Dell'Era Claudio
Professore Ordinario
Dell'Era Claudio
Professore Ordinario
Claudio Dell’Era is Full Professor in Future Making at Politecnico di Milano, where he serves also as Co-Founder of LEADIN’ Lab, the Laboratory of LEAdership, Design and INnovation. He is also Director of the "FUTURES | Sense Making by System Thinking" and “Design Thinking for Business” Observatories of the School of Management, Politecnico di Milano. He is the Co-Director of the Executive Programme in “Design-Driven Leadership” and the International Master in "Strategic Design for Innovation and Transformation" at the POLIMI Graduate School of Management and Poli.Design. Since January 2025 he is Chair of the PDMA Academic Committee (Product Development Management Association). He has published more than 100 journal papers, conference articles and chapters in edited books in the area of Innovation and Design Management.
Carriera
PHD: Management Economics and Industrial Engineering, Politecnico di Milano.
Master of Science: Management Engineering, Politecnico di Milano.
Ricerca
The research activities developed by Claudio Dell’Era are concentrated in the areas of Future Making, Design Thinking, Design Strategy and Design-Driven Innovation. He is Founder and Director of the “FUTURES | Sense Making by System Thinking” Observatory: founded in 2023, the Observatory aims at experimenting and promoting innovative approaches in designing Futures. He is Founder and member of the Scientific Committee of the Observatory “Design Thinking for Business”: founded in 2017, the Observatory aspires to be the reference point for the community of innovators that adopt pioneering approaches such as Design Thinking.
Pubblicazioni Selezionate
Magistretti S., Pham C., Dell'Era C. (2025). The creative process of problem frmaing in innovation: An integraitve review and research agenda. Journal of Product Innovation Management
Dell'Era C., Magistretti S., Candi M., Bianchi M., Calabretta G., Stigliani I., Verganti R. (2025). Design thinking in action: a quantitative study of design thinking practices in innovation projects. Journal of Knowledge Management
Durante I., Dell'Era C., Magistretti S., Pham C. (2024). Predictive or imaginative futures? Experimenting with alternative future-making approaches. Creativity and Innovation Management
Pham C., Magistretti S., Dell'Era C. (2023). How do you frame ill-defined problems? A study on creative logics in action. Creativity and Innovation Management
Mortati M., Magistretti S., Cautela C., Dell'Era C. (2023). Data in design: How big data and thick data inform design thinking projects. Technovation
Magistretti S., Bianchi M., Calabretta G., Candi M. Dell'Era C., Stigliani I, Verganti R. (2022). Framing the multifaceted nature of design thinking in addressing different innovation purposes. Long Range Planning
Magistretti S., Dell'Era C., Verganti R., Bianchi M. (2022). The contribution of Design Thinking to the R of R&D in technological innovation. R&D Management
Verganti R., Dell'Era C., Swan S. (2021). Design thinking: Critical analysis and future evolutions. Journal of Product Innovation Management
Dell'Era C., Magistretti S., Cautela C., Verganti R., Zurlo F. (2020). Four kinds of design thinking: From ideating to making, engaging, and criticizing. Creativity and Innovation Management
Dell'Era C., Verganti R. (2007). Strategies of innovation and imitation of product languages Journal of Product Innovation Management
Premi e riconoscimenti
Best Paper Award: Buganza T, Dell’Era C and Verganti R (2004). Exploring the Relationships between Product Development and Environmental Turbulence: the Case of Mobile TLC Services. Proceedings of the 11th International Product Development Management Conference organized by EIASM (European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management). Dublin, Ireland; June 21-22, 2004
Servizio alla comunità
Chair of the Academic Committee | Product Development Management Association (PDMA)
Area Editor (Technology & Innovation) | European Management Review (EMR)
Editorial Review Board Member | Journal of Product Innovation Management (JPIM)
Editorial Review Board Member (Innovation, Marketing & Management) | Journal of Business Research (JBR)
Editorial Review Board Member | R&D Management (R&DM)
Editorial Board Member | Creativity and Innovation Management (CIM)
Scientific Committee Member | Innovation and Product Development Management (IPDMC)
Board Member of the "PhD Program in Management Engineering" | School of Management, Politecnico di Milano
Faculty Affairs Team Member (Junior Faculty) | School of Management, Politecnico di Milano