Lorand, Jane

Jane Lorand is the co-founder of the GreenMBA program at Dominican University of California, and teaches the Critical Thinking/Systemic Thinking for Redesign of Businesses. She also teaches Diffusion of Innovation. As a successful entrepreneur, Jane brings a background in tax law, elementary teaching, the energy sector and she has raised five children. Pioneering new ways of business built on more effective perception and thinking strategies is her passion, and she works around the world with companies and educational efforts. A Counter-Intuitive Approach for Today's Turbulant Issues The scientific method and the legacy of conventional experimental research have left deep grooves in our thinking practices. The problem is that the challenges facing us do not conform to such linear, controlbased thinking approaches. Systemic and applied critical thinking invite a counter-intuitive set of skills to the tasks at hand. Learn what this means for those interested in working in the knowledge economy.