Matt Kressy: Cross-Pollination Between Business & Engineering | Masters of Engineering Podcast

Welcome to the Masters of Engineering podcast, hosted by Jon Hirschtick, EVP, Onshape. Every month Jon will sit down with engineering leaders to discuss their products and the stories behind developing them. 

In this edition of the podcast, Jon chats with Matt Kressy, who is the founder of MIT’s Integrated Design and Management (IDM) program, a first-of-its-kind master’s degree program that combines the methodologies of the world’s best design schools with the world’s best engineering and business schools.

Are you looking to learn how can business executives benefit by learning product development skills.  How can hardware engineers be more effective by learning fundamental business concepts? 

In this episode, Matt shares how product developers and managers can boost their impact by spending time in each other’s shoes – and tells Jon how MIT’s IDM curriculum has now been reimagined for middle school and high school students. According to Matt, the best time for introducing pragmatic product design skills isn’t college, but age 11!

Listen to the complete episode to gain all the insights.