Notre Dame Futures Group

The Futures Group at the University of Notre Dame’s IDEA Center offers educational experiences for professionals and organizations looking to create a sustainable culture of innovation. Our programs are developed and taught by Notre Dame faculty and industry practitioners. The Futures Group offers custom programs designed to support you as you build an internal infrastructure for innovation—from developing talent to embedding an entrepreneurial mindset throughout your organization. Our central philosophy of innovation is the Strategic Innovation Methodology™, an unbiased approach that combines the world’s leading innovation tools into a single framework for decision-making. Our offerings include educational programs, international immersions and innovation communities. Although our programs are grounded in the principles of innovation theory, our emphasis is firmly on practice. Our faculty are seasoned and know what works and what doesn’t when it comes to innovating in an established corporate culture—they can offer expert guidance no matter where you are on your innovation journey.