> Christian Terwiesch, PhD Andrew M. Heller Professor; Department Chairperson and Professor of Operations, Information and Decisions; Co-Director, Mack Institute of Innovation Management, The Wharton School; Professor of Health Policy, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Research Interests:Analyzing operational performance, innovation management, R&D management About Christian Christian Terwiesch is the department chair and a professor in Wharton’s Operations, Information and Decisions department and co-director of Penn’s Mack Institute for Innovation Management. He also holds a faculty appointment in Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine. He has written multiple books and published extensively in many of the leading academic journals ranging from Management Science to The New England Journal of Medicine. He is an award winning teacher with extensive experience in MBA teaching, online courses, and executive education. In addition to his teaching and his research, Professor Terwiesch is host of “Work of Tomorrow”, a national radio show on Sirius XM 132. He holds a doctoral degree from INSEAD and a Diploma from the University of Mannheim. Read full faculty bio on Wharton websiteExecutive Education Programs TaughtAdvanced Management ProgramWharton’s flagship leadership program is a transformational and immersive program for senior executives who are at the peak of their careers. This intellectually rigorous and highly experiential program will define you as a leader and strengthen your strategic prowess. Upon completion, you will be granted highly sought-after Wharton alumni status. Analytics for Strategic Growth: AI, Smart Data, and Customer InsightsHarness the power of analytics to transform and strengthen your business strategies. 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The Innovation Strategy and Design Thinking Certificate is Wharton Online’s end-to-end innovation credential, spanning three self-paced courses that take you from fundamentals to execution. You’ll gain research-based frameworks and hands-on tools to lead innovation with clarity and confidence across products, services, processes, and organizations. Innovation Tournaments and the Process ViewGreat ideas don’t just appear — they emerge through process. Innovation Tournaments and the Process View equips professionals with a proven, tournament-based framework to transform ad-hoc creativity into a scalable innovation engine. Guided by Wharton professors Christian Terwiesch and Karl Ulrich, you’ll learn to design, launch, and evaluate innovation tournaments that consistently surface high-potential ideas and convert them into measurable business results. 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