Design education for the frustrated mid-career professional

technique — attributed to Carl Winston

Build the program for planners who already know what flawless execution feels like — and who feel peripheral to strategy. Teach how organizations actually allocate budget, distribute influence, and frame risk. The instruction is corrective, not introductory.

SDSU's graduate program was built around mid-career practitioners, not credential-seekers.

curriculum, mid-career, strategy, executive-fluency