Sloan Innovation Period (SIP)

A unique curricular innovation, Sloan Innovation Period (SIP) gives MBA students an intense week of study set apart from the rest of the 13-week semester. Classes offer experiential lessons in leadership and expose students to the groundbreaking faculty research that puts MIT Sloan in a league apart.

The MIT Leadership Center organizes SIP seminars that include real-time simulations, up-close and personal sessions with senior executives, practitioner panels and presentations, skill-building workshops, and self-assessment and reflection activities.

Recent SIP weeks have featured the following courses. Current Sloan students may go to Sloanbid for the most up-to-date listings.

Title	Course #	Instructor(s)
SIMULATIONS
Bosnian Peacekeeping Force	110	J. Carroll, B. Newsome, W. Orlikowski
The Executive Challenge Business Simulation	128	P. Bentley
UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL SESSIONS
Adaptive Leadership	147	J. Crupi
Building a Better World: Enlisting an Organization to Fight Global Poverty	170	P. Bell
Corporate Governance: Will It Work This Time?	105	M. Armstrong
Decision Making: The Key to Leadership	104	M. Armstrong
Entrepreneurship, Leadership, and Globalization	129	T. Canekeratne
Executive Leadership in Complex Organizations	165	L. Whitlock
Front-line Leadership	141	J. Parker
Global Leadership	153	V. Menezes
Inclusive Leadership	169	G. Cowger
Leadership in Management Consulting	140	A. Schneider
Leadership Styles and Values	154	J. Shames
Leadership vs. Management	102	M. Carter
Management during a Crisis	138	M. Kaiser
Management of Technology	107	M. Armstrong
Managing High Talent: Leadership on Wall Street	166	D. Layton
Preparing for Security Threats	151	M. Armstrong, J. Parker
Tough Calls and Curve Balls	112	S. Khurana
PRACTITIONER PANELS AND PRESENTATIONS
21st Century Visual Arts Workshop for Business Leaders	159	D. Kelley
Can IPOs and Auditors Survive the Impact of Sarbanes Oxley?	157	R. Pozen
For-profit and Non-profit: The Uneasy Divide	163	J. Akula
How to Work with a Consultant: Point-Counterpoint	155	A. Schneider
Jamuna Bridge	146	F. Léautier
Leadership and Entrepreneurship	123	H. Taneja, P. English, D. Olschwang
Leadership and the Art of Possibility	156	B. Zander
Leadership Dialogue on Innovating CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility)	117	O. Scharmer, S. Amber, Y. Carlough, S. Misser, R. Saillant, P. Senge
Leadership in Financial Services: Success as a Summer and Full-time Associate	167	N. DeSilva, O. Junttila, L. Mahdavi, D. Whitehouse
Leadership in the Financial Services Industry	116	J. Shames, A. Spoon, D. Antonelli, R. Steel
Leadership in the Non-Profit Sector	120	J. Shames, J. Bradach, G. Chertavian, S. Di Troia
Leading Profound Innovation	124	O. Scharmer
Neurology, Leadership, and Organizational Behavior	137	R. Fernandez, T. Byrne
Ready in a Crisis: Business and Executive Preparedness	151	M. Armstrong, J. Deutch, R. Falkenrath
Shifting Standards of Legal Accountability: Managing the Uncertainty	143	J. Akula (moderator)
Work-Life Decisions: Balancing Work, Family, and Life	113	S. Khurana, R. Khurana, L. Cooper, L. Kanner
Work-Life Decisions: Your Next Ten Years	130	T. Kochan, L. Brantley, S. Brown, K. Fernandes, J. Pinkham
SKILL-BUILDING WORKSHOPS
Cool under Pressure	148	D. Rock, J. Schwartz
Facilitation Skills	162	L. Bergholz, N. Repenning, A. Sastry
The Hunt	168	N. Schneiderman
Improving Your Skill-set for Peer and Team Mentoring	144	P. Bentley, L. Bergholz, S. Barry
Leadership as Acting	111	C. Kelly
Leadership Communication for Power and Influence	161	R. Pittore
Leadership under Fire: Handling Hostility	118	J. Yates
Leadership Tools for Getting Things Done	115	R. Fernandez
Managing People	122	J. Lehrich
Managing Up	133	J. Lehrich
New Sector Alliance Workshop: Social Enterprise Business Plan Creation	145	A. Sastry
Obstacles, High Ropes, Leadership, and Teams	152	T. Moore, C. Sampson-Moore
The Power of the Word	142	R. Ornitz
The Right Decision Every Time	149	L. Kopeikina
The Three Essentials of Effective Communication	134	M. Sherman
Writing Skills for Leaders	164	M. Capek, C. Kelly
SELF-ASSESSMENT AND REFLECTION
What's Your Leadership Style	126	M. Sherman
When What You Hear Isn't What They Meant: Using Myers-Briggs as a Framework for Understanding Other People	150	P. Bentley