What happens when IDEO teams up with Harvard and Fidelity?
This was a completely unconventional internship, which led to a wonderful, surprising outcome. It was the first year that IDEO had decided to team up with the Harvard Innovation Lab and Fidelity’s Center for Applied Technology (FCAT) to create a new venture studio.
Everything about the internship was different. Since the internship itself was somewhat of a prototype, we iterated and built it out as we went along - a perfect way to learn about the design process.
To be selected as an “Intrapreneur”, I participated an unconventional “Make-a-thon” process. We were placed on a team full of strangers, while we were being observed by our IDEO/Fidelity/Harvard bosses.
To my surprise, I was selected with 15 other interns among a group of 120+ students from the Harvard College, Business School, Design School, and more. Here’s what happened.
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