in CryptoEconomics, Data Literacy and Decision Making

Course: Interpreting Economic Indicators

Kautz-Uible Economics Institute

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The Kautz-Uible Economics Institute creates opportunities for enhanced learning and growth for students, faculty, and alumni of the nationally ranked Department of Economics at UC. Established in 1982 as the Hewett-Kautz Fund, the institute’s mission has steadily expanded from scholarship support to funding research opportunities to undergraduate students, an annual lecture series, international scholar and fellows programs and other initiatives.
Kautz-Uible Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Cincinnati Carl H. Lindner College of Business Academic Director, Kautz-Uible Economics Institute

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Kautz-Uible Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Cincinnati Carl H. Lindner College of Business Academic Director, Kautz-Uible Economics Institute

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Research Interests:

Professor Jones published his book More Judgment than Data, in which he examines how data literacy helps leaders make important decisions. He also conducts research in the areas of digital assets and financial literacy.

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Consultation and Research:

Jones has served on the Board of Directors for the Association of Universities for Business and Economics Research (AUBER) as well as the Economic Advisory Group for Jobs Ohio, the Ohio Economic Roundtable, and the Ohio Economic Experts Panel. His research has been published in Public Administration Review, Applied Economics Letters, Economics of Education Review, the IZA Journal of Labor of Economics, and more.

Course: Interpreting Economic Indicators

Course Syllabus

Module 1

Unpacking Economic Data: Students, using real-world data, will discover the underlying drivers of economic indicators and how those indicators impact public & private sector decision making globally. Featuring a blended learning approach, students will use a customized simulation to practice their learning in a hands-on environment that is relevant to their business.

Module 2

Interpreting Economic Data: How do business decision makers interpret and use economic data to inform their business strategy? Practicing in high-fidelity simulation scenarios, students will practice (using faculty case examples) how better decisions can be made by proper interpretation and by forming the right, diverse, team to unlock insights from this data.

Module 3

Economic Data Applications: Designed to be highly relevant to a student’s industry and job function, students will focus on using economic data to improve decision making within their business. With a capstone project and simulation tools, students will have tangible take-aways and post-program action items that they can take back to their organization.

Custom programs & offerings

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BTS and the Warren Bennis Leadership Initiative have a range of custom programs and offerings available that feature a blend of experiential learning and faculty lecture.

Blockchain Fundamentals
Economics in the Metaverse
Behavioral Economics and Game Theory
Data-Driven Decision Making
Future of Work – Humans and Automation

Via our partnership with BTS we also provide Assessments (360s), Coaching on Demand, Leadership Training, Change Management Advisory, Digital Content and a range of other strategy execution services.

Dr. Annette Hoffman

Director of the Lindner Center for Insurance and Risk Management

Expert in Risk Leadership, Risk Economics, Decision-Making Under Risk

Course: Risk Leadership

Kautz-Uible Economics Institute

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Kautz-Uible Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Cincinnati Carl H. Lindner College of Business Academic Director, Kautz-Uible Economics Institute

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Research Interests:

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Consultation and Research:

Course: Interpreting Economic Indicators

Course Syllabus

Module 1

Unpacking Economic Data: Students, using real-world data, will discover the underlying drivers of economic indicators and how those indicatorsimpact public & private sector decision making globally. Featuring a blended learning approach, students will use a customized simulation to practice their learning in a hands-on environment that is relevant to their business.

Module 2

Module 3

Custom programs & offerings

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BTS and the Warren Bennis Leadership Initiative have a range of custom programs and offerings available that feature a blend of experiential learning and faculty lecture.

Blockchain Fundamentals
Economics in the Metaverse
Behavioral Economics and Game Theory
Data-Driven Decision Making
Future of Work – Humans and Automation

Via our partnership with BTS we also provide Assessments (360s), Coaching on Demand, Leadership Training, Change Management Advisory, Digital Content and a range of other strategy execution services.

Dr. Michael Fry

Managing Director, Center for Business Analytics

Expert in applying analytical methods todecision-making

Course: Data-driven strategy

Center for Business Analytics

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In today's data-driven world, organizations must have the analytical tools to unlock the value in their data and make informed decisions. UC's Center for Business Analytics empowers organizations through services, training, professional development events and more to hone best-in-class analytics capabilities.

Professor of Operations, Business Analytics and Information Systems, University of Cincinnati Carl H. Lindner College of Business Managing Director, Center for Business Analytics.

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Research Interests:

Applying analytical methods to decision-making in application areas such as supply-chain management and public-policy operations.

Consultation and Research:

Fry has consulted with many organizations including Dell, Coleman Company, Great American Insurance, Procter & Gamble, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, State of Ohio Election Commission and Mt. Sinai Hospital. He has published more than 25 papers in leading academic publications and has received grant funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and other organizations.

Course: Data-Driven Strategy

Course Syllabus

Module 1

Building a Data-Driven Strategy: Utilizing an interactive business simulation, leaders contextualize how they can introduce a repeatable process to maximize the success of any data-driven endeavor (from the enterprise down to a function or business unit). Sitting at the intersection of technology, mathematics/statistics and business acumen – leaders begin to form their own strategy to take forward in the course.

Module 2

Practical Data Applications: Taking a technology-agnostic view, leaders focus on how to navigate the data lifecycle from architecture to storage to operations (with a focus on governance, quality and security). Students practice in a simulation case study: the steps in generating & acquiring data, integrating data, analyzing data and applying data in the business.

Module 3

Scaling a Data-Driven Culture: Thinking beyond roles and titles, students focus on the skillsets and mindsets that will enable a data-driven culture within their organization and practice how they might overcome potential moments of resistance. They leave with a cultural and strategic roadmap of how they might apply data science to their business and how they can bring their teams along on the journey by creating the environment in which data-driven decision making can thrive

Custom programs & offerings

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BTS and the Lindner Center for Business Analytics have a range of custom programs and offerings available that feature a blend of experiential learning and faculty lecture.

Demystifying Analytics in Sports
Data-Driven Decision Making
Artificial Intelligence for Business Growth
Storytelling with Data
Skills Training (PowerBI, Excel, Python, etc.)

Via our partnership with BTS we also provide Assessments (360s), Coaching on Demand, Leadership Training, Change Management Advisory, Digital Content and a range of other strategy execution services.