"Mark, I love what you're thinking. In fact, in essence, we are doing as you suggest. We'recross-educating engineers in design and business, designers in engineering and business, and those with a business background in engineering and design. We're not making designers better designers, we're making them better innovators and leaders and helping to create a culture in which collaboration is facilitated by a common language. Keep staying on top of this!"

"Thank you for the kind words, Walter.  I did not mean to imply that IDM is all alone, and in fact Northwestern University's MPD2 program has been an inspiration to me and served as a benchmark as we developed the program for MIT.  It is my hope that we can collaborate in the future to communicate the power of design and broaden its impact on the world."