Benedikt Ewald

Professional Experience

Since 09/2019: Adjunct professor for Design Thinking & Business Model Innovation, FOM University of Applied Sciences, Berlin

• Co-creating & -teaching the first Design Thinking lecture at the FOM Berlin

Since 09/2015: Coach & Consultant for Design Thinking & Team-Based Innovation, Freelance

• Designing, leading and coaching professional one- to multi-day innovation & transformation programs across all industry sectors, academia, foundations & public institutions as well as pro bono work for social entrepreneurs, founders and students worldwide (150+ workshop days)
• Developed & tested own team analysis & training formats in diverse settings worldwide

10/2015 – 09/2019: Research Associate, HPI School of Design Thinking, HPI/University of Potsdam

• Captured and analysed more than 500+ hours of video & audio data of teamwork as part of the research projects “Visual diagnostics for Design Thinking Teams II & III” (2015-17) & “Measuring & Training Creative Collaboration” (2017-19)
• Conceptualization & co-leading the first Global Design Thinking Week on “Team(ed) Leadership”
• Part of the organising committee for the d.confestival 2017,
• Selection & coaching of D-School students
• Research & teaching stays with the leading Design Thinking institutions worldwide, i.a. as part of theCoaches Exchange Program of the Global Design Thinking Alliance (GDTA): Stanford d.school (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019-2020) Genovasi/d.school Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur (04/2018), d-school at the University of Cape Town, South Africa (12/2018), Hasso Plattner Institute NYC (06/2017)

03/2015 – 09/2015: Research assistant, Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies (BCRT), Charité Berlin

04/2011 – 08/2014: Teaching Assistant for physics lab courses for medical students, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich

University Education

11/2019 – 01/2020: Visiting Researcher, Center for Design Research, Stanford University

10/2014 – 08/2015: Design Thinking Basic & Advanced Certificate, HPI School of Design Thinking, HPI/University of Potsdam

04/2012 – 08/2014: Physics with Biophysics Program, M.Sc., Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich

• Year-long biophysical research project & thesis on E.coli gene expression dynamics
• Journal publication: Mader, A., von Bronk, B., Ewald, B., Kesel, S., Schnetz, K., Frey, E., & Opitz, M. (2015). Amount of colicin release in Escherichia coli is regulated by lysis gene expression of the colicin E2 operon. PLoS ONE 03/205;10(3):e0119124.

04/2007 – 06/2013: Philosophy, M.A., with minors Modern German Literature & Physics, LMU Munich

• Thesis on Kant’s critical concept of a rational faith, Prof. Hutter, Lehrstuhl I

10/2007 – 03/2011: Physics, B.Sc., LMU Munich

• Bachelorthesis in biophysics & molecular biology
• Semester abroad at Universidad de La Laguna, Spain (Winter 09/10)

Soft-skill Trainings

• Design Thinking
• Communication and Teamwork

Book Chapters

Ewald, B., Menning, A., Nicolai, C., Weinberg, U. (2019). Emotions along the Design Thinking process. In:. Meinel, C., Leifer, L., and Plattner, H. (Eds.), Design Thinking Research. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer.

Menning, A., Ewald, B., Nicolai, C., & Weinberg, U. (2018). “… and not building on that”: The Relation of Low Coherence and Creativity in Design Conversations. In In:. Meinel, C., Leifer, L., and Plattner, H. (Eds.), Design Thinking Research. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer.

Menning, A., Grasnick, B. M., Ewald, B., Dobrigkeit, F., Nicolai, C. (2017). Combining computational and human analysis to study low coherence in design conversations. In: Christensen, B. T., Ball, L. J., & Halskov, K. (Eds.), Analysing Design Thinking: Studies of Cross-Cultural Co-Creation. Boca Raton: CRC Press.

Peer-reviewed Papers

Menning, A., Grasnick, B. M., Ewald, B., Dobrigkeit, F., & Nicolai, C. (2018b). Verbal focus shifts: Forms of low coherent statements in design conversations. Design Studies, 57, 135-155.

Mader, A., von Bronk, B., Ewald, B., Kesel, S., Schnetz, K., Frey, E., & Opitz, M. (2015). Amount of colicin release in Escherichia coli is regulated by lysis gene expression of the colicin E2 operon. PLoS ONE 03/205;10(3):e0119124.

Conference Proceedings

Ewald, B. & Menning, A. (2018, June). Are our methods as creative as the teams we study? Mapping existing process-based instruments to analyze the interaction of creative teams. Paper presented at the 25^th Innovation and Product Development Management Conference 2018, Porto, Portugal.

Ewald, B. (2018, January). Team affect during the design thinking process. Paper presented at the 4^th Israel Organizational Behavior Conference 2018, Tel Aviv, Israel.

De Paula, D., Menning, A., Ewald, B., & Cormican, K. (2017). The beginning of a new era: Using design thinking to identify dimensions for product assessment. In DS 87-7 Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED 17) Vol 7: Design Theory and Research Methodology, Vancouver, Canada, 21-25.08. 2017 (pp. 131-140).

Menning, A. & Ewald, B. (2017, January): Visual diagnostics for design thinking teams – Coherence x Creativity. Presentation at the 10th International Paris Workshop of the Design Theory SIG of the Design Society 2017, Paris, France.

Menning A. & Ewald, B. (2016, November): Combining computational and human analysis to study low coherence in design conversations. Paper presented at the 11^th Design Thinking Research Symposium (DTRS 11), Copenhagen, Denmark.

Menning, A., Ewald, B. & Nicolai, C. (2016, October): Visual diagnostic for design thinking teams. Presentation at the 6th CIM Community Workshop, Berlin, Germany.

Ewald, B. & Schrade, D. (2016, October): How to build a prototype that fits. Workshop at This Is Not a Design Conference, Kerkrade, Netherlands.

Ewald, B. & Scheer, A. (2016, July): Developing process-based measurements to evaluate collaboration in innovation team interactions. Paper presented at the VII European Congress of Methodology, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.