Design thinking and radical innovation: enter the smartwatch

Dr Amir Bahman Radnejad is based at the School of Business and Management, State University of New York at Brockport, Brockport, New York, USA. He is Assistant Professor of Management at the State University of New York at Brockport, USA. His research focuses on sustainable development, design thinking and innovation strategies. He has more than 10 years of business consulting experience for private and public enterprises. He received PhD in Strategy and Global Management from the University of Calgary, Canada, and Masters in Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship from University of Manchester, UK, and BSc in Chemical Engineering from University of Tehran, Iran.

Dr Michael F. Ziolkowski is based at the School of Business and Management, State University of New York at Brockport, Brockport, New York, USA. He is Associate Professor of Management at the State University of New York at Brockport, USA. His interests are in international business, sustainability, innovation, supply chain management and trade. He has 14 years of experience working as a Senior Manager of global corporate operations at Ingram Micro Inc. in North America, Europe, Mexico and Asia. He received doctorate from the University at Buffalo.

Dr Oleksiy Osiyevskyy is based at the Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada. He is Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at University of Calgary. In his scholarship, Oleksiy concentrates on the problem of achieving and sustaining firm growth through successfully engaging in entrepreneurial strategies. His research was included in the list of “research projects taking place at Canadian universities that teach important lessons for today's business leaders” by the Canadian Business Magazine. Before joining Haskayne School of Business, he was Assistant Professor at Northeastern University (Boston).