Angele Beausoleil

Dr. Angèle Beausoleil is a 'pracademic' who teaches design methodologies for business innovation and leads field (action) research inside organizations on innovation process design, navigation and management. A former communications designer, senior strategist and innovation lab executive, she applies her 25 years of business experience to crafting high impact teaching and student-centred learning experiences. As Rotman's assistant professor of Business Design and Innovation, Dr. Beausoleil teaches MBAs and senior commerce students Business Design Practicum, Creativity and Business Innovation, Design Research and Data Storytelling, and the International Design Study Tour. She taught for five years at UBC's Sauder School of Business and remains a visiting lecturer at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business. Dr. Beausoleil is Canada's first PhD to focus on innovation literacy (innovativeness/innovatorship) using business/strategic design (design thinking) processes and methods.

Academic Positions

• 2018-present: Assistant Professor - Teaching Stream, Rotman School of Management
• 2017-2018: Lecturer, UC Berkeley Haas School of Management
• 2016-2018: Sessional Lecturer, UBC Sauder School of Business
• 2016-2018: Academic-In-Residence, UBC and CreativeBC
• 2012-2016: Adjunct Professor, UBC Sauder School of Business Non-Academic Positions
• 2011-2016: CEO, Agent Innovateur Inc.
• 2011-2014: Board Member, Vancouver International Film Festival Society
• 2012-2016: Board Member, Telus Health Fund
• 2015-2017: Board Director, Interface Health Society
• 2006-2011: VP, Strategy and Innovation, Cossette Corp.
• 2004-2006: VP, Marketing and Interactive Media, Chalk Media
• 2001-2004: Consultant, Strategy and Marketing, Technology Corporations
• 1998-2001: VP, Product Marketing, Ideas That Play Entertainment Inc.
• 1994-1998: Producer and UX Designer, BCIT
• 1990-1994: Communication Designer, Worldwide Marketing Corporation

Research and Teaching Interests

Professor Beausoleil is championing the pedagogy and practice of Business Design at Rotman. She aims to introduce 'Creativity and Business Innovation ' and 'Design Research and Data Storytelling' to both MBAs and Commerce students at Rotman. Her applied (action) research explores the innovation process at the intersections of education, sociology and economics. She investigates the role and practice of design methods as both an art and science within organizations. She works closely with industry and governments on assessing and building individual and organizational innovativeness -- applying a strategist's mindset and designer's toolset.

Honors and Awards

• 2019: Rotman School of Management Teaching Award, University of Toronto
• 2017: Teaching Excellence - New Elective, UC Berkeley Haas
• 2017: Teaching Excellence, UBC Sauder School of Business
• 2016-2018: Post-Doctoral Fellowship, UBC
• 2015-2017: Public Scholar Fellowship Award, UBC
• 2014: Academic Achievement Award, UBC

Degrees:

• PhD in Innovation Process and Design Pedagogy, University of British Columbia
• MA in Interdisciplinary Studies (Business/Sociology/Computer Science), University of British Columbia
• BAA in Communication Design and Business, Ryerson University